# Can't get my nodes to show up in the pallette

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cant-get-my-nodes-to-show-up-in-the-pallette/44359>\
**Category:** Developing Nodes\
**Created:** [18 April 2021 14:32 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cant-get-my-nodes-to-show-up-in-the-pallette/44359 "2021-04-18T14:32:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![jcarreira](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/jcarreira/32/39830_2.png) [@jcarreira](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jcarreira)\
**Post date:** [18 April 2021 14:32 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cant-get-my-nodes-to-show-up-in-the-pallette/44359/1 "2021-04-18T14:32:08Z")

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I've got my node building and unit testing. I've `npm install`ed it and it's created a symlink to my project. When I go into Node-RED though, the node doesn't show up in my palette and when I go to manage my palette it doesn't show up under my installed packages.

Here's my package.json:

```auto
{
  "name": "node-red-contrib-fast-bandwidth",
  "version": "0.0.1",
  "description": "Test network bandwidth using Fast.com",
  "scripts": {
    "test": "mocha --timeout 40000"
  },
  "keywords": [
    "node-red",
    "bandwidth",
    "fast"
  ],
  "author": "jasoncarreira",
  "license": "MIT",
  "node-red": {
    "nodes": {
      "fast-bandwidth": "fast-bandwidth.js"
    }
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "chalk": "^2.4.2",
    "deep-equal": "^1.0.1",
    "delay": "^4.1.0",
    "log-update": "^2.3.0",
    "meow": "^5.0.0",
    "ora": "^3.1.0",
    "puppeteer": "^1.12.1",
    "zen-observable": "^0.8.13"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^4.22.0",
    "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^4.22.0",
    "chai": "^4.3.4",
    "eslint": "^7.24.0",
    "mocha": "^8.3.2",
    "node-red": "^1.3.2",
    "node-red-node-test-helper": "^0.2.7"
  }
}

```

Any help appreciated

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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [18 April 2021 14:50 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cant-get-my-nodes-to-show-up-in-the-pallette/44359/2 "2021-04-18T14:50:46Z")

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I have to ask because you have not said. Have you restarted node-red since installing the node?

Edit: If it isn't that then stop node-red and start it again in a terminal and see if there are any errors in the log shown.

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**Author:** ![jcarreira](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/jcarreira/32/39830_2.png) [@jcarreira](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jcarreira)\
**Post date:** [18 April 2021 17:01 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cant-get-my-nodes-to-show-up-in-the-pallette/44359/3 "2021-04-18T17:01:18Z")

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Yeah, I did. I'm actually running it in Docker with a volume mapped. I know it's loading the packages from the data volume because I've got another package installed that show up in the pallette. Here's my package.json from the data volume:

```auto
{
    "name": "node-red-project",
    "description": "A Node-RED Project",
    "version": "0.0.1",
    "private": true,
    "dependencies": {
        "node-red-contrib-fast-bandwidth": "file:../../node-red-contrib-fast-bandwidth",
        "node-red-node-ping": "^0.3.1"
    }
}

```

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**Author:** ![jcarreira](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/jcarreira/32/39830_2.png) [@jcarreira](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jcarreira)\
**Post date:** [18 April 2021 17:02 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cant-get-my-nodes-to-show-up-in-the-pallette/44359/4 "2021-04-18T17:02:25Z")

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Now that I think about it, that's probably the problem because that file path will be running in the container and won't find my local path

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**Author:** ![jcarreira](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/jcarreira/32/39830_2.png) [@jcarreira](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jcarreira)\
**Post date:** [18 April 2021 17:22 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cant-get-my-nodes-to-show-up-in-the-pallette/44359/5 "2021-04-18T17:22:01Z")

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Yup, that was it

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [2 May 2021 17:22 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cant-get-my-nodes-to-show-up-in-the-pallette/44359/6 "2021-05-02T17:22:25Z")

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