Hello everyone, I'm trying to test a Node-RED flow using Mocha and node-red-node-test-helper node. More specifically, I would like to test something like the enclosed subflow, by simulating/mocking a message sent from a mqtt out node not part of the subflow (e.g. because in another tab) that the mq…

Did you find a solution? Would be curious to know about this too.

You are almost there. The trick is to disregard the mqtt node and "manually" send the message: var n2 = helper.getNode("2cce5779.320728"); // myFunctionNode n2.receive({payload:"The payload that the mqtt node would send goes here..."}); // n2 receives this message and executes Add this code after …

Testing a MQTT node in a Node-RED flow using Mocha and node-red-node-test-helper node

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pauldeng 30 May 2019 00:15 4

Here is a Node-red-node-test-helper Example may be useful to anyone visits this thread.

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Testing a MQTT node in a Node-RED flow using Mocha and node-red-node-test-helper node

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