# I want to create my script on github and pull it to NodeRed ... Will it work?

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/i-want-to-create-my-script-on-github-and-pull-it-to-nodered-will-it-work/35232>\
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**Created:** [2 November 2020 18:34 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/i-want-to-create-my-script-on-github-and-pull-it-to-nodered-will-it-work/35232 "2020-11-02T18:34:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![ComboKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@ComboKnight](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ComboKnight)\
**Post date:** [2 November 2020 18:34 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/i-want-to-create-my-script-on-github-and-pull-it-to-nodered-will-it-work/35232/1 "2020-11-02T18:34:55Z")

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I created a test script on Github and want to pull that script on to nodered .... I know the vice-versa is possible i.e. pulling the script from local machine to NodeRed and then committing the changes to Github.

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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [2 November 2020 21:35 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/i-want-to-create-my-script-on-github-and-pull-it-to-nodered-will-it-work/35232/2 "2020-11-02T21:35:52Z")

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What do you mean by a script in this case? What do you want to do with it in node-red?

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**Author:** ![ComboKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@ComboKnight](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ComboKnight)\
**Post date:** [3 November 2020 18:33 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/i-want-to-create-my-script-on-github-and-pull-it-to-nodered-will-it-work/35232/3 "2020-11-03T18:33:58Z")

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Its just a python script to add 2 numbers that is in my github repo. I want to import it to NodeRed interface as a block and then feed-in time triggered inputs

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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [3 November 2020 21:28 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/i-want-to-create-my-script-on-github-and-pull-it-to-nodered-will-it-work/35232/4 "2020-11-03T21:28:09Z")

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Are you going to call it via an exec node? That is generally considered the best way to run python scripts from node-red. If so then the script itself is nothing directly to do with node-red, you can fetch it from github to anywhere on the machine and then run it from node-red by specifying the full path.

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**Author:** ![ComboKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@ComboKnight](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ComboKnight)\
**Post date:** [3 November 2020 21:48 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/i-want-to-create-my-script-on-github-and-pull-it-to-nodered-will-it-work/35232/5 "2020-11-03T21:48:11Z")

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Can't I pull my script from Github to NodeRed interface directly? Instead of pulling it from github to local machine and then importing it to a NodeRed project

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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [3 November 2020 22:04 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/i-want-to-create-my-script-on-github-and-pull-it-to-nodered-will-it-work/35232/6 "2020-11-03T22:04:55Z")

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It isn't imported into node-red at all, you just invoke it from an exec node. So you could pull your github file to `/home/me/bin` for example and then in node-red configure the exec node to run `/home/me/bin/myscript.py`

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**Author:** ![ComboKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@ComboKnight](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ComboKnight)\
**Post date:** [3 November 2020 22:27 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/i-want-to-create-my-script-on-github-and-pull-it-to-nodered-will-it-work/35232/7 "2020-11-03T22:27:23Z")

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Can we configure nodered in such a way that it automatically pulls my script from github and save it on to my local machine and then automatically run exec node ?

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**Author:** ![dceejay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/dceejay/32/38_2.png) [@dceejay](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dceejay)\
**Post date:** [3 November 2020 22:30 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/i-want-to-create-my-script-on-github-and-pull-it-to-nodered-will-it-work/35232/8 "2020-11-03T22:30:54Z")

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Well you could use an exec node to call curl to grab the file then pipe that into bash (or cmd) to execute it and return the result.

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**Author:** ![ComboKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@ComboKnight](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ComboKnight)\
**Post date:** [3 November 2020 22:33 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/i-want-to-create-my-script-on-github-and-pull-it-to-nodered-will-it-work/35232/9 "2020-11-03T22:33:34Z")

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wow that's great .... Is there any material that I could refer to sir ?

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**Author:** ![dceejay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/dceejay/32/38_2.png) [@dceejay](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dceejay)\
**Post date:** [3 November 2020 22:46 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/i-want-to-create-my-script-on-github-and-pull-it-to-nodered-will-it-work/35232/10 "2020-11-03T22:46:00Z")

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LMGTFY [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5735666/execute-bash-script-from-url](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5735666/execute-bash-script-from-url)

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**Author:** ![ComboKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@ComboKnight](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ComboKnight)\
**Post date:** [3 November 2020 22:48 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/i-want-to-create-my-script-on-github-and-pull-it-to-nodered-will-it-work/35232/11 "2020-11-03T22:48:56Z")

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Thank you sir ... Appreciate the help @dceejay n @Colin

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**Author:** ![Steve-Mcl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/steve-mcl/32/4826_2.png) [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)\
**Post date:** [3 November 2020 23:15 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/i-want-to-create-my-script-on-github-and-pull-it-to-nodered-will-it-work/35232/12 "2020-11-03T23:15:02Z")

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> [@dceejay](#):
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> LMGTFY

😆

I ❤ LMGTFY

for anyone wondering [see here](https://bit.ly/3evIks4)

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**Author:** ![Paul-Reed](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/paul-reed/32/66906_2.png) [@Paul-Reed](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Paul-Reed)\
**Post date:** [3 November 2020 23:32 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/i-want-to-create-my-script-on-github-and-pull-it-to-nodered-will-it-work/35232/13 "2020-11-03T23:32:01Z")

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A bit harsh!  
It's easy to google solutions when you have the knowledge to ask the right question, and interpret the correct answer....

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**Author:** ![dceejay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/dceejay/32/38_2.png) [@dceejay](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dceejay)\
**Post date:** [3 November 2020 23:39 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/i-want-to-create-my-script-on-github-and-pull-it-to-nodered-will-it-work/35232/14 "2020-11-03T23:39:36Z")

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Actually this may be a better link [https://www.baeldung.com/linux/execute-bash-script-from-url](https://www.baeldung.com/linux/execute-bash-script-from-url)

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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [4 November 2020 08:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/i-want-to-create-my-script-on-github-and-pull-it-to-nodered-will-it-work/35232/15 "2020-11-04T08:54:07Z")

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@ComboKnight, note that this will fail if you haven't got an internet connection when you try to run it. Also it will download it every time you run the command.  
If that is a problem then you will have to download it in advance.

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**Author:** ![ComboKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@ComboKnight](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ComboKnight)\
**Post date:** [4 November 2020 23:07 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/i-want-to-create-my-script-on-github-and-pull-it-to-nodered-will-it-work/35232/16 "2020-11-04T23:07:18Z")

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ohh alright @Colin I am trying that out

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [18 November 2020 23:07 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/i-want-to-create-my-script-on-github-and-pull-it-to-nodered-will-it-work/35232/17 "2020-11-18T23:07:27Z")

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