# Node-red-contrib-tplink
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-tplink/85390
**Category:** General
**Tags:** node-red-dashboard
**Created:** [10 February 2024 01:32 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-tplink/85390 "2024-02-10T01:32:46Z")
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### Author:  [@telescopio](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/telescopio)
#### Post date: [10 February 2024 01:32 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-tplink/85390/1 "2024-02-10T01:32:46Z")
Can some one help me to understand the meaning of : Under the hood, this uses [TP-Link Smart Home API in the description of node-red-contrib-tplink
This is a [Node-RED](https://nodered.org/) node that allows you to control smart plugs, switches, and bulbs from the TP-Link Kasa Smart ecosystem. Under the hood, this uses [TP-Link Smart Home API
I a running node red on windows and look to me this is for Pi. I did install the api using CMD and the node red crash when I deploy the node.
9 Feb 19:06:31 - [red] Uncaught Exception:
9 Feb 19:06:31 - [error] Error: Cannot set headers after they are sent to the client
at ServerResponse.setHeader (node:\_http\_outgoing:652:11)
at ServerResponse.header (C:\Users\Casa\AppData\Roaming\npm\node\_modules\node-red\node\_modules\express\lib\response.js:794:10)
at ServerResponse.send (C:\Users\Casa\AppData\Roaming\npm\node\_modules\node-red\node\_modules\express\lib\response.js:174:12)
at C:\Users\Casa.node-red\node\_modules\node-red-contrib-tplink-iot\smart-plug.js:11:502
at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task\_queues:95:5
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### Author:  [@gerry](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/gerry)
#### Post date: [10 February 2024 01:48 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-tplink/85390/2 "2024-02-10T01:48:40Z")
I use that node a lot but if there is a question in your post I didn't see it.
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### Author:  [@telescopio](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/telescopio)
#### Post date: [10 February 2024 02:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-tplink/85390/3 "2024-02-10T02:00:10Z")
Thank I just resolve it, Is working
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### Author:  [@telescopio](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/telescopio)
#### Post date: [10 February 2024 02:19 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-tplink/85390/4 "2024-02-10T02:19:55Z")
Gerry
You say that you use it a lot, I have a HS300 i was able to send command to turn each plug on/off. Can you let me know how I can get the individual state for each plug to display on the dashboard as a text. "PC 1" state "PC 2"state etc,
This is the debug
object
sw\_ver: "1.0.12 Build 220121 Rel.175814"
hw\_ver: "2.0"
model: "HS300(US)"
deviceId: "800678AF75F06F8D141FE71D5A153A59222667A6"
oemId: "32BD0B21AA9BF8E84737D1DB1C66E883"
hwId: "955F433CBA24823A248A59AA64571A73"
rssi: -55
latitude\_i: 185074
longitude\_i: -671196
alias: "TP-LINK\_Power Strip\_11AB"
status: "new"
mic\_type: "IOT.SMARTPLUGSWITCH"
feature: "TIM:ENE"
mac: "E4:FA:C4:56:11:AB"
updating: 0
led\_off: 0
children: array[6]
0: object
id: "800678AF75F06F8D141FE71D5A153A59222667A600"
state: 0
alias: "PC 1"
on\_time: 0
next\_action: object
1: object
id: "800678AF75F06F8D141FE71D5A153A59222667A601"
state: 1
alias: "PC2"
on\_time: 446
next\_action:
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### Author:  [@gerry](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/gerry)
#### Post date: [10 February 2024 03:57 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-tplink/85390/5 "2024-02-10T03:57:04Z")
If you send the command
Msg ={payload:getinfo}
The node will spit out a ton of info. Somewhere in that mess you will find a statement of relay\_state that tells you whether it's on or off, I think. I don't have that exact device but that command is supposed to work on all if them. Put a debug node on the output send that command and somewhere you should find the state.
[Edit] I see a "state" in your post. Is that the relay on/off? Try checking that out.
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### Author:  [@telescopio](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/telescopio)
#### Post date: [10 February 2024 05:27 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-tplink/85390/6 "2024-02-10T05:27:48Z")
yes that is the state of the relay.
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### Author:  [@gerry](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/gerry)
#### Post date: [10 February 2024 05:30 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-tplink/85390/7 "2024-02-10T05:30:36Z")
That answer your question? Put a node on the end of the tplink node to get that value.
