# Trigger Node: external reset

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/trigger-node-external-reset/13566>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [22 July 2019 18:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/trigger-node-external-reset/13566 "2019-07-22T18:05:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Symonn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de053/32.png) [@Symonn](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Symonn)\
**Post date:** [22 July 2019 18:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/trigger-node-external-reset/13566/1 "2019-07-22T18:05:57Z")

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Hi, i was wondering if someone has some ideas about how to reset the Trigger node in a given flow using an external component, for example: an api that resets the node based on a specific flow and node id.

My goal is to reset the node using an external web-application, that can be able to reset the node from a HTTP rest api callback.

Any thoughts?

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**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:** [22 July 2019 18:27 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/trigger-node-external-reset/13566/2 "2019-07-22T18:27:48Z")

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Add an http node and link that to a change node that sets the payload to "reset" or topic to "reset" (I forget which) then feed that to the input of the trigger.

Search the cookbook and forum on http endpoints. Very easy to setup.

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**Author:** ![Symonn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de053/32.png) [@Symonn](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Symonn)\
**Post date:** [22 July 2019 19:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/trigger-node-external-reset/13566/3 "2019-07-22T19:00:22Z")

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Thanks, is there any way to secure the created endpoint using an authentication?

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**Author:** ![Symonn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de053/32.png) [@Symonn](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Symonn)\
**Post date:** [23 July 2019 17:10 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/trigger-node-external-reset/13566/4 "2019-07-23T17:10:36Z")

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No ideas?

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**Author:** ![dceejay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/dceejay/32/38_2.png) [@dceejay](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dceejay)\
**Post date:** [23 July 2019 18:02 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/trigger-node-external-reset/13566/5 "2019-07-23T18:02:55Z")

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As per the docs