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## [Need current Unix time in payload](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/need-current-unix-time-in-payload/74818)

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**Author:** [@AnCnoc](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/AnCnoc)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [7 February 2023 07:41 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/need-current-unix-time-in-payload/74818 "2023-02-07T07:41:12Z")

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Hello, I'm new here so please excuse me if I've jumped the gun by creating a topic for this. I need to add a UNIX time to a HTTP URL in order to retrieve data for a given time. I have tried to use timestamp but that r…

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## [Feature request - node Text background color](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/feature-request-node-text-background-color/74809)

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**Author:** [@Giamma](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Giamma)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [7 February 2023 07:16 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/feature-request-node-text-background-color/74809 "2023-02-07T07:16:06Z")

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Is possible to implement this setting in the node Text? Yes, I know how to do at present, but it would be much easier to have this specific property ....

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## [UIBuilder and Caddy](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/uibuilder-and-caddy/74721)

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**Author:** [@ianh33](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ianh33)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [7 February 2023 06:47 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/uibuilder-and-caddy/74721 "2023-02-07T06:47:11Z")

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I am trying to serve uibuilder pages with Caddy with the added complication that both are in dockers. I have an existing Django website served with NGINX some of which I want to ‘port’ across to UIBuilder. I have switc…

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## [Bash code and data within Node-red](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/bash-code-and-data-within-node-red/74755)

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**Author:** [@jbudd](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jbudd)\
**Replies:** 19\
**Last updated:** [7 February 2023 05:19 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/bash-code-and-data-within-node-red/74755 "2023-02-07T05:19:20Z")

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A great man recently said Part of our thinking was that \[Node-red\] would never be perfect for everyone ... and ... by having flexibility like the function node, or jsonata ... we might encourage people to take some ste…

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## [Custom logger in settings.js to write the logs to a filesystem?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/custom-logger-in-settings-js-to-write-the-logs-to-a-filesystem/74678)

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**Author:** [@Josh](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Josh)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [7 February 2023 05:13 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/custom-logger-in-settings-js-to-write-the-logs-to-a-filesystem/74678 "2023-02-07T05:13:54Z")

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Hi, I am looking out for a solution on how to write nodered logs to filesystem. I tried using the logger in settings.js but couldnt find an appropriate way to do that. Please Help !!

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## [Is there a better / more efficient way to write this flow?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/is-there-a-better-more-efficient-way-to-write-this-flow/74742)

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**Author:** [@jank](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jank)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [7 February 2023 02:53 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/is-there-a-better-more-efficient-way-to-write-this-flow/74742 "2023-02-07T02:53:57Z")

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This is my first time using Node-Red, created last night, so please excuse my ignorance. Node-Red v3.0.2 on Homeassistant installed via HACS This flow is checking the state of thermometer from an outside weather statio…

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## [ESP01s not working after flashing with ESP Easy \>\> Solution](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/esp01s-not-working-after-flashing-with-esp-easy-solution/9544)

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**Author:** [@dynamicdave](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dynamicdave)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [30 March 2019 05:36 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/esp01s-not-working-after-flashing-with-esp-easy-solution/9544 "2019-03-30T05:36:07Z")

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This is a quick posting in case any one else gets tripped-up by the issue. Although I have a number of Wemos D1 Mini devices working with Node-RED, this is the first time I've tried using the smaller ESP01s variety. I …

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## [Synology NAS: MySQL Error: connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:3306 - Problem solved](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/synology-nas-mysql-error-connect-econnrefused-127-0-0-1-3306-problem-solved/74814)

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**Author:** [@freenr](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/freenr)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [6 February 2023 22:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/synology-nas-mysql-error-connect-econnrefused-127-0-0-1-3306-problem-solved/74814 "2023-02-06T22:05:59Z")

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Hi, I have a Synology DS218. Node-red and MariaDB10 installed. It was not possible to connect to database. The solution for me was to open MariaDB from the Synology PacketCenter and enable TCP/IP. Hope this helps so…

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## [Send error status message that arrives as malfromed JSON String](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/send-error-status-message-that-arrives-as-malfromed-json-string/74801)

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**Author:** [@SurfingSpider](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/SurfingSpider)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [6 February 2023 21:47 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/send-error-status-message-that-arrives-as-malfromed-json-string/74801 "2023-02-06T21:47:35Z")

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I have my 3d printer connected to Home assistant which I use Node Red to do some automations. I am trying to send a message with the status information from moonraker (Klipper firmware) when there is an error. I can ge…

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## [Node-RED Docker Crash](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-docker-crash/74760)

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**Author:** [@Renegade605](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Renegade605)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [6 February 2023 21:24 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-docker-crash/74760 "2023-02-06T21:24:25Z")

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A couple times recently I've had NR crash with this message in the logs. I can't find any information on narrowing down the cause. Please assist? Node-RED Docker container running on Unraid (custom server).

