Add config option to ignore ping/ping

src/config.js

@@ -93,6 +93,10 @@ const DEFAULT_CONFIG = {
     // disable splitting into separate lines.
     maxPointDistance: 1000,
   },
+  // Remove the ping/ping location which is enabled in the recorder's
+  // Docker image for health checks by default:
+  // https://github.com/owntracks/recorder/issues/195#issuecomment-304004436
+  ignorePingLocation: true,
 };
 
 // Use deepmerge to combine the default and user-defined configuration.

src/store/actions.js

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import * as types from "@/store/mutation-types";
 import * as api from "@/api";
+import config from "@/config";
 import { isIsoDate } from "@/util";
 
 /**
@@ -99,10 +100,18 @@ const getDevices = async ({ commit, state }) => {
  * Load last location of the selected user/device.
  */
 const getLastLocations = async ({ commit, state }) => {
-  commit(
-    types.SET_LAST_LOCATIONS,
-    await api.getLastLocations(state.selectedUser, state.selectedDevice)
+  let lastLocations = await api.getLastLocations(
+    state.selectedUser,
+    state.selectedDevice
   );
+  if (config.ignorePingLocation) {
+    // Remove ping/ping from the owntracks/recorder Docker image
+    // https://github.com/owntracks/frontend/issues/12
+    lastLocations = lastLocations.filter(
+      l => !(l.username === "ping" && l.device === "ping")
+    );
+  }
+  commit(types.SET_LAST_LOCATIONS, lastLocations);
 };
 
 /**