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### Author:  [@telescopio](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/telescopio)
#### Post date: [10 February 2024 05:44 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-tplink/85390/8 "2024-02-10T05:44:34Z")
If a put a text node is showing a bunch of info. all the data. what I did is put a switch in front of the kasa node and connect the switch nodeto a funtion node with this:
switch (msg.payload) {
case true:
msg.color = "Lime";
msg.payload = "ON";
break;
case false:
msg.color = "Red";
msg.payload = "OFF";
break;
}
return msg;
and connect his to a text node. Long but work
Thanks for you time and interest in my problem
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### Author:  [@telescopio](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/telescopio)
#### Post date: [10 February 2024 05:48 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-tplink/85390/9 "2024-02-10T05:48:53Z")
This is one switch
```auto
[
{
"id": "617b0f14a87101b4",
"type": "ui_switch",
"z": "c9fad22bd2981aac",
"name": "PC 1",
"label": "PC 1",
"tooltip": "",
"group": "241820d172e65d1d",
"order": 4,
"width": 4,
"height": 1,
"passthru": true,
"decouple": "false",
"topic": "topic",
"topicType": "msg",
"style": "",
"onvalue": "true",
"onvalueType": "bool",
"onicon": "fa-2x fa-power-off",
"oncolor": "lime",
"offvalue": "false",
"offvalueType": "bool",
"officon": "fa-2x fa-power-off",
"offcolor": "red",
"animate": false,
"className": "",
"x": 450,
"y": 340,
"wires": [
[
"a67dd9aa75613c8a",
"d5fddc3e569367a6",
"f45e2d8ef9c7740f"
]
]
},
{
"id": "a67dd9aa75613c8a",
"type": "kasa",
"z": "c9fad22bd2981aac",
"name": "Sw PC 1",
"device": "10.0.4.86/0",
"interval": 60000,
"eventInterval": 15000,
"payload": "getInfo",
"payloadType": "info",
"debug": false,
"x": 580,
"y": 340,
"wires": [
[]
]
},
{
"id": "8a71f28828efeda0",
"type": "ui_text",
"z": "c9fad22bd2981aac",
"group": "241820d172e65d1d",
"order": 10,
"width": 4,
"height": 1,
"name": "pc 1",
"label": "PC 1",
"format": " {{msg.payload}} ",
"layout": "row-spread",
"className": "ON.color = 'red';",
"style": false,
"font": "",
"fontSize": "",
"color": "#000000",
"x": 830,
"y": 340,
"wires": []
},
{
"id": "d5fddc3e569367a6",
"type": "ui_led",
"z": "c9fad22bd2981aac",
"order": 12,
"group": "241820d172e65d1d",
"width": 1,
"height": 1,
"label": "",
"labelPlacement": "left",
"labelAlignment": "left",
"colorForValue": [
{
"color": "#00ff00",
"value": "true",
"valueType": "bool"
},
{
"color": "#ff0000",
"value": "false",
"valueType": "bool"
}
],
"allowColorForValueInMessage": true,
"shape": "square",
"showGlow": true,
"name": "PC 1",
"x": 950,
"y": 340,
"wires": []
},
{
"id": "f45e2d8ef9c7740f",
"type": "function",
"z": "c9fad22bd2981aac",
"name": "C",
"func": "switch (msg.payload) {\n\n case true:\n msg.color = \"Lime\";\n msg.payload = \"ON\";\n break;\n\n case false:\n msg.color = \"Red\";\n msg.payload = \"OFF\";\n break;\n \n}\n\nreturn msg;\n",
"outputs": 1,
"timeout": 0,
"noerr": 0,
"initialize": "",
"finalize": "",
"libs": [],
"x": 710,
"y": 340,
"wires": [
[
"8a71f28828efeda0"
]
]
},
{
"id": "241820d172e65d1d",
"type": "ui_group",
"name": "MAIN POWER",
"tab": "76c1d76e82d63ff5",
"order": 1,
"disp": true,
"width": "6",
"collapse": false,
"className": ""
},
{
"id": "76c1d76e82d63ff5",
"type": "ui_tab",
"name": "OBS",
"icon": "dashboard",
"order": 2,
"disabled": false,
"hidden": false
}
]
```
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### Author:  [@gerry](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/gerry)
#### Post date: [10 February 2024 05:55 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-tplink/85390/10 "2024-02-10T05:55:06Z")
A quick way is a function node I'm doing this from a phone so I'm not able to recommend a core node but there are easier ways. In a function node something like
let X = msg.payload.something.something
You can get the exact path from the debug output
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### Author:  [@zenofmud](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/zenofmud)
#### Post date: [10 February 2024 11:24 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-tplink/85390/11 "2024-02-10T11:24:57Z")
I just imported your flow
and then I moved things around and the nodes are NOT connected in the order it looks
Did you do that on purpose?
