I have created a custom node .js and .html file along with a package.json empty file. I execute npm init in the directory that contains the file and it creates the package.json as required. Next I run npm install in the same directory and it runs, no errors indicated. Next I shutdown Node Red and…

do you have the nodes registered in the package.json as per docs? https://nodered.org/docs/creating-nodes/first-node#package-json

In what directory have you done all of that?

My directory is .node-red\nodes\ss-modify-point-value my package.json { "name": "ss-modify-point-value", "version": "1.0.0", "description": "", "main": "ss-modify-point-value.js", "scripts": { "test": "echo "Error: no test specified" && exit 1" }, "author": "", "license": "ISC", "node-re…

Hi @tcontrada as a side note, when sharing code of any sort, it helps to format it properly - this post explains how/why: How to share code or flow json The .node-red/nodes directory is used to load local nodes that are not packaged as a module - so the package.json is ignored and it will load any…

That's the funny thing, is that there are no errors in the Node Red console when starting. Here is the start message: There is a Warning message, but not sure if it's important? Welcome to Node-RED 21 Feb 17:36:52 - [info] Node-RED version: v0.19.5 21 Feb 17:36:52 - [info] Node.js version: v10.13…

[image] tcontrada: 21 Feb 17:36:57 - [warn] [node-red/ss-modify-point-value] Type already registered 21 Feb 17:36:57 - [warn] [ss-modify-point-value/ss-modify-point-value] Type already registered No, those warnings are exactly why your nodes don't show up. It could be because you have the pa…

Hi Nick, At this point I am really confused. I have placed my .js and .html files in .node-red\nodes\ss-modify-point-value folder. I deleted the files from the .node-red\node_modules folder. So as you say Node Red should pick up my files in the .node-red\nodes\ss-modify-point-value folder. But,…

Have a look in the file .node-red/.config.json for any mention of your nodes. That will tell you where the runtime has found them and may help clarify it for you. As I mentioned before, I'd recommend packaging them as proper node modules and using npm link (as described in the docs) to install them…

So use this method? On Windows with older versions of npm, use mklink instead: cd C:\Users\my_name\.node_red mklink /D node_modules\node-red-contrib-example-lower-case C:\Users\my_name\Documents\GitHub\node-red-contrib-example-lower-case Where do I put my .js and .html files, in node_modules/my…

another way is to put your .js and .html AND package.json (with the node-red entry specifying your nodes) into a folder, lets say /home/user/nodeBla/my-custom-node Then you goto your node-red user directory and run npm install /home/user/nodeBla/my-custom-node This will do something similar to npm…

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show your package.json here. Please use tripple backticks as described here How to share code or flow json

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