Hello , I want to take user input through text box and then write this data in the file using button. .So basically after taking user input , i store it in the function node What i want to do is , after clicking the button the data should get stored in the file. I am able to write the data in the f…

var data = context.get("data") || 0; if(msg.topic === "text"){ data = msg.payload; context.set("data",data); //if no output is needed while writting, stop the flow right here return } if(msg.topic === "save"){ msg.payload = data; } return msg;

Ohh okay , thanks. I will send it again . Actually i am new to this platform.

[{"id":"224894f3.ecbecc","type":"tab","label":"Flow 5","disabled":false,"info":""},{"id":"ea233531.023898","type":"function","z":"224894f3.ecbecc","name":"take data","func":"//var d = new Date();\n//var t = d.getTime();\ncontext.data = context.data || {}\nvar data = context.data.task1 \n// context.d…

Couple things I'm seeing. In your function node you have context.data = context.data || {} var data = context.data.task1 This is going to give an error on the first run when the context.data is empty or rather an empty object. Meaning there will be no property task1. Below that you set context.…

Hello , thanks for your reply but i am not able to do it. I am damn confused. I also found posts about change node, q node , switch node. As you said refer the link which i had sent , i referred it .I have also referred the cook book .But couldn't find the exact solution. Regarding this: context.d…

Hello Sir , Thanks a lot for the solution . It's working!!:grinning::grinning: But what if i have multiple inputs (text boxes) + button ? will it be same? Thanks :smile:

Best thing to do is to try it out. :slight_smile: And if things go wrong, you'll need to share a bit of the flow because of right now your question is a bit not that clear to give strong answer.

Yes now I am working on it!! Actually i want to take multiple user inputs , and when i click a submit button the entered data should get stored in a file. Like i want to make a simple form which contains name, Address , Phone No., Country etc. and the submit button.

There is built in [image] node to cover this kind of needs. But of course you can create your own solution. :slight_smile:

Hello Vishaka, If you have completed the project of taking multiple user input + button and storing in the file, could you please share the flow? I am also working on a similar concept and it would be of great help.

Text input + Button

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afelix 3 September 2019 12:57 2

Unfortunately, your flow can't be imported as the forum software merges some of the characters. To get around that, please post your flow again following the instructions in the following post: How to share code or flow json

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