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### Author:  [@telescopio](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/telescopio)
#### Post date: [10 February 2024 12:22 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-tplink/85390/12 "2024-02-10T12:22:30Z")
Yes I did,to be able to display it correct. I left the kasa node alone to control the plug because the output have a lot of info. . I use the function to get the state of the switch and change the color of the output and display in a text note. The led is get getting the state from the Switch. Long way but it work as I want.
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### Author:  [@zenofmud](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/zenofmud)
#### Post date: [10 February 2024 22:26 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-tplink/85390/13 "2024-02-10T22:26:24Z")
I played around a bit and this is how I would do it
```auto
[{"id":"6581c4e7a136c26e","type":"ui_switch","z":"0d3a52d34b03f1bc","name":"PC 1 switch","label":"PC1","tooltip":"","group":"e473f267eadc0fbb","order":1,"width":4,"height":1,"passthru":true,"decouple":"false","topic":"topic","topicType":"msg","style":"","onvalue":"true","onvalueType":"bool","onicon":"fa-2x fa-power-off","oncolor":"lime","offvalue":"false","offvalueType":"bool","officon":"fa-2x fa-power-off","offcolor":"red","animate":false,"className":"","x":230,"y":180,"wires":[["3d93a8d8868d2016"]]},{"id":"3d93a8d8868d2016","type":"kasa","z":"0d3a52d34b03f1bc","name":"tplink40 - HS105(US)","device":"192.168.1.151","interval":60000,"eventInterval":15000,"payload":"getInfo","payloadType":"info","debug":false,"x":420,"y":180,"wires":[["2d36082ebbcce245"]]},{"id":"464c1297f1d0d93d","type":"ui_text","z":"0d3a52d34b03f1bc","group":"e473f267eadc0fbb","order":3,"width":4,"height":1,"name":"pc 1 text","label":"PC 2","format":" {{msg.payload}} ","layout":"row-spread","className":"ON.color = 'red';","style":false,"font":"","fontSize":"","color":"#000000","x":1060,"y":200,"wires":[]},{"id":"2d36082ebbcce245","type":"switch","z":"0d3a52d34b03f1bc","name":"","property":"payload.relay_state","propertyType":"msg","rules":[{"t":"eq","v":"1","vt":"num"},{"t":"eq","v":"0","vt":"num"}],"checkall":"true","repair":false,"outputs":2,"x":590,"y":180,"wires":[["eb9e225ea5b832f9"],["5af8c8990be25261"]]},{"id":"5af8c8990be25261","type":"change","z":"0d3a52d34b03f1bc","name":"","rules":[{"t":"set","p":"payload","pt":"msg","to":"false","tot":"bool"},{"t":"set","p":"color","pt":"msg","to":"red","tot":"str"}],"action":"","property":"","from":"","to":"","reg":false,"x":780,"y":200,"wires":[["d6f46141cc96dcc5","464c1297f1d0d93d"]]},{"id":"eb9e225ea5b832f9","type":"change","z":"0d3a52d34b03f1bc","name":"","rules":[{"t":"set","p":"payload","pt":"msg","to":"true","tot":"bool"},{"t":"set","p":"color","pt":"msg","to":"Lime","tot":"str"}],"action":"","property":"","from":"","to":"","reg":false,"x":780,"y":160,"wires":[["d6f46141cc96dcc5","464c1297f1d0d93d"]]},{"id":"d6f46141cc96dcc5","type":"ui_led","z":"0d3a52d34b03f1bc","order":2,"group":"e473f267eadc0fbb","width":1,"height":1,"label":"","labelPlacement":"left","labelAlignment":"left","colorForValue":[{"color":"#00ff00","value":"true","valueType":"bool"},{"color":"#ff0000","value":"false","valueType":"bool"}],"allowColorForValueInMessage":true,"shape":"square","showGlow":true,"name":"PC 1 led","x":1060,"y":160,"wires":[]},{"id":"e473f267eadc0fbb","type":"ui_group","name":"Online Devices1","tab":"20e4869160d94f4b","order":4,"disp":true,"width":"6","collapse":false,"className":""},{"id":"20e4869160d94f4b","type":"ui_tab","name":"Home2","icon":"dashboard","order":1,"disabled":false,"hidden":false}]
```
Note: You will have to change the KASA node to your devices IP address
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### Author:  [@telescopio](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/telescopio)
#### Post date: [11 February 2024 01:02 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-tplink/85390/14 "2024-02-11T01:02:30Z")
THANKS, For your time,
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [11 May 2024 01:02 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-tplink/85390/15 "2024-05-11T01:02:45Z")
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