Help with `blockly.js` 404 – Trying to Customize PixelBlaze Interface via TamperMonkey

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Hi everyone,

I’ve been working on a custom interface overlay all weekend and I am completely stumped. I’m trying to use a TamperMonkey script that hooks into the PixelBlaze web interface. The goal is to create an interactive dashboard that lets me trigger pattern changes, upload animations, and display dynamic information in real-time.

So far, the TamperMonkey script is working well — I’m able to inject UI elements and run WebSocket commands. However, I keep getting a persistent 404 error in the console:

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GET http://192.168.0.21/blockly/blockly.js net::ERR_ABORTED 404 (Not Found)

I’ve combed through the TamperMonkey script — there’s no reference to Blockly in the user code. I checked the HTML via DevTools and confirmed that the original PixelBlaze index page has this line around line 179:

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<script src="blockly/blockly.js"></script>

But I haven’t found any subsequent JavaScript that actively uses Blockly methods (e.g. Blockly.inject()), which makes me wonder:
:point_right: Is Blockly still being used by the current firmware?
:point_right: Or is this script tag legacy or vestigial?

I tried using TamperMonkey to remove or block the <script src="blockly/blockly.js"> tag, but the script still gets requested on load. It looks like it’s baked into the index page itself, and editing the HTML from within DevTools isn’t persistent or effective.

So here’s what I’d love help with:

  • Is Blockly still used by the PixelBlaze interface, or can it safely be removed/ignored?
  • If it is needed, is there documentation or examples of what it’s doing?
  • Is there a clean way to override or stub that script so it doesn’t throw 404s?

I’m not trying to modify the core PixelBlaze firmware — just overlay some tools on top of the existing interface without causing errors or collisions.

Any insight from folks who’ve dug into this would be hugely appreciated!

Thanks so much,
Ezra

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Cancel that I figured it out, blockly is vestigial

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It’s an educational extension that can be installed on a Pixelblaze. It provides a blockly / scratch interface.

You could install your own script file to that location, a bit of a hack, but it would load without needing tampermonkey and will stay put unless you install the blockly extension.

You can also download the index.html.gz file, unzip, modify, and put back, though that will get overwritten when doing a firmware update.