Date picker -> flow context gives 'undefined'

[nograin]

i'm struggling with setting a date range from UI for building an URL for an API request with it.

while debugging, i reduced it to the bare minimum, or what i think it is:

the date picker is set to 'send to flow.date' and the debug node got the jsonata expression $flowContext('date') in it..

[{"id":"632171e5dee12a3b","type":"tab","label":"Flow 1","disabled":false,"info":"","env":[]},{"id":"11d43ec994891a14","type":"ui_date_picker","z":"632171e5dee12a3b","name":"","label":"","group":"c36f05191feca79e","order":6,"width":0,"height":0,"passthru":false,"topic":"date","topicType":"flow","className":"","x":510,"y":80,"wires":[["8ce861aae6ee7719"]]},{"id":"8ce861aae6ee7719","type":"debug","z":"632171e5dee12a3b","name":"debug","active":true,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":false,"complete":"$flowContext('date')","targetType":"jsonata","statusVal":"","statusType":"auto","x":730,"y":80,"wires":[]},{"id":"c36f05191feca79e","type":"ui_group","name":"test","tab":"15ebcf5.c678631","order":1,"disp":true,"width":"6","collapse":false,"className":""},{"id":"15ebcf5.c678631","type":"ui_tab","name":"Home","icon":"dashboard","order":"1"}]

what am i missing?

[Colin]

That doesn't do what you think. It sends the date value in msg.payload, and in msg.topic it sends whatever is currently in flow.date.

[nograin]

doh. been away from node red for way too long again it seems.. thanks.

but question: where's that "memoryOnly" and "database" icon/dropdown in your screenshot coming from?

[smanjunath211]

https://nodered.org/docs/user-guide/context

[zenofmud]

The multiple context stores are defined in settings.js which exists in the .node-red folder