I am using node-red-contrib-auth node and its config. Is it possible to set value of secret key from variable and not hardcoded? Is this specific only for this node config or all global configuration nodes? [image] Thank for your hel

Config nodes are just nodes with a special type variable set so that they don't appear in the normal flow and can be shared between normal nodes (that are configured to use them). So they can contain any type of input that you can use in a node. In this case the author of the node has only allowed …

[image] TotallyInformation: Config nodes are just nodes with a special type variable set so that they don't appear in the normal flow and can be shared between normal nodes (that are configured to use them). So they can contain any type of input that you can use in a node. In this case the auth…

I think he meant ${ENV_VAR_NAME} as per Using environment variables : Node-RED

but how it can changed dynamically

yes I cant Is there any way to change it except using env ? [image] Edit nodes by API Methods, help me! General ok I updated with PUT /flow/:id [ { "id": "9755354.1a5d8c8", "type": "tab", "label": "Test" }, { "id": "455936c5.…

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d0d04m3 11 March 2021 15:38 7

yes I cant
Is there any way to change it except using env ?

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