Hello all, I would like to get the the path of where is running nodered, how I can do that ? The current path of the folder is "/home/toto/.nodered". How I can get this path in the flow? Thanks

msg.payload = `${os.homedir()}/.nodered`; return msg; That should work in a function node. may have to import os module in setup tab of function node or just import this [{"id":"feba76606996723c","type":"function","z":"9aee8eeac20f9015","name":"os.homedir()","func":"msg.payload = `${os.homedir()…

Note though, that this is not a general solution. It will work if node red is installed in the conventional manner, but may not work if the install is not the conventional one. For example, I run multiple instances of node red on one machine, the folders it is configured in are /home/user/.node-red…

Yeah, I had eventually run into that as well and my solution was to detect the OS first and then run a command in an exec node like this: [{"id":"aafa49e090633de4","type":"tab","label":"Flow 1","disabled":false,"info":"","env":[]},{"id":"1b55b9fac53c0d3b","type":"exec","z":"aafa49e090633de4","comma…

Similarly, pwd doesn't tell you where node red is running from (is where the flows file is). They could be different.

Maybe a search utility after determining OS? Unfortunately, I'm not familiar enough with the options available to get much further at that point.

I am pretty sure there is an api call to get the location of the flows file, though I don't know what it is.

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Marchal-web 11 May 2023 17:38 3

Thanks HaroldPetersInskipp,
That makes it

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