How to check if there is an upgrade

[eantonya]

Can I check if there is an upgrade available to either Node Red itself or any of the installed packages from within a flow?

I want to setup a notification for myself for upgrading if an upgrade is available.

My installation is in a FreeBSD jail if that matters.

[TotallyInformation]

You can do it via the exec node.

The commands you need are:

For Node-RED if it is globally installed: npm -g outdated --json

For the installed nodes it is cd ~/.node-red && npm outdated --json

You may need to change the cd folder though to match your installation.

These will return JSON formatted data which you can analyse in Node-RED

[HaroldPetersInskipp]

I made a flow for Windows PC's that checks for updates, but if you change the file-path to fit your system it will work.

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By default it checks every 3 days, and then pipes a message out to a notification flow if an update is available.