# Did anyone implement this? A flow to export all flows, as indivdiual files?

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**Created:** [17 July 2026 01:17 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/did-anyone-implement-this-a-flow-to-export-all-flows-as-indivdiual-files/101484 "2026-07-17T01:17:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jibun-no-Kage](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/jibun-no-kage/32/99316_2.png) [@Jibun-no-Kage](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Jibun-no-Kage)\
**Post date:** [17 July 2026 01:17 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/did-anyone-implement-this-a-flow-to-export-all-flows-as-indivdiual-files/101484/1 "2026-07-17T01:17:19Z")

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Did anyone implement this? A flow to export all flows, as indivdiual files?

> [@Create flows.json programmatically?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/create-flows-json-programmatically/81934):
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> Let's assume I have 10 flows (in 10 tabs). I would like to programmatically create a new flows.json file for a subset of the flows, in order to run them in a second Node-RED instance. What's the recommended way how to do this? I see two options: parse original flows.json file and create a new flows.json with just a subset of the flows call GET /flow/:id for the flows needed in the new file and manually create a new file of the the results Any thoughts or suggestions, or any options I missed? …

If so, maybe post it? Would like to avoid reinventing the wheel, thanks.

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**Author:** ![gregorius](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/gregorius/32/73816_2.png) [@gregorius](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/gregorius)\
**Post date:** [17 July 2026 07:58 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/did-anyone-implement-this-a-flow-to-export-all-flows-as-indivdiual-files/101484/2 "2026-07-17T07:58:24Z")

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I do this all the time with [flowhub.org](http://flowhub.org) - I created it so that I could modularise my flows into separate flows and store (and reuse) them individually. If you install the [flowhub nodes](https://flows.nodered.org/node/@gregoriusrippenstein/node-red-contrib-flowhub) you get a list of example flows that I created as examples. This can be included into NR by just double clicking on them - for ease of installation.

[FlowHub.org](http://FlowHub.org) isn't open source but can be used by anyone with a github account. If anyone has too much money and wants this to be open source, then I am willing to take their _too much money_ monies and create an open source solution.

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**Author:** ![Jibun-no-Kage](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/jibun-no-kage/32/99316_2.png) [@Jibun-no-Kage](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Jibun-no-Kage)\
**Post date:** [17 July 2026 23:04 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/did-anyone-implement-this-a-flow-to-export-all-flows-as-indivdiual-files/101484/3 "2026-07-17T23:04:13Z")

