# Latest

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## [Mikrotik - Get data](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/mikrotik-get-data/22653)

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**Author:** [@kerzol81](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/kerzol81)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [31 March 2020 05:36 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/mikrotik-get-data/22653 "2020-03-31T05:36:54Z")

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Hi, I'm very newbee to Node-RED, I only made some API call to my local transportation's public API with the http request node. I'd like to solve a GPS problem with Node-Red. I'm looking for a way to ask the GPS capable …

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## [Event listener for websocket-in](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/event-listener-for-websocket-in/23933)

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**Author:** [@michaelblight](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/michaelblight)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [31 March 2020 01:45 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/event-listener-for-websocket-in/23933 "2020-03-31T01:45:32Z")

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The websocket-in node emits "opened" and "closed" events. Can I set up a listener to these events in a function node, or do I have to write a new node to do so? I tried calling RED.nodes.getNode() from within a function,…

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## [Network usage dashboard on Raspberry pi4](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/network-usage-dashboard-on-raspberry-pi4/23905)

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**Author:** [@ezequiel\_barros](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ezequiel_barros)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [31 March 2020 00:46 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/network-usage-dashboard-on-raspberry-pi4/23905 "2020-03-31T00:46:15Z")

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Good afternoon friends I would like to make a graph of the network usage of the raspberry pi 4, can anyone tell me if this is possible?

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## [Looking for a text input dialog popup window similar to notification widget](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/looking-for-a-text-input-dialog-popup-window-similar-to-notification-widget/23838)

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**Author:** [@Christian-Me](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Christian-Me)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [30 March 2020 23:28 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/looking-for-a-text-input-dialog-popup-window-similar-to-notification-widget/23838 "2020-03-30T23:28:42Z")

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Hi, do anybody know a way to create a popup dialog like notification ok / cancel but with a text input field? Or alternatively a dropdown list widget with editable text line. I like to have a quick way to ask the user…

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## [Node Red Aedes External Devices not connecting](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-aedes-external-devices-not-connecting/23870)

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**Author:** [@pascone10](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/pascone10)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [30 March 2020 23:06 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-aedes-external-devices-not-connecting/23870 "2020-03-30T23:06:12Z")

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Hello All, If there is a better place to post this question. Please let me know.. Still new to the Node-Red community. I have used Mosquitto MQTT Broker on the Pi and just switched over to using Docker and trying to lea…

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## [Event on change of digital signal status](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/event-on-change-of-digital-signal-status/23926)

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**Author:** [@rromele](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/rromele)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [30 March 2020 22:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/event-on-change-of-digital-signal-status/23926 "2020-03-30T22:51:45Z")

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Hi, a digital signal has a polling reading of 20sec if its value is TRUE every 20sec sends an email, how can I send the email only once when the signal status changes from False to True? Thanks 000.json (1.3 KB)

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## [Issues Connecting to Home Assistant](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/issues-connecting-to-home-assistant/23925)

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**Author:** [@Exit2Studios](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Exit2Studios)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [30 March 2020 21:49 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/issues-connecting-to-home-assistant/23925 "2020-03-30T21:49:37Z")

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I have NR running on a Raspberry Pi (external of my Home Assistant instance). It was previously working, but now won't connect to Home Assistant. I've tried API password, etc. I recently created a long lived token, an…

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## [\[Announce\] node-red-contrib-bitunloader](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/announce-node-red-contrib-bitunloader/19784)

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**Author:** [@gemini86](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/gemini86)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [30 March 2020 20:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/announce-node-red-contrib-bitunloader/19784 "2020-03-30T20:54:50Z")

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Officially announcing node-red-contrib-bitunloader! This is a tool that's useful for those who are working with integer values received from modbus or similar protocols. Pass in a value that is or can be parsed as an Int…

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## [Save to CSV or TXT - UI Table](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/save-to-csv-or-txt-ui-table/23915)

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**Author:** [@zox2005](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/zox2005)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [30 March 2020 19:19 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/save-to-csv-or-txt-ui-table/23915 "2020-03-30T19:19:31Z")

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Hi, i have ui table populated with 10 records. I found on tabultaor web site that tables can have options for export / save file to PC. I can not find how can i add this option to node-red. If this option is not availa…

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## [Files access write/read - Node RED wiith Docker from Synology](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/files-access-write-read-node-red-wiith-docker-from-synology/23890)

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**Author:** [@Ventilo](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Ventilo)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [30 March 2020 16:49 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/files-access-write-read-node-red-wiith-docker-from-synology/23890 "2020-03-30T16:49:08Z")

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Hello everybody, I'm a begginer with Node RED, i started first with a RaspberryPi and now I use Node Red with my Synology DS411+II. (Syno+Docker+NodeRed) I'm looking for write a file on my Syno. I give access to /No…

