# Electron with node red existing project errors **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [27 December 2020 13:41 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/electron-with-node-red-existing-project-errors/38093 "2020-12-27T13:41:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1

**Author:** ![Verina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Verina](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Verina)\ **Post date:** [27 December 2020 13:41 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/electron-with-node-red-existing-project-errors/38093/1 "2020-12-27T13:41:44Z")

I'm trying to wrap a project(with uibuilder) with electron. I managed to get it as desktop app with my first page runing, but it threw some errors. Some were about the locations of script files, I tried to solve those by changing the locations. Now, there is an error which shown in the following screenshot, and I don't know if it's related to the files I've changed or not. ![Capture](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/4/6/46d932e50b73eda4e16a49d597c4df06dbf0a460.png) It seems something is included wrong or not included but I don't know what. This is my index.html after I changed the dependencies locations. ```auto Node-RED UI Builder

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**Author:** ![TotallyInformation](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/totallyinformation/32/31_2.png) [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)\ **Post date:** [27 December 2020 15:45 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/electron-with-node-red-existing-project-errors/38093/2 "2020-12-27T15:45:57Z")

I've not tried Node-RED or uibuilder with Electron but I believe others have. It looks to me as though you have some location issues. For starters, you seem to be assuming that you can use filing system locations to load scripts `"../../../node_modules/socket.io/lib/socket.js"` and similar won't ever work I don't believe, you need to load them via the built-in web server. Check out the "Show Detailed Information" button in uibuilder in the Editor, it shows you all of the URL's you need. ---

**Author:** ![Verina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Verina](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Verina)\ **Post date:** [28 December 2020 07:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/electron-with-node-red-existing-project-errors/38093/3 "2020-12-28T07:51:48Z")

If you mean using URLs [../uibuilder/vendor/bootstrap/dist/js/bootstrap.js](http://localhost:1880/uibuilder/vendor/bootstrap/dist/js/bootstrap.js) It throws an error > GET file:///C:/Users/verina.alber/.node-red/projects/PROJECT%2020.12.2020/uibuilder/Login/uibuilder/vendor/bootstrap/dist/js/bootstrap.js net::ERR\_FILE\_NOT\_FOUND It navigates inside the project. ---

**Author:** ![Verina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Verina](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Verina)\ **Post date:** [28 December 2020 09:18 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/electron-with-node-red-existing-project-errors/38093/4 "2020-12-28T09:18:26Z")

Working with electron seems difficult to me, although I tried multiple sources from the Internet. Is there another way that gives me a portable application to be easily installed anywhere and package my files so the end-user can't access them. Note: the project is uibuilder-based , not dashboard-based. ---

**Author:** ![TotallyInformation](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/totallyinformation/32/31_2.png) [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)\ **Post date:** [28 December 2020 13:42 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/electron-with-node-red-existing-project-errors/38093/5 "2020-12-28T13:42:37Z")

Hi, Electron can be a little tricky to work with. I'm not sure but I think the fact that you are also using Node-RED projects isn't helping. Can you try with projects turned off? Are you using Dave's Electron package: [dceejay/electron-node-red: Electron Node-RED template (github.com)](https://github.com/dceejay/electron-node-red) What does the "Show Detailed Information" page show you? > [@Verina](#): > > Is there another way that gives me a portable application to be easily installed anywhere and package my files so the end-user can't access them. Not really as far as I know. Of course, the usual thing to do in these cases is to keep your back-end processing away from the user. That would be running your flows on a server with uibuilder providing the client side. But that isn't self-contained of course, you need to be able to run a server somewhere that can be scaled up or out to meet your customer needs. ---

**Author:** ![Verina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Verina](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Verina)\ **Post date:** [29 December 2020 11:39 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/electron-with-node-red-existing-project-errors/38093/6 "2020-12-29T11:39:23Z")

Thanks for your help, I tried this package and it worked easily. [https://github.com/cinhcet/node-red-contrib-electron-dashboard](https://github.com/cinhcet/node-red-contrib-electron-dashboard) Then I applied packaging and distributing part of electron from here. [https://www.electronjs.org/docs/tutorial/quick-start#package-and-distribute-the-application](https://www.electronjs.org/docs/tutorial/quick-start#package-and-distribute-the-application) Now I have an electron executable project working on desktop (that solved the part where I wanted the project to run on clients devices without open codes) But I still have a problem with the project codes that's deployed on the server, any help how can I make it unreadable. Note: of course the server is not mine. ---

**Author:** ![TotallyInformation](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/totallyinformation/32/31_2.png) [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)\ **Post date:** [29 December 2020 13:53 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/electron-with-node-red-existing-project-errors/38093/7 "2020-12-29T13:53:59Z")

Hi, there is no way that I know of to protect the flows on the server without the use of a secure data module that only you have the keys to. If you really want to protect the back-end code, you have to run it in your own environment. ---

**Author:** ![Verina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Verina](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Verina)\ **Post date:** [29 December 2020 15:22 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/electron-with-node-red-existing-project-errors/38093/8 "2020-12-29T15:22:22Z")

I haven't found a way neither. But what is secure data module?? > Hi, there is no way that I know of to protect the flows on the server without the use of a secure data module that only you have the keys to ---

**Author:** ![TotallyInformation](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/totallyinformation/32/31_2.png) [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)\ **Post date:** [29 December 2020 16:33 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/electron-with-node-red-existing-project-errors/38093/9 "2020-12-29T16:33:30Z")

Something like an [HSM module](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware_security_module). ---

**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [27 February 2021 16:33 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/electron-with-node-red-existing-project-errors/38093/10 "2021-02-27T16:33:37Z")

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