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Interesting what you suggest... Definitely going to look at [flowhub.org](http://flowhub.org). But specific to my original plan, or use case, back up of individual flows I tried the following:

```auto
[{"id":"c3c63d388925a619","type":"tab","label":"Export","disabled":false,"info":"","env":[]},{"id":"8e0aa9a17a268478","type":"inject","z":"c3c63d388925a619","name":"Export","props":[{"p":"payload"},{"p":"topic","vt":"str"}],"repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"onceDelay":0.1,"topic":"","payload":"","payloadType":"date","x":130,"y":60,"wires":[["dcd9312ec34c44c3"]]},{"id":"1bb33d5da61ee17d","type":"http request","z":"c3c63d388925a619","name":"Flows","method":"GET","ret":"txt","paytoqs":"body","url":"","tls":"","persist":false,"proxy":"","insecureHTTPParser":false,"authType":"","senderr":false,"headers":[],"x":390,"y":60,"wires":[["042927082d1131a9"]]},{"id":"dcd9312ec34c44c3","type":"change","z":"c3c63d388925a619","name":"Resource","rules":[{"t":"set","p":"url","pt":"msg","to":"http://localhost:1880/flows","tot":"str"}],"action":"","property":"","from":"","to":"","reg":false,"x":260,"y":60,"wires":[["1bb33d5da61ee17d"]]},{"id":"e227c1d5b36ed3d6","type":"function","z":"c3c63d388925a619","name":"List","func":"if (Array.isArray(msg.payload)) {\n msg.flows = msg.payload\n .filter(item => 'type' in item && item.type === 'tab')\n .map(item => ({\n label: item.label,\n id: item.id\n }));\n}\n\nreturn msg;\n","outputs":1,"timeout":0,"noerr":0,"initialize":"","finalize":"","libs":[],"x":650,"y":60,"wires":[["119bd9b989aca720"]]},{"id":"042927082d1131a9","type":"json","z":"c3c63d388925a619","name":"Convert","property":"payload","action":"obj","pretty":false,"x":520,"y":60,"wires":[["e227c1d5b36ed3d6"]]},{"id":"119bd9b989aca720","type":"array-loop","z":"c3c63d388925a619","name":"Flows","key":"flow","keyType":"msg","reset":true,"resetValue":"value-null","array":"flows","arrayType":"msg","x":790,"y":80,"wires":[[],["fd78953fd50dc364"]]},{"id":"cd342945bdc6ee11","type":"http request","z":"c3c63d388925a619","name":"Flow","method":"GET","ret":"txt","paytoqs":"body","url":"","tls":"","persist":false,"proxy":"","insecureHTTPParser":false,"authType":"","senderr":false,"headers":[],"x":910,"y":160,"wires":[["7940d1eca92f8dcf"]]},{"id":"fd78953fd50dc364","type":"function","z":"c3c63d388925a619","name":"Get","func":"msg.payload = `http://eccentric-ethernet:1880/flow/${msg.flows[msg.flow].id}`\nnode.warn(msg.payload)\n\nflow.set('Path', `/tmp/${msg.flows[msg.flow].label}.json`)\n\nreturn msg;","outputs":1,"timeout":0,"noerr":0,"initialize":"","finalize":"","libs":[],"x":790,"y":160,"wires":[["cd342945bdc6ee11"]]},{"id":"6bb549e9cbf6eae9","type":"file","z":"c3c63d388925a619","name":"Write","filename":"path","filenameType":"msg","appendNewline":true,"createDir":false,"overwriteFile":"true","encoding":"none","x":1150,"y":160,"wires":[["119bd9b989aca720"]]},{"id":"7940d1eca92f8dcf","type":"change","z":"c3c63d388925a619","name":"Set","rules":[{"t":"set","p":"path","pt":"msg","to":"Path","tot":"flow"}],"action":"","property":"","from":"","to":"","reg":false,"x":1030,"y":160,"wires":[["6bb549e9cbf6eae9"]]},{"id":"4f8174a0453f9d0c","type":"global-config","env":[],"modules":{"node-red-contrib-loop-processing":"0.5.1"}}]

```

The HTTP request to get all flows, and then parse for flow names and ids seems to work. I can curl the URL using flow id and I seem to get the individual flow.

But, I cannot seem to get the HTTP request to get an individual flow to work in NR. Even when I pass in the correct flow id, the HTTP response returns the entire set of flows, not the single flow I desire.

The Node Red Admin API states that GET /flow/: is the correct syntax? The admin API page shows a ':' before the id value? That does not seem to make any sense, and fails to work anyway, via curl. Removing the ':' the URL via curl works. So what I am missing with the HTTP request node in NR, that it fails, returing all flows?

Not sure how to ensure the individual flow files are pretty format as well as yet.

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**Post date:** [17 July 2026 23:23 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/did-anyone-implement-this-a-flow-to-export-all-flows-as-indivdiual-files/101484/4 "2026-07-17T23:23:23Z")

