I'm not certain why everyone is talking about exec node :confused: am i missing something?
There is not a node to do the work for you - but it isn't that difficult to do by hand.
Here is how you translate a simple CURL to "The node-red way"
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The benefits are...
- No file to write / read
- No process spawning
- Response is ready to use JS object (no parsing after spawning).
- Far simpler (IMO)
