# Latest

**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/latest.md?page=1174

[Latest](https://discourse.nodered.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discourse.nodered.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discourse.nodered.org/tags.md)

**Page:** 1175

---

## [Remove node-red-node-google](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/remove-node-red-node-google/20374)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@regissg](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/regissg)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [15 January 2020 14:24 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/remove-node-red-node-google/20374 "2020-01-15T14:24:29Z")

</div>

I have not succeeded to get credentials for node-red-node-google I want therefore to uninstall that package but I cannot do it as the 2 of its nodes (google-credentials and google-api-config) appear to be in use. What …

---

## [Anyone using node-red-contrib-google](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/anyone-using-node-red-contrib-google/14164)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@cymplecy](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/cymplecy)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [15 January 2020 13:09 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/anyone-using-node-red-contrib-google/14164 "2020-01-15T13:09:32Z")

</div>

... to get calendar events It is just saying that node isn't configured properly when I deploy it even though I've put the service-key JSON in it

---

## [Timestamp ms to HH:MM:SS](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/timestamp-ms-to-hhss/20343)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@niclas.w82](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/niclas.w82)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [15 January 2020 03:26 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/timestamp-ms-to-hhss/20343 "2020-01-15T03:26:09Z")

</div>

Hi. Have read in this forum to find a solution to convert timestamp. I found on jsonata homepage to get Day,Month and year nicely formatted but I have no luck with the time. I just want HH:MM:SS from a ms timestamp. I…

---

## [Save payload in sqlite data base](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/save-payload-in-sqlite-data-base/7163)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@fiberkill](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/fiberkill)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [14 January 2020 23:36 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/save-payload-in-sqlite-data-base/7163 "2020-01-14T23:36:06Z")

</div>

Hi all, i'm very new in node red. I'd like to save a payload with weather data in a sql data base. can anybody help me to understand what i have to do? thanks in advance FK SummaryThis text will be hidden

---

## [Node-red-contrib-telegrambot send message on event not on request?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-telegrambot-send-message-on-event-not-on-request/20311)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@kajoty](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/kajoty)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [14 January 2020 22:19 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-telegrambot-send-message-on-event-not-on-request/20311 "2020-01-14T22:19:51Z")

</div>

Hi again. I'm playing around with "node-red-contrib-telegrambot". I'm able to receive messages from my bot on a "comand" e.g. /help. But what I want is that my bot sends me a message on a certain event. e.g. my my door …

---

## [Button text forced to uppercase](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/button-text-forced-to-uppercase/20251)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [14 January 2020 21:18 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/button-text-forced-to-uppercase/20251 "2020-01-14T21:18:13Z")

</div>

For the first time I am using a dashboard button and I notice that the text on the button is always in uppercase, whatever I put in the button configuration. Is that expected? Node-RED version: v1.0.2 Node.js version…

---

## [Help with function node](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-with-function-node/20333)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@niclas.w82](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/niclas.w82)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [14 January 2020 20:35 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-with-function-node/20333 "2020-01-14T20:35:48Z")

</div>

HI. Have tried to get this work for a while now. Have read the documentation on the function node but I don't get how to solve this. I want multiple expressions I one node with an output for each expression.

---

## [Api for subflows](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/api-for-subflows/20325)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@jacyuan](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jacyuan)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [14 January 2020 20:13 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/api-for-subflows/20325 "2020-01-14T20:13:22Z")

</div>

Hi, I'm trying to manage nodered with admin api endpoints. If I want to import an existing flow (not all flows but only some selected ones) from another nodered instance : I do a http get from the source nodered serv…

---

## [Debugging ... little tweaks that perhaps can be useful](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/debugging-little-tweaks-that-perhaps-can-be-useful/19542)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@Christian-Me](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Christian-Me)\
**Replies:** 19\
**Last updated:** [14 January 2020 19:12 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/debugging-little-tweaks-that-perhaps-can-be-useful/19542 "2020-01-14T19:12:41Z")

</div>

Hi, like to suggest a few tweaks that could help with debugging switch(es) to mute warn and error messages: I'm using some nodes which are very chatty, especially when working offline they are spamming the debug windo…

---

## [Help with function - yes an another noob -](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-with-function-yes-an-another-noob/20320)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@Panos](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Panos)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [14 January 2020 18:16 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-with-function-yes-an-another-noob/20320 "2020-01-14T18:16:36Z")

</div>

I am trying to set a function to compare the value of a DHT11 sensor (temperature) with a set point and if the ui-switch is off do nothing. If the temperature is bellow the setpoint and the ui switch is on then send msg …

