# Node-red basic purpose

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-basic-purpose/60022>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [18 March 2022 09:14 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-basic-purpose/60022 "2022-03-18T09:14:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![usmanEmder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@usmanEmder](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/usmanEmder)\
**Post date:** [18 March 2022 09:14 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-basic-purpose/60022/1 "2022-03-18T09:14:31Z")

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Is Node-RED a supporting tool for programming as well as communication?

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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:** [18 March 2022 10:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-basic-purpose/60022/2 "2022-03-18T10:05:49Z")

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Sure and anything else you can dream up...

- Protocol convertor
- API generator
- API consumer
- ETL
- Home automation
- Bot
- The list goes on and on and on.

Imagination is pretty much the limitation.

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**Author:** ![TotallyInformation](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/totallyinformation/32/31_2.png) [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)\
**Post date:** [18 March 2022 12:43 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-basic-purpose/60022/3 "2022-03-18T12:43:35Z")

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Data-driven web apps. ... 😀

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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:** [18 March 2022 12:47 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-basic-purpose/60022/4 "2022-03-18T12:47:43Z")

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- automated image editing
- email sender / responder
- barcode encoding and decoding
- report building
- file mover, renamer
- TTS convertor
- STT convertor
- image classifier
- \< insert more here \>

Imagination is pretty much the limitation 😃

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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:** [17 May 2022 12:48 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-basic-purpose/60022/5 "2022-05-17T12:48:39Z")

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