Cat-Mirror🐈

Modular Smart Mirror System written using Flask + Electron

Pre-requirements:

• Python3 🐍
• NPM + Node.JS ☕

Installation

npm install
pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage

Simply type npm start to boot the mirror.

Configuration for Web Interface

This only works on Chrome because other browsers like FireFox are more strict about the security of the source

Treat Mirror IP address as a Secure Source

For the full functionality of the mirror, you need to treat the web interface as a secure source, because most browsers nowadays will disable many powerful functionalities on insecure HTTP sources.
And because Cat-Mirror is intended to run on a local network with access only through the IP address, it's not possible to get a certificate and use HTTPs, thus we need to tell the browser to treat the Mirror's IP address as a secure source.
Before you proceed, just know that Cat-Mirror and it's built-in modules will not in any way collect your data for any purposes.

Steps

• On Chrome, type chrome://flags/#unsafely-treat-insecure-origin-as-secure in the address bar.
• Enable the highlighted flag.
• Type your mirror's IP address, e.g. http//192.168.0.100:12306.
  Note It is recommended to configure a static IP address on the router for the mirror.
• Restart your browser.

PWA

There is a manifest.json file written for Cat-Mirror, but since we can't use HTTPs for the mirror, we can't have a proper PWA. But on Chrome, you can choose to add to home screen in the menu. It will have a icon, splash screen, and function almost like an actual PWA.

TODO:

• Make a config navigation page for all modules.
• Write weather module
• Reduce the amount of front-end css code
• News module
• PWA for Chrome (?)
• Voice Control
  • Basic module for testing
  • Interface for other modules
• Login Security
  • Basic login page
  • Authentication