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## [If AND Statement formatting](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/if-and-statement-formatting/74712)

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**Author:** [@Bigrob55](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Bigrob55)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [6 February 2023 18:56 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/if-and-statement-formatting/74712 "2023-02-06T18:56:32Z")

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Greetings NodeRed Community, I cannot say that I am exactly new to using NodeRed, however while attempting to create this flow, i sure do feel like a noobie. My Goal: Create a flow within my Home Assistant instance, …

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## [Using start time from ical event as start for flow](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/using-start-time-from-ical-event-as-start-for-flow/74783)

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**Author:** [@Twiglet](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Twiglet)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [6 February 2023 18:15 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/using-start-time-from-ical-event-as-start-for-flow/74783 "2023-02-06T18:15:25Z")

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Hi all, new user here. Please be gentle! I'm using node-red-contrib-ical-events to get the events for the next day (1 event per day) and get the start time. I'd like to pass this to some kind of trigger node to start a …

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## [Node-Red with HiveMQ Cloud and Raspberry PI for IOT project](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-with-hivemq-cloud-and-raspberry-pi-for-iot-project/74806)

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**Author:** [@shank](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/shank)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [6 February 2023 17:46 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-with-hivemq-cloud-and-raspberry-pi-for-iot-project/74806 "2023-02-06T17:46:07Z")

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I want to share a blog that i found interesting for IOT enthusiasts. the blog takes a sensors reading and uses Raspberry Pi Pico to transfer the value to a Node-Red dashboard via the HiveMQ free cloud broker. I liked…

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## [Node-red-contrib-ui-web-push Url is called incorrectly](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-ui-web-push-url-is-called-incorrectly/74559)

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**Author:** [@EIKSEU](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/EIKSEU)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [6 February 2023 17:37 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-ui-web-push-url-is-called-incorrectly/74559 "2023-02-06T17:37:04Z")

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Hello, Thanks for the Nodered node works :+1:. My problem is that the URL is not called correctly after clicking on the received message. I have the dashboard via a reserve proxy with ssl. The URL is https://domain, but …

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## [Dynamically generate dashboard tabs](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dynamically-generate-dashboard-tabs/74786)

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**Author:** [@kitkat159](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/kitkat159)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [6 February 2023 17:26 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dynamically-generate-dashboard-tabs/74786 "2023-02-06T17:26:39Z")

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Hello there! Is it possible to create dashboard tabs dynamically based on the response from a REST API call? For example I want to do a REST API call and get a JSON result where the data has different groups (Group 1, G…

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## [HTTP-Request EPROTO Failure](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/http-request-eproto-failure/74795)

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**Author:** [@ShortyIT](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ShortyIT)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [6 February 2023 17:24 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/http-request-eproto-failure/74795 "2023-02-06T17:24:44Z")

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Hello everyone, i have the following problem: RequestError: write EPROTO 18080000:error:0A000152:SSL routines:final\_renegotiate:unsafe legacy renegotiation disabled:c:\\ws\\deps\\openssl\\openssl\\ssl\\statem\\extensions.c:92…

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## [Cant read file on same Pi](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cant-read-file-on-same-pi/74802)

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**Author:** [@Tinbum1](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Tinbum1)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [6 February 2023 17:19 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cant-read-file-on-same-pi/74802 "2023-02-06T17:19:03Z")

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I'm using Node-Red on a Raspberry Pi and I'm trying to read a file on the same Pi. I keep getting the error 'Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'home/pi/test.txt'' but the strange thing is I can write to the …

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## [Check for unkown or missing nodes](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/check-for-unkown-or-missing-nodes/74803)

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**Author:** [@kevim](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/kevim)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [6 February 2023 17:17 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/check-for-unkown-or-missing-nodes/74803 "2023-02-06T17:17:51Z")

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Hello! There is a way to check if my deployed flow has an unknown/missing node? Situation: I have a nodered application running in a docker container and sometimes the kubernetes deploy a new pod missing some node\_mod…

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## [Enable/Disable nodes under the right click context menu v2](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/enable-disable-nodes-under-the-right-click-context-menu-v2/74799)

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**Author:** [@dougle03](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dougle03)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [6 February 2023 17:08 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/enable-disable-nodes-under-the-right-click-context-menu-v2/74799 "2023-02-06T17:08:54Z")

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There was a discussion on this some time ago, just wondered if this was now on the route plan for 3.1? Looking at the Beta announcement and the screen shots, I can't see it. Thanks

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## [Subflow node.status](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/subflow-node-status/16927)

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**Author:** [@Dave](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Dave)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [6 February 2023 17:03 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/subflow-node-status/16927 "2023-02-06T17:03:33Z")

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I have been developing some subflows recently, the biggest thing I miss is the ability to use node.status in function nodes and the fact that there is no indication on trigger nodes etc etc, it makes tracking down proble…

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## [Extracting and manipulating data with node exec](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/extracting-and-manipulating-data-with-node-exec/74789)

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**Author:** [@felipeneves](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/felipeneves)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [6 February 2023 16:34 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/extracting-and-manipulating-data-with-node-exec/74789 "2023-02-06T16:34:42Z")

