Telegram paragraphs

[automati]

Hello everybody
Does anyone know what the function node has to look like if I want individual paragraphs in the message?
So for example:
Status: on
Music: off
So far I've only managed to send status: on, for example.

Many Thanks

[dynamicdave]

This is what I use in a function node to format a multi-line message for my weather station.

var chatId = flow.get("chatId");

var ws_pcb_info = "Weather station report for "+msg.payload[0].node_ref+"\r\n";
ws_pcb_info += "Location is... "+msg.payload[0].location+"\r\n";
ws_pcb_info += "Here are the latest readings... \r\nat: "+msg.payload[0].time+" hrs GMT\r\n";
ws_pcb_info +="on: "+msg.payload[0].date+"\r\n\r\n"
ws_pcb_info += "Temperature: "+msg.payload[0].temperature+" deg(C)\r\n";
ws_pcb_info += "Humidity: "+msg.payload[0].humidity+"%\r\n";
ws_pcb_info += "Pressure: "+msg.payload[0].pressure+" hPa\r\n\r\n";
ws_pcb_info += "Wemos rail: "+msg.payload[0].wemos_rail+"V\r\n";
ws_pcb_info += "Li-ion battery: "+msg.payload[0].lion_battery+"V\r\n";
ws_pcb_info += "Solar panel: "+msg.payload[0].solar_panel+"V\r\n\r\n";
ws_pcb_info += "Solar voltage: "+msg.payload[0].voltage+"V\r\n";
ws_pcb_info += "Solar current: "+msg.payload[0].current+"mA\r\n";
ws_pcb_info += "Solar wattage: "+msg.payload[0].wattage+"mW\r\n";
msg.payload.content = ws_pcb_info;
msg.payload.type = "message";
msg.payload.chatId = chatId;

return msg;

And this is what it looks like in Telegram.

Hope you find it useful.

[automati]

first Many Thanks!

I tried exactly the same on myself, but it didn't work.

[dynamicdave]

Well can you post what you now have in the function node ??

EDIT: You don't want the comma at the end of line 3 in your original listing.

[automati]

Ich bitte um entschuldigung.. Ich kenne NodeRed überhaupt nicht...Bin mich gerade ein wenig am einarbeiten

[dynamicdave]

OK - you have some typos.

Line 1 Should end with ; (semicolon) not a , (comma) and it's messed up.

Line 3 Should start with var or let
So it should read.... var ws_pcb_info = "Status" .......... etc....

Lines 3 and 4 look exactly the same to me??

Line 7 Should read... msg.payload.chatId = chatID; // As you have already declared it on Line1
Note: You have chatID and it should be chatId - I've been caught by this so many times !!!

Try that and see if it works.

[automati]

it did not work

[dynamicdave]

Try this short piece of code and see if it works.

let message = "Status\r\n";
message += "This is the next line";

msg.payload.content = message;
msg.payload.type = "message";
msg.payload.chatId = 16647075;

return msg;

[dynamicdave]

Have you tried it yet ??

[automati]

it didnt work..

So I was able to send status messages already .. I just want to send several in one text ..

[dynamicdave]

Ummm... the code looks fine.

Is that actually your chatId as I could copy the code at my end and see if it sends to you??

[Steve-Mcl]

If you post code instead of pictures, we can much more easily copy, edit & fix up.

[Steve-Mcl]

@automati

not work

You create ws_pcb_info then try to set ws.pcb_info but nowhere do you join the 2 strings.

Also, as ws does not exist, trying to access .pcb_info will cause an undefined error when the function runs.

[automati]

var chatId = flow.get("16647075");

var ws_pcb_info = "Status Taster Eingang" +flow.get("statustastereingang");
ws.pcb_info += "Status Taster 1" +flow.get("statustaster1");
msg.payload.content = ws_pcb_info;
msg.payload.type = "message";
msg.payload.chatId = 16647075;

return msg;

[dynamicdave]

Well spotted Steve - I didn't see that .

There's an underscore there as well that's not right.... ws_pcb_info

[Steve-Mcl]

Try this.

var s1 = "Status Taster Eingang" +flow.get("statustastereingang");
var s2 = "Status Taster 1" +flow.get("statustaster1");
msg.payload = {};
msg.payload.content = s1 + "\n" + s2;
msg.payload.type = "message";
msg.payload.chatId = 16647075;

return msg;

[automati]

it worked! Many Thanks!!

[dynamicdave]

Yipppppeee

And thanks for letting us know.

Using Steve's way of creating individual lines of text, you should be able to create multi-line messages now.