Cleaning a msg Object

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Quite a lot IoT devices send multiple values, addresses, information etc in one message object.
I have some cases where the elements later on start interfering with other functions since namespaces etc. are overlapping.

Today I'm solving this with a simple function node along the line of:

temp = msg.KeepThis
msg = {};
msg.payload = temp;
return msg;

Usually I would prefer to use the change node but deleting unwanted parts of a msg object is quite cumbersome on larger objects.

I wanted to ask if there is a best practice or if the change node could be enhanced to allow more flexible ways of cleaning out unwanted data, like:

  • "Keep only" / "Delete all but"
  • "Protect KeepThis" + "Delete all"
  • Regex delete with look-ahead, look-behind
2

So many possible options. Or just use a simple function node as you have done...

3

You can, of course, just do
return {payload: msg.KeepThis}

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