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No sooner do I post the question, I realized the problem... Corrected flow below...

```auto
[{"id":"c3c63d388925a619","type":"tab","label":"Export","disabled":false,"info":"","env":[]},{"id":"8e0aa9a17a268478","type":"inject","z":"c3c63d388925a619","name":"Export","props":[{"p":"url","v":"http://eccentric-ethernet:1880/flows","vt":"str"}],"repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"onceDelay":0.1,"topic":"","x":130,"y":60,"wires":[["1bb33d5da61ee17d"]]},{"id":"1bb33d5da61ee17d","type":"http request","z":"c3c63d388925a619","name":"Flows","method":"GET","ret":"txt","paytoqs":"body","url":"","tls":"","persist":false,"proxy":"","insecureHTTPParser":false,"authType":"","senderr":false,"headers":[],"x":250,"y":60,"wires":[["042927082d1131a9"]]},{"id":"e227c1d5b36ed3d6","type":"function","z":"c3c63d388925a619","name":"List","func":"if (Array.isArray(msg.payload)) {\n msg.flows = msg.payload\n .filter(item => 'type' in item && item.type === 'tab')\n .map(item => ({\n label: item.label,\n id: item.id\n }));\n}\n\nreturn msg;\n","outputs":1,"timeout":0,"noerr":0,"initialize":"","finalize":"","libs":[],"x":510,"y":60,"wires":[["119bd9b989aca720"]]},{"id":"042927082d1131a9","type":"json","z":"c3c63d388925a619","name":"Convert","property":"payload","action":"obj","pretty":false,"x":380,"y":60,"wires":[["e227c1d5b36ed3d6"]]},{"id":"119bd9b989aca720","type":"array-loop","z":"c3c63d388925a619","name":"Flows","key":"flow","keyType":"msg","reset":true,"resetValue":"value-null","array":"flows","arrayType":"msg","x":650,"y":80,"wires":[[],["fd78953fd50dc364"]]},{"id":"cd342945bdc6ee11","type":"http request","z":"c3c63d388925a619","name":"Flow","method":"GET","ret":"txt","paytoqs":"ignore","url":"","tls":"","persist":false,"proxy":"","insecureHTTPParser":false,"authType":"","senderr":false,"headers":[],"x":770,"y":160,"wires":[["7940d1eca92f8dcf"]]},{"id":"fd78953fd50dc364","type":"function","z":"c3c63d388925a619","name":"Get","func":"msg.url = `http://eccentric-ethernet:1880/flow/${msg.flows[msg.flow].id}`\n\nflow.set('Path', `/tmp/${msg.flows[msg.flow].label}.json`)\n\nreturn msg;","outputs":1,"timeout":0,"noerr":0,"initialize":"","finalize":"","libs":[],"x":650,"y":160,"wires":[["cd342945bdc6ee11"]]},{"id":"6bb549e9cbf6eae9","type":"file","z":"c3c63d388925a619","name":"Write","filename":"path","filenameType":"msg","appendNewline":true,"createDir":false,"overwriteFile":"true","encoding":"none","x":1010,"y":160,"wires":[["119bd9b989aca720"]]},{"id":"7940d1eca92f8dcf","type":"change","z":"c3c63d388925a619","name":"Set","rules":[{"t":"set","p":"path","pt":"msg","to":"Path","tot":"flow"}],"action":"","property":"","from":"","to":"","reg":false,"x":890,"y":160,"wires":[["6bb549e9cbf6eae9"]]},{"id":"600a0822be898286","type":"global-config","env":[],"modules":{"node-red-contrib-loop-processing":"0.5.1"}}]

```

Just need to make it pretty file format at some point.

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**Post date:** [18 July 2026 08:30 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/did-anyone-implement-this-a-flow-to-export-all-flows-as-indivdiual-files/101484/5 "2026-07-18T08:30:51Z")

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What you're doing is exactly how I started ... until I wanted to organise changes to flows, i.e., track modifications. Support and coordinate usage of flows across multiple NR instances, coordinate deployment of flows to external NR instances etc.

But all this you might not yet need! 🙂 It all depends on your current use cases.

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**Author:** ![Jibun-no-Kage](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/jibun-no-kage/32/99316_2.png) [@Jibun-no-Kage](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Jibun-no-Kage)\
**Post date:** [19 July 2026 00:46 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/did-anyone-implement-this-a-flow-to-export-all-flows-as-indivdiual-files/101484/6 "2026-07-19T00:46:16Z")

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Right, exactly... Right now just needed a way to archive flows. But, should I need more, you gave me an excellent question to ask or idea to consider.

I think somewhere in the forum, is how to trigger the hosting browser to initiate flow download was documented. I think is what I recall seeing in the past...  
[https://discourse.nodered.org/t/click-button-and-file-sent-i-e-browser-downloading/85306](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/click-button-and-file-sent-i-e-browser-downloading/85306)

Since I added an input text box to set a persistent path for the export of flows to the NR host system, figure I might as well allow export to browser host file system as an option as well.

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**Post date:** [19 July 2026 04:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/did-anyone-implement-this-a-flow-to-export-all-flows-as-indivdiual-files/101484/7 "2026-07-19T04:00:48Z")

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So the typical browser download is something like...  
[HTTP In] ──► [HTTP Request] ──► [Change] ──► [HTTP Response]

However, I already have a flow variable that has the list of flow names, and ids, which I have used to export each flow to a file in the NR file system (see the discussion above and sample flow).

Now I like to read each flow file, and trigger the browser to download said file to the client system connected to NR, say via the dashboard, using a button to initiate an array loop. So I believe need in my array loop something more like this...  
[Read In] ──► ??? ──► [Change] ──► [HTTP Response]

Clearly some 'HTTP' context is required. I get that the change node or response node needs headers set... where msg.file is the file name of the given flow, i.e "my flow.json"...  
{  
"Content-Disposition": "attachment; filename=${msg.file}",  
"Content-Type": "application/json"  
}

I don't want to have to trigger each download say via ui-template per flow, i.e. a button in ui-template for each flow file, using an [HTTP In] node. Just I just click a button, and browser downloads each flow from my array loop.

