# Exporting nodered to home assistant yaml

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**Created:** [21 May 2018 11:53 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/exporting-nodered-to-home-assistant-yaml/270 "2018-05-21T11:53:04Z")\
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**Post date:** [22 May 2018 12:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/exporting-nodered-to-home-assistant-yaml/270/8 "2018-05-22T12:51:58Z")

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@david_c This might help. This is a tutorial I put together when I used to be on OpenHab for how to use Node-Red as a replacement rules engine for OH (similar to what it sounds like you are trying to do for HomeAssistant) that I just reposted to these Forums.

> [@Node-RED as Replacement Rule Engine for OpenHab](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-as-replacement-rule-engine-for-openhab/298):
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> Original thread is posted here - [https://community.openhab.org/t/node-red-as-alternative-rule-engine/29509](https://community.openhab.org/t/node-red-as-alternative-rule-engine/29509) “[Node-RED](http://nodered.org/) is a visual wiring tool for the Internet of Things.” From an Openhab perspective it a visual tool that can replace the builtin rules engine. There is a good discussion thread already running [here](https://community.openhab.org/t/node-red-as-a-rule-script-engine-for-openhab/14914) around Node-RED. The purpose of this tutorial is specifically how to replace the functionality of the Openhab rules engine with Node-RED utilizing @Peter\_De\_Mangelaere‘s [nodes](https://www.npmjs.com/package/node-red-contrib-openhab2) for eas…

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