# Node-red-contrib-nighttime. Need to provide GPS Day or Night node via JSON
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-nighttime-need-to-provide-gps-day-or-night-node-via-json/94078
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**Tags:** function-node
**Created:** [21 December 2024 14:06 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-nighttime-need-to-provide-gps-day-or-night-node-via-json/94078 "2024-12-21T14:06:13Z")
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### Author:  [@pcborges](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/pcborges)
#### Post date: [21 December 2024 14:06 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-nighttime-need-to-provide-gps-day-or-night-node-via-json/94078/1 "2024-12-21T14:06:13Z")
I am using node-red-contrib-nighttime and currently I am typing LAT & LONG manualy.
I need to make it autonomous so I am getting coordinates from on line service.
Day\_or\_Night node says it can get LAT/LONG data from location service.
"lat and long will autofill if you allowed location service."
But I am finding problems on how to make it work in my Raspberry Pi, not even ChatGPT is provinding something that works.
Assistance wellcome.
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### Author:  [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)
#### Post date: [21 December 2024 14:41 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-nighttime-need-to-provide-gps-day-or-night-node-via-json/94078/2 "2024-12-21T14:41:10Z")
What is it you are trying to achieve? What is the overall goal?
It may be you simply need something like node-red contrib-Cron-plus to emit a message when it is sunset or dusk?
Or you could send a message with coordinates to the cron plus node and it will tell you the phase of the Sun and whether it is day or night.
Note this would be 100% local. No need for calls to external web services.
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### Author:  [@pcborges](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/pcborges)
#### Post date: [21 December 2024 15:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-nighttime-need-to-provide-gps-day-or-night-node-via-json/94078/3 "2024-12-21T15:05:28Z")
I don't know of node-red contrib-Cron-plus.
But the objetive is simple, to switch on lights of some lamps when it darkens in my region, switch some when it is 22:00hs and some when the sun comes up in the morning.
So far it works well typing my GPS coordinates in this Day\_or\_Night node but I want it to be autonomous but the Day\_or\_Night node has no input and it says as explained above that it can get these coordinates from this "location service" that sounds like something I have to setup in my Raspberry Pi system.
I have GPS coordinates in JSON format from the internet to provide to this "location service" I just have no idea how to do it.
Day\_or\_Night is simple and outputs true for night and false for day, that all I need.
Thanks
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### Author:  [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)
#### Post date: [21 December 2024 15:07 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-nighttime-need-to-provide-gps-day-or-night-node-via-json/94078/4 "2024-12-21T15:07:20Z")
It is over six years since it has been updated.
It uses the suncalc library. Which you could use yourself in a function node instead. Using a public coordinates lookup API to get a rough position. If you want an exact position, GPS sensors exist that could work with a Pi or an ESP/Arduino device.
Personally, I use node-red-contrib-suncalc - not sure but I think you can feed it coordinates.
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### Author:  [@pcborges](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/pcborges)
#### Post date: [21 December 2024 15:11 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-nighttime-need-to-provide-gps-day-or-night-node-via-json/94078/5 "2024-12-21T15:11:10Z")
> [@Steve-Mcl](#):
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> node-red contrib-Cron-plus
Just had a look.
It seems it can do the job.
Will try.
Thanks a lot.
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### Author:  [@pcborges](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/pcborges)
#### Post date: [21 December 2024 20:38 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-nighttime-need-to-provide-gps-day-or-night-node-via-json/94078/7 "2024-12-21T20:38:00Z")
I need to feed LAT/LONG dinamicaly.
Thanks
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### Author:  [@jbudd](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jbudd)
#### Post date: [21 December 2024 21:06 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-nighttime-need-to-provide-gps-day-or-night-node-via-json/94078/8 "2024-12-21T21:06:04Z")
> [@pcborges](#):
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> I need to feed LAT/LONG dinamicaly.
Why? Are you doing something similar to a location tracking phone app?
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### Author:  [@pcborges](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/pcborges)
#### Post date: [21 December 2024 21:11 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-nighttime-need-to-provide-gps-day-or-night-node-via-json/94078/9 "2024-12-21T21:11:15Z")
No, but I intend to ship the device to places for testing and would like to avoid people entering GPS coodinates.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [21 March 2025 21:11 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-nighttime-need-to-provide-gps-day-or-night-node-via-json/94078/10 "2025-03-21T21:11:16Z")
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