# Node red switch
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-switch/84535
**Category:** General
**Tags:** switch-node
**Created:** [14 January 2024 17:16 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-switch/84535 "2024-01-14T17:16:21Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@mike1976](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/mike1976)
#### Post date: [14 January 2024 17:16 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-switch/84535/1 "2024-01-14T17:16:21Z")
Hello,
Can someone please help me.
I would like to create a switch with true and false.
It should be true if the msg.payload = "PUT operation successful."
He should be bad if:
"msg.error time out"
Reason:
If the transfer was successful, I would like to delete the file.
If the transfer has an error, do not delete the file.
Thank you.
**Send File okay:**
```auto
14.1.2024, 18:16:56node: debug 19
msg : Object
object
_msgid: "eaf5ba0bbbfbe523"
host: "192.xxx.xxx.xxx"
port: "xxxx"
user: "xxxx"
password: "xxxx"
operation: "PUT"
filename: "Sonde 1.csv"
localFilename: "/xxxxxx/www/xxxx/Sonde 1.csv"
payload: "PUT operation successful."
```
**Send File error:**
```auto
14.1.2024, 18:17:12node: 7e1f5df1188d0149
msg : error
"Error: Timeout while connecting to server"
```
**Image Error:**
**Image Okay:**
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### Author:  [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)
#### Post date: [14 January 2024 17:31 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-switch/84535/2 "2024-01-14T17:31:53Z")
What do you want to happen if you get a result from the ftp node, but it is not "PUT operation successful".
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### Author:  [@E1cid](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/E1cid)
#### Post date: [14 January 2024 17:33 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-switch/84535/3 "2024-01-14T17:33:28Z")
You would use a catch node to catch the error message, select the ftp node in the catch node config. A simple switch node with rule == to direct the success, you can also use otherwise in the switch node rules to direct any other response.
Example
```auto
[{"id":"5594c86bcd8f5e6d","type":"inject","z":"d1395164b4eec73e","name":"put","props":[{"p":"payload"},{"p":"topic","vt":"str"}],"repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"onceDelay":0.1,"topic":"","payload":"PUT Operation successful","payloadType":"str","x":170,"y":3100,"wires":[["90f398c848510ac6"]]},{"id":"90f398c848510ac6","type":"switch","z":"d1395164b4eec73e","name":"","property":"payload","propertyType":"msg","rules":[{"t":"eq","v":"PUT operation successful","vt":"str"},{"t":"else"}],"checkall":"true","repair":false,"outputs":2,"x":330,"y":3100,"wires":[["ad128ba84e8ec9ae"],["8f5a15c392e69325"]]},{"id":"e9d94eff8ad3dc28","type":"inject","z":"d1395164b4eec73e","name":"error","props":[{"p":"error","v":"Timeout","vt":"str"},{"p":"topic","vt":"str"}],"repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"onceDelay":0.1,"topic":"","x":170,"y":3160,"wires":[["90f398c848510ac6"]]},{"id":"ad128ba84e8ec9ae","type":"debug","z":"d1395164b4eec73e","name":"success","active":true,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":false,"complete":"true","targetType":"full","statusVal":"","statusType":"auto","x":460,"y":3080,"wires":[]},{"id":"8f5a15c392e69325","type":"debug","z":"d1395164b4eec73e","name":"error","active":true,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":false,"complete":"true","targetType":"full","statusVal":"","statusType":"auto","x":450,"y":3120,"wires":[]}]
```
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### Author:  [@mike1976](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/mike1976)
#### Post date: [14 January 2024 17:49 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-switch/84535/4 "2024-01-14T17:49:44Z")
🥴
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### Author:  [@mike1976](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/mike1976)
#### Post date: [14 January 2024 20:43 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-switch/84535/5 "2024-01-14T20:43:05Z")
I would like to delete the Local file if the transfer was successful.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [14 March 2024 20:44 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-switch/84535/6 "2024-03-14T20:44:02Z")
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