---

## [Configurations lost while creating a dynamic node and flow](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/configurations-lost-while-creating-a-dynamic-node-and-flow/20155)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@sriramachandramanjun](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/sriramachandramanjun)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [14 January 2020 14:31 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/configurations-lost-while-creating-a-dynamic-node-and-flow/20155 "2020-01-14T14:31:51Z")

</div>

I have started exploring, how to create a dynamic nodes in NodeRED and I found it was not possible, instead I can create a new flow dynamically with the nodeids mentioned below as suggested by the documentationo. I teste…

---

## [Sending HTTP POST Requests](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sending-http-post-requests/20279)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@DGRAY325](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/DGRAY325)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [14 January 2020 12:43 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sending-http-post-requests/20279 "2020-01-14T12:43:18Z")

</div>

I have a software that offers a REST API with a ton of tools to test and implement custom integrations. I'm new to all this and hoping someone could guide me in the right direction. I setup a basic flow using an inject, …

---

## [Rancher 1.6 Healthy](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/rancher-1-6-healthy/20302)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@markgr](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/markgr)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [14 January 2020 09:44 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/rancher-1-6-healthy/20302 "2020-01-14T09:44:44Z")

</div>

Hi just wondering if anyone has any tips on getting nodered to run on rancher 1.6.... I can get the container up but can't seem to get rancher to detect it's healthy :frowning: cheers

---

## [Help to build a JSON packet](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-to-build-a-json-packet/20288)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@Trying\_to\_learn](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Trying_to_learn)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [14 January 2020 04:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-to-build-a-json-packet/20288 "2020-01-14T04:51:10Z")

</div>

(Yes, I'm probably a gluten for punishment.) I'm messing around with sending a message over MQTT and need extra things in the message. The basic system works, but when I try to add extra stuff on the message, it all fa…

---

## [Are credentials set?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/are-credentials-set/20294)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@iOnline247](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/iOnline247)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [14 January 2020 04:35 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/are-credentials-set/20294 "2020-01-14T04:35:44Z")

</div>

I'm trying to figure out if this is feasible. Ideally, I'd like to set the HTML elements to be readonly (and style with CSS, so it's apparent), if the credentials are supplied via environment variables. I am able to set…

---

## [Raspberry Pi-Zero-W Mini-Tower](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/raspberry-pi-zero-w-mini-tower/20217)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@dynamicdave](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dynamicdave)\
**Replies:** 21\
**Last updated:** [13 January 2020 22:28 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/raspberry-pi-zero-w-mini-tower/20217 "2020-01-13T22:28:48Z")

</div>

Just finished building a couple of mini-towers for my IoT Club. The idea is the towers can be kept in a cupboard at school and just brought out when I run the IoT Club. All I would need to do is plug the 6-port PSU into…

---

## [\[ANNOUNCE\] node-red-contrib-nostalgic](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/announce-node-red-contrib-nostalgic/20285)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@gemini86](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/gemini86)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [13 January 2020 22:11 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/announce-node-red-contrib-nostalgic/20285 "2020-01-13T22:11:14Z")

</div>

Live now! When I'm dealing with data coming in over MQTT which isn't updated super frequently, I find it useful to know the age of my dashboard data at a glance. This makes it a little easier.

---

## [Node-red-contrib-fs not finding /dev/ttyUSB0](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-fs-not-finding-dev-ttyusb0/20262)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [13 January 2020 21:27 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-fs-not-finding-dev-ttyusb0/20262 "2020-01-13T21:27:01Z")

</div>

On a Pi (Zero) running Raspbian Buster when I do ls /dev/tty\* I see lots of entries, including ttyUSB0, provided something appropriate is plugged in. However, when I try to find that with node-red-contrib-fs it does n…

---

## [Msg topic explanation](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/msg-topic-explanation/20280)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@scottriggle](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/scottriggle)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [13 January 2020 20:41 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/msg-topic-explanation/20280 "2020-01-13T20:41:29Z")

</div>

I've just started Node-Red and I've been taking lots of tutorials and they all mention msg.topic but never explain what it is used for.

