Love the new junction node. Previously I used function nodes for this purpose, i.e. just created a function node with return msg; In all the new snazziness, is there a way to search for function nodes that just contain this line?

[image] hazymat: is there a way to search for function nodes that just contain this line? unfortunately not - you will get all functions with that line (that will likely be the majority of them)

You could try exporting the entrie flow (use the pretty format) and then opening it in a text editor. Next search for 'return msg' and when you find one, grab the id of the msg and in NR you can search for that using the ctrl-f (find). {"id":"d2d2785eb1a00b17", <==== this 'd2d2785eb1a00b17' will …

you could also load the flow file into msg.payload and search the full array, using a change node and JSONata $$.payload[$length($.func)<15].id which should return an array of all id's where function property is less than 15 characters. e,g. [{"id":"6b47984.fc07568","type":"change","z":"aaa27ee4…

A little script to run against your flows file (on a Linux machine, or WSL, Cygwin etc). As with @zenofmud 's suggestion, the file should be in "Pretty Print" format. (flowFilePretty: true, in settings.js). It's far from foolproof but it should give you a list of function nodes containing just ret…

[image] E1cid: [edit] Sorry @Steve-Mcl clicked wrong reply button. Lol - no worries. I did start to edit my post but I got as far as typing "but you can search the json" and then got distracted by the smell of coffee and never finished it - but you guys have offered some good ideas.

Super response all, many thanks!

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unfortunately not - you will get all functions with that line (that will likely be the majority of them)

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