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## [Missing node error](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/missing-node-error/23868)

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**Author:** [@maxlugo](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/maxlugo)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [30 March 2020 15:53 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/missing-node-error/23868 "2020-03-30T15:53:43Z")

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I running node-red on raspberry pi3 after upgrade I have fallowing missing node msg. 29 Mar 23:09:45 - \[info\] Waiting for missing \>types to be registered: 29 Mar 23:09:45 - \[info\] - postgres db I tryed to reinstal …

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## [Home Lighting Zone Management System](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/home-lighting-zone-management-system/23848)

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**Author:** [@hazymat](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/hazymat)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [30 March 2020 11:21 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/home-lighting-zone-management-system/23848 "2020-03-30T11:21:21Z")

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Hi all I've been working on what I consider to be a really cool project: a Node-RED Home Automation lighting management system. Youtube video here FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION General Management of light "fixtures", "zones…

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## [Reading message object in js file](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/reading-message-object-in-js-file/23867)

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**Author:** [@lizzardguki](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/lizzardguki)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [30 March 2020 10:43 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/reading-message-object-in-js-file/23867 "2020-03-30T10:43:55Z")

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Okay so maybe this is a dumb question, but how to read, for example, msg.topic in .js file, for ( i want to log msg.topic to console)? Done a lot of search on this, and trying reading from some other nodes, but I am a l…

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## [Delete layout dashboard](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/delete-layout-dashboard/23885)

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**Author:** [@cigno](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/cigno)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [30 March 2020 10:15 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/delete-layout-dashboard/23885 "2020-03-30T10:15:43Z")

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hello everyone I might know how to delete this section. I tried with the right mouse button but I can't find the way to cancel. thanks

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## [How to get errors/exceptions while developing custom node?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-get-errors-exceptions-while-developing-custom-node/23830)

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**Author:** [@tb19-nr](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/tb19-nr)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [30 March 2020 09:18 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-get-errors-exceptions-while-developing-custom-node/23830 "2020-03-30T09:18:43Z")

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Hi folks, I struggle to get decent error messages while writing a custom node (searched the forum and internet, not much to find, so I come up with this topic! o) If I enter some garbage lines of code like this: module…

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## [Time is wrong in a (synology) hosted docker installation (SOLVED)](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/time-is-wrong-in-a-synology-hosted-docker-installation-solved/23878)

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**Author:** [@dougle03](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dougle03)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [30 March 2020 09:10 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/time-is-wrong-in-a-synology-hosted-docker-installation-solved/23878 "2020-03-30T09:10:01Z")

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Good morning all, My NodeRed installation that is in Docker running on a Synology NAS has an incorrect time, it's one hour behind. The clocks went forward yesterday and the host NAS does have the correct time, but my N…

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## [If anyone is wanting to play with an IR puck (thing) for Universal control](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/if-anyone-is-wanting-to-play-with-an-ir-puck-thing-for-universal-control/23877)

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**Author:** [@Trying\_to\_learn](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Trying_to_learn)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [30 March 2020 08:23 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/if-anyone-is-wanting-to-play-with-an-ir-puck-thing-for-universal-control/23877 "2020-03-30T08:23:02Z")

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I am in two worlds: Node-Red and Tasmota. Node-Red is a great platform for talking to Tasmota devices, and recently I have started my journey down the Rabbit hole of IR Controllers. That is: Replace a bunch of remot…

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## [Create plugin for custom node](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/create-plugin-for-custom-node/23873)

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**Author:** [@Iliyas](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Iliyas)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [30 March 2020 06:27 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/create-plugin-for-custom-node/23873 "2020-03-30T06:27:17Z")

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I have created a custom node successfully, now I need to create a plugin for this node so that we can easily install into any servers into 1 click please help me out with this.

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## [Core node to store credentials](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/core-node-to-store-credentials/23774)

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**Author:** [@hklages](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/hklages)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [30 March 2020 06:25 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/core-node-to-store-credentials/23774 "2020-03-30T06:25:40Z")

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Hi. Request Provide a node similar to credential node in the core node set. Another option could be to have a tic in the change/inject node to identify a string as a credential. Background I thought to be safe becaus…

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## [Http GET with body doesn't work](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/http-get-with-body-doesnt-work/7268)

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**Author:** [@uwaechte](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/uwaechte)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [30 March 2020 05:11 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/http-get-with-body-doesnt-work/7268 "2020-03-30T05:11:46Z")

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Hi, I want to query a webserver to get a json file. For that I have to request the webserver via http GET method and the json query string has to be in the body. It work perfect when I use postman, but I try to use www…

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## [HTTP request - works in POSTMAN but not in NodeRed](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/http-request-works-in-postman-but-not-in-nodered/23871)