---

## [Obtaining the Kodi Player id and the using of id](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/obtaining-the-kodi-player-id-and-the-using-of-id/20276)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@konrul](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/konrul)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [13 January 2020 20:38 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/obtaining-the-kodi-player-id-and-the-using-of-id/20276 "2020-01-13T20:38:12Z")

</div>

Hello, I have discovered something new! {"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "Player.GetActivePlayers", "id": 1} This code obtains which player is active. It returns as: {"id": 1, "jsonrpc": "2.0", "result": \[ { "playerid": …

---

## [Title info is changing when other action is made](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/title-info-is-changing-when-other-action-is-made/20271)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@konrul](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/konrul)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [13 January 2020 20:07 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/title-info-is-changing-when-other-action-is-made/20271 "2020-01-13T20:07:18Z")

</div>

Hello all; I'm still trying to handle Kodi-node-red working, but there is another problem. I can see the title of playing a song or video. This image is a properly working title example: However, when I try to chang…

---

## [Flows stopped due to... ui\_base](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/flows-stopped-due-to-ui-base/20265)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@Andres](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Andres)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [13 January 2020 20:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/flows-stopped-due-to-ui-base/20265 "2020-01-13T20:00:08Z")

</div>

Hello everyone, i have this error from nr and i can't get it to work, what does it means and how can i solve it? Flows stopped due to missing node types. ui\_base i've tryed this but when i reintall nr it keeps showin…

---

## [How to edit config.js file](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-edit-config-js-file/20266)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@tanya](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/tanya)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [13 January 2020 19:53 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-edit-config-js-file/20266 "2020-01-13T19:53:57Z")

</div>

I would like to have customize tab in right palette exactly like how config does. So, how can I edit config src code to add few more enchantments. Note: I don't want to modify the existing config tab but I want to creat…

---

## [Parsing info from Kodi](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/parsing-info-from-kodi/20211)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@konrul](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/konrul)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [13 January 2020 17:13 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/parsing-info-from-kodi/20211 "2020-01-13T17:13:04Z")

</div>

Hello everyone, I am new on Node-red, and I have another problem. While music (i.e., from youtube) is playing on Kodi, I want to see the music title, artist, year, etc. However, I see the information like this: {"noti…

---

## [Setup SSL within Postgresql-variable configuration node doubt](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/setup-ssl-within-postgresql-variable-configuration-node-doubt/20267)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@lenny1972](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/lenny1972)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [13 January 2020 16:28 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/setup-ssl-within-postgresql-variable-configuration-node-doubt/20267 "2020-01-13T16:28:12Z")

</div>

Having to secure the Node-Red / PostgreSQL DB connection from sniffing I'm wondering if it will be sufficient - after configuring in the Postgres configuration file "SSL" option to "ON" and specifying the correct path (a…

---

## [Before re-deploy i want to clear global variable](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/before-re-deploy-i-want-to-clear-global-variable/20247)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@kiran](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/kiran)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [13 January 2020 15:49 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/before-re-deploy-i-want-to-clear-global-variable/20247 "2020-01-13T15:49:16Z")

</div>

Before re-deploy i want to clear global variable content how to do that ?

---

## [Docker: Listen on port 80](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/docker-listen-on-port-80/17940)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@techtimo](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/techtimo)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [13 January 2020 15:36 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/docker-listen-on-port-80/17940 "2020-01-13T15:36:39Z")

</div>

Hi there, I'm using the stock NodeRed docker image and I need it to listen to port 80. The container is running on Azure container instance. On my localhost I could simply run docker run -d -p 80:8080 nodered to map t…

---

## [Update 'project' from a flow](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/update-project-from-a-flow/19908)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@pax](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/pax)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [13 January 2020 11:42 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/update-project-from-a-flow/19908 "2020-01-13T11:42:57Z")

</div>

Is there to have a flow initiate a git pull and thus update itself?

---

## [Node red error wont load](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-error-wont-load/20253)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@mjdula](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/mjdula)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [13 January 2020 10:43 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-error-wont-load/20253 "2020-01-13T10:43:27Z")

</div>

I attempted to connect to my pi to do an update. I can VNC connect to the pi but when I attempt to run node red I receive this: internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:638 throw err; ^ Error: Cannot find module '/home/pi/red' …

---

## [How to access global variable in HTML file of custom node](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-access-global-variable-in-html-file-of-custom-node/20248)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@kiran](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/kiran)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [13 January 2020 10:14 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-access-global-variable-in-html-file-of-custom-node/20248 "2020-01-13T10:14:40Z")

</div>

first node (name connection)- \>\> in connection node - i accept device info like ip address and all details about device. second node -( name request) -\>\> In request node i want to create drop down list of ip address whi…

[Previous page](https://discourse.nodered.org/latest.md?page=1173)

[Next page](https://discourse.nodered.org/latest.md?page=1175)