Hi Mark, this is it! Showing the data by using the integrated static file server absolutely fits my demands. With a <embed src="https://myserver.xyz/files/mydata.txt";> like command in a tiddler I have everything I need.
Thanks a lot for your patient help. Oliver Am Mittwoch, 22. Mai 2019 17:58:03 UTC+2 schrieb Mark S.: > > Web-based apps don't know anything about local files unless those local > files are also being served. The node.js server didn't use to be able to > serve up supplementary files, such as images. > > But now now there is a static file server built in. But it's limited where > it serves from and what files it serves: > > https://tiddlywiki.com/#Using%20the%20integrated%20static%20file%20server > > Bob is another webserver that was actually designed for (if memory serves) > the needs of the Raspberry Pi. It allows you to specify the directory where > your static files are kept (I think, I've only used it occasionally). It > allows you to run multiple wikis without additional processes (do I have > that right?). Bob has a configuration that allows you to add new mime > types. So you might be able to add in the mime type for text files. > > TiddlyServer is another webserver, and it allows you to serve up images. > This may be unsafe in a "coffee-shop" environment, since any files on your > device could be fetched. > > If the text files you want to server can't be exported to a directory seen > by node.js, then possibly you could put a symbolic link in the files > directory leading to your text file directory. > > Good luck! > > > On Wednesday, May 22, 2019 at 6:12:31 AM UTC-7, rooster91an wrote: >> >> Hi Mark, >> you wrote 'you will need, at a minimum, to activate the static file >> server'. I'm just running the tiddlywiki web server at node.js as described >> at tiddlywiki.com and I am accessing it via https. What static file >> server do you mean? Is it another node module? >> Thank you! >> >> Oliver >> >> Am Dienstag, 21. Mai 2019 15:55:04 UTC+2 schrieb Mark S.: >>> >>> To access the local file you will need, at a minimum, to activate the >>> static file server. Not sure if it supports text documents. If you try Bob >>> https://github.com/OokTech/TW5-Bob it has a configuration for adding >>> your own mime type. Possibly you could add text documents. >>> In either case the text would have to be in the specified static file >>> directory. >>> >>> Wait -- how is your text file being created? Could you wrap it in a >>> process that would make it look like a tid file, and place it in the tid >>> directory? Then with Bob (I think), it would automatically be updated in >>> your TW. >>> >>> Good luck >>> >>> On Tuesday, May 21, 2019 at 5:57:57 AM UTC-7, rooster91an wrote: >>>> >>>> Hello everybody! >>>> >>>> I am running a Tiddlywiki via node.js on my Raspberry Pi. This works >>>> wonderfully. Now I have some telemetry data from my network, periodically >>>> updated in a text file. It would be great, if I could show the current >>>> text >>>> content of this file in a tiddler in my wiki. >>>> >>>> What is the best (and easiest) way to do this? >>>> >>>> What I have tried so far: >>>> >>>> 1. I guessworked with the import and load commands of tiddlywiki on >>>> node.js. This works in principle, but to show the imported tiddlers, I had >>>> to stop and restart the tiddlywiki server after every import or load. >>>> Otherwise the new tiddlers were not shown in the refreshed browser page. >>>> Is >>>> there a way to avoid a restart of the node process? >>>> >>>> 2. I tried to use the HTML embed command in a tiddler like this: >>>> >>>> <div style="height:60px;background-color:beige;"> >>>> <embed type="text/plain" src="data.txt"> >>>> </div> >>>> >>>> But I did not get it working, neither with an absolute file path, nor >>>> with a relative file path. To be sure I copied the text file to the >>>> higher-level folder, to the 'mywiki' folder and to the 'tiddlers' folder. >>>> The file rights are checked and okay. No success. >>>> >>>> Is access to local files with tiddlywiki on node.js even possible? How >>>> does it have to be formatted? >>>> >>>> Thank you for helping me out. >>>> >>>> Oliver >>>> >>>> >>> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to tiddlywiki@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/cd326511-7c77-49f0-97a1-a690bbf24438%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
