List of all global

[Xeniluom]

Hi,
I am looking for a method to retrieve the name of the global variables as well as their value.

For the moment, I only manage to have an array with the values:
global.get (global.keys ())

I can't get the name of the variables the same way they are displayed in the context

Can anyone tell me how to do this?
thanks

[UnborN]

Usually you know the global property you used to save the value in the first place and you retrieve it with
For example: let progress1 = global.get('progress1')

You could use a Function node to generate the list by looping through the keys

let list = []

global.keys().forEach( key => {
    list.push( { [key]: global.get(key)});
})

msg.payload = list
return msg

[TotallyInformation]

To use global.keys(), you need to have the following in settings.js:

exportGlobalContextKeys: true,

Since that is actually a bit of a security issue if you allow people access to the full list all the time.

[UnborN]

Thats strange .. i checked my settings.js and indeed its set to exportGlobalContextKeys: false by default but the above code run regardless.

Node-RED version: v2.0.5
Node.js version: v14.16.0

[TotallyInformation]

Ah, interesting, is that a bug I wonder?

[Xeniluom]

Thanks, it's exactly what I want

[UnborN]

@Xeniluom cool .. now that i think of it maybe it would be more easily accesible if the list was an object.

let list = {};

global.keys().forEach( key => {
    list[key] = global.get(key);
})

msg.payload = list
return msg

@TotallyInformation seems like it.

[knolleary]

exportGlobalContextKeys controls whether the global context keys set via functionGlobalContext are exposed or not.

Any global context properties set in the flow itself will always be returned.