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**Author:** [@godofglow](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/godofglow)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [30 March 2020 05:11 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/http-request-works-in-postman-but-not-in-nodered/23871 "2020-03-30T05:11:13Z")

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HI everbody, I getting crazy... :smiley: I have some HTTP Request (incl. Query) to Elastic which works pretty fine in Postman. I tried hundreds ways to add the body, headers, etc. to a http response node, but it seems…

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## [Anyone here every played with IR commands?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/anyone-here-every-played-with-ir-commands/23860)

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**Author:** [@Trying\_to\_learn](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Trying_to_learn)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [30 March 2020 01:02 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/anyone-here-every-played-with-ir-commands/23860 "2020-03-30T01:02:58Z")

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I have just bought one of these IR pucks and flashed with with Tasmota so I can keep things local. I made a simple flow to test it and it is receiving data when I point a remote at it and press a button. Thing is I don…

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## [Passing values to influxdb](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/passing-values-to-influxdb/23847)

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**Author:** [@ajocius](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ajocius)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [29 March 2020 22:24 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/passing-values-to-influxdb/23847 "2020-03-29T22:24:26Z")

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I do get readings from my sensors via MQTT. Message payload looks like this: "13.4375,0x6f01d51b07000728" where 13.4375 is temp and value after come is sensor identifier. Since I will have several sensors connected, th…

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## [Warnings when starting NR on macOS](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/warnings-when-starting-nr-on-macos/23807)

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**Author:** [@drmibell](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/drmibell)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [29 March 2020 21:58 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/warnings-when-starting-nr-on-macos/23807 "2020-03-29T21:58:28Z")

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Running MacOS version 10.14.6, starting NR gives Welcome to Node-RED 28 Mar 18:51:45 - \[info\] Node-RED version: v1.0.4 28 Mar 18:51:45 - \[info\] Node.js version: v8.11.2 28 Mar 18:51:45 - \[info\] Darwin 18.7.0 x64 LE …

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## [Network control your SkyQ Box](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/network-control-your-skyq-box/23813)

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**Author:** [@cymplecy](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/cymplecy)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [29 March 2020 21:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/network-control-your-skyq-box/23813 "2020-03-29T21:52:24Z")

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Last night I discovered (via the twitter feed of updated nodes) I'm testing it out as a replacement for my IR LED transmitter connected to a PiZero in front of my SkyQ box. Working well so far :slight\_smile:

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## [Telegram - authorised/unauthorised users](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/telegram-authorised-unauthorised-users/15100)

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**Author:** [@cymplecy](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/cymplecy)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [29 March 2020 20:40 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/telegram-authorised-unauthorised-users/15100 "2020-03-29T20:40:31Z")

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I'm finally trying out Telegram (using node-red-contrib-telegrambot ) and I've set up a bot and using receiver node to get messages from my mobile phone. The rx node as two outputs - one from authorised user and from no…

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## [Some dashboard for some user](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/some-dashboard-for-some-user/23850)

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**Author:** [@Mohsen](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Mohsen)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [29 March 2020 19:36 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/some-dashboard-for-some-user/23850 "2020-03-29T19:36:28Z")

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Hello guys. We have an little company with some user. We want to use node-red to create a dashboard with login page. I want when user logged in, he/she redirect to his/her dashboard or account. I don't know how to do thi…

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## [Node-Red - Node Settings UI - glitch](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-node-settings-ui-glitch/23846)

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**Author:** [@mrSidX](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/mrSidX)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [29 March 2020 18:48 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-node-settings-ui-glitch/23846 "2020-03-29T18:48:27Z")

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Not sure where to post this, so within General it goes, per instructions. I was working on Node-red, and happened to double click the HTTP Response node in my flow, and did not get an immediate response (no pun). As …

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## [How to interpeter the output from a MySQL INSERT](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-interpeter-the-output-from-a-mysql-insert/23822)

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**Author:** [@Sep](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Sep)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [29 March 2020 18:48 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-interpeter-the-output-from-a-mysql-insert/23822 "2020-03-29T18:48:04Z")

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Hi, where to get infos about the Mysql node return after a SQL operation? I do a START TRANSACTION; INSERT INTO...; INSERT INTO...; COMMIT; Everything looks fine on the database side and I get the following output…

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## [Cannot install "co2monitor 0.0.1"](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cannot-install-co2monitor-0-0-1/23743)

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**Author:** [@fehlkauf](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/fehlkauf)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [29 March 2020 18:36 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cannot-install-co2monitor-0-0-1/23743 "2020-03-29T18:36:55Z")

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Hello, I cannot install the flow palette for "co2monitor 0.0.1". I try to use the web interface. The error log says ----------------------------------------------------------- 2020-03-27T16:20:45.977Z installieren…

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