# Custom UI node cannot access changed path
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/custom-ui-node-cannot-access-changed-path/9667
**Category:** Developing Nodes
**Created:** [1 April 2019 20:48 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/custom-ui-node-cannot-access-changed-path/9667 "2019-04-01T20:48:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@BartButenaers](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/BartButenaers)
#### Post date: [1 April 2019 20:48 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/custom-ui-node-cannot-access-changed-path/9667/1 "2019-04-01T20:48:36Z")
Hi folks,
Got an issue on Github for my [node-red-contrib-ui-heatmap](https://github.com/bartbutenaers/node-red-contrib-ui-heatmap) node. After some discussions and digging into the code, it seems there are a few things incorrect in my node, but I'm running out of ideas ...
This is the second problem:
My heatmap UI widget [tries](https://github.com/bartbutenaers/node-red-contrib-ui-heatmap/blob/master/heat_map.js#L29) to load a javascript library **heatmap.min.js** (from the Node-RED server):
```auto
```
The server side will [return](https://github.com/bartbutenaers/node-red-contrib-ui-heatmap/blob/master/heat_map.js#L292) the **heatmap.min.js** as soon as a request arrives:
```auto
RED.httpNode.get('/ui/heatmap/js/*', function(req, res){
```
In my case this works fine, but the other user's dashboard couldn't load the case:
- In my case the request is http://.../ **ui** /heatmap/js/heatmap.min.js, which matches the required pattern and the file is loaded without problems.
- In the user's case the request is http://.../ **dashboard** /heatmap/js/heatmap.min.js which doesn't match, so it will never be redirected to the request handler...
The cause seemed to be that the user had changed the path (in the settings.js file) to '_dashboard_' instead of '_ui_':
```auto
// If you installed the optional node-red-dashboard you can set it's path
// relative to httpRoot
//ui: { path: "ui" },
```
Is there an easy way to support such custom paths? Should I remove the 'ui' from my path, or should I load the path from the settings and use it in my path automatically, or ... ?
Thanks !
Bart
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### Author:  [@dceejay](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dceejay)
#### Post date: [1 April 2019 21:21 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/custom-ui-node-cannot-access-changed-path/9667/2 "2019-04-01T21:21:28Z")
can't recall right this sec - but I think you have access to the `RED.settings` object so hopefully you may be able to grab the value you need.
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### Author:  [@BartButenaers](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/BartButenaers)
#### Post date: [4 April 2019 21:39 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/custom-ui-node-cannot-access-changed-path/9667/3 "2019-04-04T21:39:08Z")
> [@dceejay](#):
>
> can't recall right this sec - but I think you have
@dceejay,
Don't be so modest...
I can now confirm your brain is still functioning very well after all those long years ðŸ§
- By default the ui-path setting is in comment (in the **settings.js** file), and then I receive an undefined:
- And as soon as I specify my own path, it indeed becomes available:
So I use it now like this:
```auto
var uiPath = ((RED.settings.ui || {}).path) || 'ui';
RED.httpNode.get('/' + uiPath + '/heatmap/js/*', function(req, res){
...
}
```
Thanks a lot !!!
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### Author:  [@dceejay](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dceejay)
#### Post date: [4 April 2019 21:44 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/custom-ui-node-cannot-access-changed-path/9667/4 "2019-04-04T21:44:48Z")
Tada ! - oh yes if not declared you would have to default it somehow... 🤕