# Send "text" from node red to home assistant

**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/send-text-from-node-red-to-home-assistant/101325
**Category:** General
**Tags:** home-assistant
**Created:** [20 June 2026 08:11 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/send-text-from-node-red-to-home-assistant/101325 "2026-06-20T08:11:00Z")
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### Author: ![ebnerjoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ebca7d/32.png) [@ebnerjoh](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ebnerjoh)
#### Post date: [20 June 2026 08:11 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/send-text-from-node-red-to-home-assistant/101325/1 "2026-06-20T08:11:00Z")

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Hello,

I have a msg.payload with the following content as a string:  
"13h 58min"

I want to display this value in my home assistant. Somehow I am not able to figure out how to do this.

I thought I can to this with a Helper "Input\_Text". But I do not get it working:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/9/7/9769d4ea9af3f1c85257d277ee8ecc949a0ad5bf.png)

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/1/d/1d20093f898c6e95c1909bde2d724ed3b340164b.png)

Any ideas?

Best Regards,  
Johannes

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### Author: ![jbudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5f8ce5/32.png) [@jbudd](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jbudd)
#### Post date: [20 June 2026 08:14 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/send-text-from-node-red-to-home-assistant/101325/2 "2026-06-20T08:14:13Z")

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> [@ebnerjoh](#):
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> ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/1/d/1d20093f898c6e95c1909bde2d724ed3b340164b.png)
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> Any ideas?

You may be missing one of the quotes around "14h 20min"

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### Author: ![ebnerjoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ebca7d/32.png) [@ebnerjoh](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ebnerjoh)
#### Post date: [20 June 2026 08:16 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/send-text-from-node-red-to-home-assistant/101325/3 "2026-06-20T08:16:59Z")

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🫣

damn... many thanks!

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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: [18 September 2026 08:17 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/send-text-from-node-red-to-home-assistant/101325/4 "2026-09-18T08:17:42Z")

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