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Hello everyone, everything good? I'm not a programmer, I'm from the computer network area, I have a problem with a flow, I'll try to explain what it does, I want it to read the files from inside the folder c:\\fotos\\3, a…

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## [Splitting message and reseting msg.parts.count?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/splitting-message-and-reseting-msg-parts-count/74502)

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**Author:** [@LuSochr](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/LuSochr)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [6 February 2023 16:30 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/splitting-message-and-reseting-msg-parts-count/74502 "2023-02-06T16:30:14Z")

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Hi to All, I am new here (although I already found lot of answers here in the past). I am completely lost and after many days of searching through this forum and the internet. I have arduino with three temp sensor on my…

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## [Calculating days and hours between two timestamps - Almost there.. Need a tweak on this!](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/calculating-days-and-hours-between-two-timestamps-almost-there-need-a-tweak-on-this/74761)

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**Author:** [@Mobile\_NR\_Env](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Mobile_NR_Env)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [6 February 2023 16:28 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/calculating-days-and-hours-between-two-timestamps-almost-there-need-a-tweak-on-this/74761 "2023-02-06T16:28:28Z")

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Hello! So I'm calculating time between two payloads to display in a nice readable format in a function node. "X Days and X Hours" It's not quite working as anticipated. The read out of Days is incorrect. It calculate…

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## [Send data form NODE RED to ESPEASY](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/send-data-form-node-red-to-espeasy/73377)

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**Author:** [@MHagreis](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/MHagreis)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [6 February 2023 16:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/send-data-form-node-red-to-espeasy/73377 "2023-02-06T16:00:36Z")

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how to send data form node red to espeasy mqtt message in format or status can some one point me in the right direction espeasy to NODE RED is easy but NODE RED to espeasy i like to send data to espeasy to change a Ne…

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## [How to to convert received telegram voice message in a format my vto can play](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-to-convert-received-telegram-voice-message-in-a-format-my-vto-can-play/74729)

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**Author:** [@morpheus8888](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/morpheus8888)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [6 February 2023 15:11 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-to-convert-received-telegram-voice-message-in-a-format-my-vto-can-play/74729 "2023-02-06T15:11:06Z")

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Hi all, I found this flow on the net and adapted it. The part that receives the text message works perfectly, while the part that receives the audio doesn't, I wanted the audio received, in .oga format, to be directly co…

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## [Env.get() is declared to return a string, but in subflows, it doesn't](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/env-get-is-declared-to-return-a-string-but-in-subflows-it-doesnt/74757)

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**Author:** [@Putzeimer](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Putzeimer)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [6 February 2023 14:23 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/env-get-is-declared-to-return-a-string-but-in-subflows-it-doesnt/74757 "2023-02-06T14:23:55Z")

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Hi, a subflow has the environment variable List set to type JSON. The value of this variable is set to: \["foo","bar"\] The variable is retrieved in a function node inside the subflow via env.get(). When I hover over th…

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## [How to download attachments in node-red-node-email](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-download-attachments-in-node-red-node-email/74693)

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**Author:** [@kowts](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/kowts)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [6 February 2023 12:14 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-download-attachments-in-node-red-node-email/74693 "2023-02-06T12:14:17Z")

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Hello everybody, I start workig with Node-RED a few weeks ago and I create a flow that is using node-red-node-email to get certain unread emails from INBOX. Can someone help me on how download the attachments (excel) f…

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## [/GET a file and then download it through the web browser?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/get-a-file-and-then-download-it-through-the-web-browser/74746)

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**Author:** [@network\_potato](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/network_potato)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [6 February 2023 11:50 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/get-a-file-and-then-download-it-through-the-web-browser/74746 "2023-02-06T11:50:15Z")

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I have some HTML with a link: \<a href="https://example.com/get-pdf"\>Download PDF\</a\> Where example.com is my Node-RED instance with a /get-pdf http endpoint: This flow then GETs the file through another http reques…

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## [I can't convert text to lowercase](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/i-cant-convert-text-to-lowercase/74730)

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**Author:** [@cymplecy](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/cymplecy)\
**Replies:** 21\
**Last updated:** [6 February 2023 10:58 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/i-cant-convert-text-to-lowercase/74730 "2023-02-06T10:58:03Z")

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Well - the gremlins are really mucking me up today Tried using Blocky node to convert payload to lowercase - get error Tried using a contrib node - got error Tried using JSONata - got error Will someone please just …

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## [Reading data in NODE-RED on Raspberry PI3 + RadioHead (LORA) + Dragino](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/reading-data-in-node-red-on-raspberry-pi3-radiohead-lora-dragino/74780)

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**Author:** [@batigolle](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/batigolle)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [6 February 2023 10:30 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/reading-data-in-node-red-on-raspberry-pi3-radiohead-lora-dragino/74780 "2023-02-06T10:30:57Z")

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Good morning everyone I successfully installed the RadioHead library on Raspberry PI3+ equipped with a Dragino board with RFM95 module, to create a LORA receiver. After compiling and creating the RF95\_server executable…

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