Update API endpoint to update a node in Node.RED server without restart

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Hi guys!
I was wondering if there a way of update a node through an API endpoint.
i.e. I have a node already deployed on Node-RED and I perform a change in the html file, I want this change to be displayed without the need of restarting the server.

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If you edit a node's html you need to restart Node-RED to pickup the change.

There is no API to avoid doing that.

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I thought this was quite succinct

(in reply to post by @MParrao who them deleted their post)

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So there is nothing similar as an npm update or something? For example when you deploy the node for first time Node-RED notice this and updates the palette, there is nothing to re-do the install to pick up the changes? (Besides restarting or uninstall and then install again)

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With any node.js app that is running, if you run npm update to upgrade one of its dependencies, you need to restart the node app to load those changes.

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