# Trigger an event when Node-Red starts, but not on deploy

**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/trigger-an-event-when-node-red-starts-but-not-on-deploy/47017
**Category:** General
**Created:** [11 June 2021 08:59 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/trigger-an-event-when-node-red-starts-but-not-on-deploy/47017 "2021-06-11T08:59:07Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![bogorad](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/bogorad/32/18900_2.png) [@bogorad](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/bogorad)
#### Post date: [11 June 2021 08:59 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/trigger-an-event-when-node-red-starts-but-not-on-deploy/47017/1 "2021-06-11T08:59:07Z")

</div>

I'd like to trigger an event when NR first starts, but I don't want to get it each time I hit 'deploy'. "Inject with init" node does the latter, unfortunately.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![Steve-Mcl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/steve-mcl/32/4826_2.png) [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)
#### Post date: [11 June 2021 09:03 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/trigger-an-event-when-node-red-starts-but-not-on-deploy/47017/2 "2021-06-11T09:03:35Z")

</div>

> [@bogorad](#):
>
> "Inject with init" node does the latter, unfortunately.

not if you deploy modified nodes only ...  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/5/9/59566cf526849bb36b5dd0e370f950d2f71317ec.png)

_(unless of course you modify the inject node!)_

  

There is other solutions - e.g. you could use memory based context to "remember" you have triggered a flow.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![bogorad](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/bogorad/32/18900_2.png) [@bogorad](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/bogorad)
#### Post date: [11 June 2021 11:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/trigger-an-event-when-node-red-starts-but-not-on-deploy/47017/3 "2021-06-11T11:05:20Z")

</div>

True. Thanks.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [10 August 2021 11:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/trigger-an-event-when-node-red-starts-but-not-on-deploy/47017/4 "2021-08-10T11:05:56Z")

</div>

This topic was automatically closed 60 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.