Web sites do this all the time, you have a list of files, click a button and all the files in the list ared downloaded.

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**Post date:** [21 July 2026 04:16 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/did-anyone-implement-this-a-flow-to-export-all-flows-as-indivdiual-files/101484/8 "2026-07-21T04:16:28Z")

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Well, I managed to get something that works for a download button Using a dashboard 2.0 template node. But, it was 99% A.I. based...

```auto
<template>
    <div class="d-flex w-100 justify-center align-center custom-btn-wrapper">
        <v-btn 
            href="/down/load/flows.zip"
            target="_blank" 
            color="primary" 
            variant="elevated"
            class="w-100 msg-btn"
        >
        <v-icon start icon="mdi-tray-arrow-down"></v-icon>
            Download
        </v-btn>
    </div>
</template>

<style>
    .custom-btn-wrapper {
        height: 100%;
    }
    .msg-btn {
        text-transform: none !important;
        letter-spacing: normal !important;
        font-weight: 500 !important;
    }
</style>    

```

But I have an issue, how do I mimic how I can disable and enable dashboard buttons? I need this 'fake' button to be disabled and enable at the applicable times, i.e. msg.enabled=false, then msg.enabled=true. I am a complete CSS novice, no a clue how I might be able to do this?

Don't suppose I could create the href link in the template, as above, and just trigger it from a typical dashboard button?

