Hello everyone, I was just interested if there is a way to analyze the exported JSON file of a flow. By "analyze" I mean if there is an available documentation about the specific properties of the exported JSON file. For instance, I created a simple flow where you inject a timestamp to a debug n…

Hi @StefanCh there is a somewhat old specification for the flow format here: Flow Format · node-red/node-red Wiki · GitHub The basic principle is the flow is made up from an array of node objects. In general, each node object has a set of standard properties, common to all, and a set of properties…

Hello @knolleary thank you for your helpful reply. Your explanation and link to the specification gave me a bit of steer. If I have further questions in the future regarding the format of the flows, I will post in the forum under the tag documentation again.

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Analysis of the exported JSON file of a flow

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