Custom node not appear in the category

[fuad_rock]

Hi, I have created a custom node and installed it in nodered. It appears in manage-pallette but not in the category.

my package.json

{
    "name" : "node-red-contrib-simulation-quantity-add",
    
    "node-red" : {
        "nodes": {
            "quantity-add": "quantity-add.js"
        }
    }
}

quantity-add.html:

<script type="text/javascript">
    RED.nodes.registerType('quantity-add',{
        category: 'function',
        color: '#a6bbcf',
        defaults: {
            name: {value:""},
            type: {value:""}
        },
        inputs:1,
        outputs:1,
        icon: "file.png",
        label: function() {
            return this.name||"quantity-add";
        }
    });


</script>

<script type="text/html" data-template-name="quantity-add">
    <div class="form-row">
        <label for="node-input-name"><i class="fa fa-tag"></i> Name</label>
        <input type="text" id="node-input-name" placeholder="Name">
    </div>
    <div class="form-row">
        <label for="node-input-type"><i class="fa fa-tag"></i> Quantity type</label>
        <input type="text" id="node-input-type" placeholder="Type">
    </div>
</script>

<script type="text/html" data-help-name="quantity-add">
    <p>A digitalTwin simulation's custom node for adding quantity</p>
</script>

quantity-add.js :

module.exports = function (RED) {
    function QuantityAddNode(config) {
        RED.nodes.createNode(this, config);
        var node = this;


        var type = config.Type;

        node.on('input', function (msg) {
     
            node.send(type);
        });
    }
    RED.nodes.registerType("quantity-add", QuantityAddNode);
}

[Steve-Mcl]

@fuad_rock

It appears in manage-pallette but not in the category.

where does it appear then - please show or explain

[fuad_rock]

As you can see its installed successfully but does not appear in the function category

[Steve-Mcl]

How is the node installed - from NPM? or from symlink or other? Was it a --global install?

If symlinked in node_modules...

• ensure modifications are changed
• restart node-red
• try refreshing (hard cache clearing refresh)
• try searching the left hand palette for quantity

[fuad_rock]

npm install C:\Users\golamk.node-red\custom\quantity-add

[fuad_rock]

I tried all of the suggestions but they didn't work for me

[marcus-j-davies]

Maybe you can try:
npm pack within your projects root folder, then upload the result using the upload module function?

Might be worth taking it out of Node RED first?
The only factor I can see is the method of install.

[Steve-Mcl]

• Are there any errors in the node-red console when you start node-red?
• Try adding a palletLabel property to the node
• Have you tried the search box in the palette?
• What if you set a different category?
• Are there any errors in the browser console?
• Try adding console.log("hi from my node, I am just above RED.nodes.registerType('quantity-add'...") and console.log("hi from my node, I am inside the label() function")
• where is quantity-add.js in relation to package.json?

[fuad_rock]

console.log doesn't work and I'm getting an error "BAIL on node-red-contrib-quantity-add/quantity-add

"

[marcus-j-davies]

Lets approach this with some basics.

1. Your modules folder should be structured as follows.

Note: Its a personal choice, that I put the guts of the package In a nodes folder, but I (don't think) its a requirement - as long as package.json correctly references the location of the main entry point.

The icons folder, should be in the same location as your html & js file

• quantity-add (dir)
  • package.json
  • nodes (dir)
    • quantity-add.js
    • quantity-add.html
    • icons
      • file.png (based on your html file)

2. Your package.json file

{
    "name" : "node-red-contrib-simulation-quantity-add",
    "version": "0.0.1",
    "engines": {
		"node": ">=12.22.2"
	},
    "node-red" : {
        "nodes": {
            "quantity-add": "nodes/quantity-add.js"
        }
    }
}

if all this checks out, within your packages directory (in my example above that will be quantity-add)
run npm pack and upload it via the User Interface.

(once again - it may be better to remove any trace of it thus far from node red)
The only thing that is sticking out at me, is your method of install.

[TotallyInformation]

@marcus-j-davies

The only thing that is sticking out at me, is your method of install

No, that is how I always install my dev node packages. I have multiple ones installed right now.

[marcus-j-davies]

Does it work for sub folders?

npm install C:\Users\golamk\.node-red\custom\quantity-add
                                         ^

[TotallyInformation]

  "dependencies": {
    "@node-red-contrib-themes/theme-collection": "^2.2.0",
    "@totallyinformation/node-red-experimental-nodes": "file:../../node-red-experimental-nodes",
    "chokidar": "^3.5.3",
    "collection-red": "~0.0.5",
    "csv-parser": "^3.0.0",
    "ejs": "^3.1.6",
    "fast-glob": "^3.2.11",
    "fs-extra": "^10.0.1",
    "googleapis": "^39.2.0",
    "mqtt": "^4.2.8",
    "node-drayton-wiser": "file:../../node-drayton-wiser",
    "node-red-contrib-cron-plus": "~1.5.4",
    "node-red-contrib-events": "file:../../node-red-contrib-events",
    "node-red-contrib-jktesting": "file:../../node-red-contrib-jktesting",
    "node-red-contrib-simple-gate": "~0.5.2",
    "node-red-contrib-telegrambot": "~11.3.0",
    "node-red-contrib-uibuilder": "file:../../node-red-contrib-uibuilder",
    "node-red-dashboard": "~3.1.7",
    "node-red-node-discord": "~2.2.0",
    "node-red-node-random": "~0.4.0",
    "node-red-node-sqlite": "~1.0.3",
    "red-contrib-drayton-wiser": "file:../../node-red-contrib-drayton-wiser",
    "wmi-client": "^0.5.0"
  },

The install is done as npm install c:\src\node-red-contrib-drayton-wiser, npm changes it to a relative file path.

[marcus-j-davies]

Cool.

I usually pack during development - so wasn't sure if sub level folders were an issue in windows.
I don't use windows

[TotallyInformation]

@marcus-j-davies

I usually pack during development - so wasn't sure if sub level folders were an issue in windows

No, it is fine and means that you only need to restart node-red if there is a change to the source. I do that automatically via PM2 with defined watch folders.

I develop on Windows and run on Linux.

Also, slight update to your package.json example. It should include an "engines" property to show the minimum version of node.js supported.

[marcus-j-davies]

Also, slight update to your package.json example. It should include an "engines" property to show the minimum version of node.js supported.

Yup - I also, Copy and paste job from this discussion

edited