I'm probably overlooking something simple, but how would one go about converting an entire msg object to JSON. In my specific use case, I will be packaging that data into a payload to be sent over a TCP connection between Node-RED instances. My specific use case at this time is to get messages from…

Converting entire msg object to JSON

TotallyInformation 19 December 2018 15:50 2

You will need to be aware of what is in the content of the msg object. Some things cannot be serialised (e.g. functions).

Then you can use a function node with JavaScript standard JSON object which has a serialise capability. This turns a JavaScript object into a string which you can pass and then parse at the other end.

JSON.parse() reverses the serialise.

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