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Success! Well, at least to the level I need at this point. The flow below does an export of all flows, as individual files, to the provided directory, for example /tmp, given my Linux based NR environment, this is all server side, NR local of course. The download button generates a zip file of all the flow files (already generated), then invokes browser download sequence to client side file system. Still need to add logic to allow naming of the zip file, right now it defaults to flows.zip.

```auto
[{"id":"c3c63d388925a619","type":"tab","label":"Export Flows 0.0.1","disabled":false,"info":"","env":[]},{"id":"8e0aa9a17a268478","type":"inject","z":"c3c63d388925a619","name":"Export","props":[{"p":"payload"}],"repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"onceDelay":0.1,"topic":"","payload":"","payloadType":"date","x":150,"y":60,"wires":[["fa2be8942ee97549"]]},{"id":"1bb33d5da61ee17d","type":"http request","z":"c3c63d388925a619","name":"Request","method":"GET","ret":"txt","paytoqs":"body","url":"","tls":"","persist":false,"proxy":"","insecureHTTPParser":false,"authType":"","senderr":false,"headers":[],"x":680,"y":80,"wires":[["042927082d1131a9"]]},{"id":"e227c1d5b36ed3d6","type":"function","z":"c3c63d388925a619","name":"Flows","func":"//\nconst TYPE = 'type',\n TAB = 'tab',\n FLOWS = 'Flows';\n\n//\nvar theFlows = msg.payload\n .filter(theItem => TYPE in theItem && theItem.type === TAB)\n .map(theItem => (\n {\n Flow: theItem.label,\n Id: theItem.id,\n State: '?',\n Size: '?'\n }\n )\n);\n\n//\nflow.set(FLOWS, theFlows)\n\nreturn msg;","outputs":1,"timeout":0,"noerr":0,"initialize":"","finalize":"","libs":[],"x":950,"y":80,"wires":[["2a91cbc921d98ccb"]]},{"id":"042927082d1131a9","type":"json","z":"c3c63d388925a619","name":"Convert","property":"payload","action":"obj","pretty":false,"x":820,"y":80,"wires":[["e227c1d5b36ed3d6"]]},{"id":"119bd9b989aca720","type":"array-loop","z":"c3c63d388925a619","name":"Flows","key":"flow","keyType":"msg","reset":true,"resetValue":"value-null","array":"Flows","arrayType":"flow","x":390,"y":260,"wires":[["bef10a3b126e58a4"],["fd78953fd50dc364"]]},{"id":"cd342945bdc6ee11","type":"http request","z":"c3c63d388925a619","name":"Request","method":"GET","ret":"txt","paytoqs":"ignore","url":"","tls":"","persist":false,"proxy":"","insecureHTTPParser":false,"authType":"","senderr":false,"headers":[],"x":680,"y":320,"wires":[["6bb549e9cbf6eae9"]]},{"id":"fd78953fd50dc364","type":"function","z":"c3c63d388925a619","name":"Flow","func":"//\nconst FLOWS = 'Flows',\n PERSISTENT = 'persistentOnly',\n PATH = 'Path';\n\n//\nconst HUNDRED = 100,\n ONE = 1;\n\n//\nvar thePath = flow.get(PATH, PERSISTENT),\n theFlows = flow.get(FLOWS);\n\n//\nmsg.url = `http://eccentric-ethernet:1880/flow/${theFlows[msg.flow].Id}`\nmsg.path = `${thePath}/${theFlows[msg.flow].Flow}.json`\nmsg.payload = (msg.flow + ONE) / theFlows.length * HUNDRED\n\nreturn msg;","outputs":1,"timeout":0,"noerr":0,"initialize":"","finalize":"","libs":[],"x":530,"y":300,"wires":[["cd342945bdc6ee11","5aa122d35b6b1925"]]},{"id":"6bb549e9cbf6eae9","type":"file","z":"c3c63d388925a619","name":"Write","filename":"path","filenameType":"msg","appendNewline":false,"createDir":true,"overwriteFile":"true","encoding":"none","x":810,"y":320,"wires":[["7e892b79fa49bc80"]]},{"id":"29e688e483e43b3c","type":"link in","z":"c3c63d388925a619","name":"link in 272","links":["2a91cbc921d98ccb","8198ee3478daa245"],"x":305,"y":260,"wires":[["119bd9b989aca720"]]},{"id":"2a91cbc921d98ccb","type":"link out","z":"c3c63d388925a619","name":"link out 337","mode":"link","links":["29e688e483e43b3c","0fe18a70dd75fa12"],"x":1035,"y":80,"wires":[]},{"id":"d6b7a96ee3cf8a95","type":"link out","z":"c3c63d388925a619","name":"link out 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I am sure someone will see ways to improve it? Chime in of course.

---

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**Author:** ![HarryPottar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/bb73d2/32.png) [@HarryPottar](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/HarryPottar)\
**Post date:** [21 July 2026 12:26 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/did-anyone-implement-this-a-flow-to-export-all-flows-as-indivdiual-files/101484/10 "2026-07-21T12:26:29Z")

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I have done this many times, for different reasons. This is a cut-down example of what I did; you can use this to update a git repository, database, etc.

There is an [admin API](https://nodered.org/docs/api/admin/methods/) that you OAuth to and update or read flows

I have grouped this into two sections: the API Token and a group that fetches all flows, and then each individual flow.

**Please note** : I needed to edit this and remove some things that may have exposed security risks, but feel free to play and clean up. There are many OAuth nodes that have been contributed, and you're more than welcome to use those; I just wanted to show a native flow.

There is an inject in the Token Group that is just for testing the auth and returning a token.

Just inject on the Get Flows group, and it will fetch the token and dump out your flows. Again, note I'm using JSONata to get just the tab information for the flow id's, then going back and getting each flow.

Currently it's just dumping the flow for debugging, but you could download it, write it to a file, or write it to a database, import a contributed GIT node; the sky's the limit.

I use this process for promoting flows between dev -\> uat -\> prod. We disabled the export option.

You will need to set the admin password in the flow environment "NR\_ADMIN\_PASS"

The token scope is "read" only, so you cannot do any damage

 ![Screenshot 2026-07-21 at 8.22.49 AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/2/4/24cbcb570e4a02decdefb0e95035d3bea59f0c1e.png)

 ![Screenshot 2026-07-21 at 8.24.19 AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/3/6/36b06f17655147b7ba3cf6bfbd206591a0dc2ec6.png)

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```

Let me know if you need me to explain anything

Harry

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This is really interesting, taking a basic NR flow archival flow, and 'clouding' it so to speak, archiving to some type of back end solution, of course.

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**Post date:** [22 July 2026 22:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/did-anyone-implement-this-a-flow-to-export-all-flows-as-indivdiual-files/101484/12 "2026-07-22T22:52:31Z")

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@HarryPottar,

I took a crack at this using basically what @Jibun-no-Kage did. I have not enabled security since my NR instance is all local, intranet, no internet access.

I really do like how you validate the token... great reference you provided in how to do this! If I get to the point where I need more security in my scenario, will be sure to refer your flow.