# What’s the function of \`@node-red/registry\`?
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/what-s-the-function-of-node-red-registry/65289
**Category:** Core Development
**Tags:** node-red-dashboard
**Created:** [19 July 2022 01:09 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/what-s-the-function-of-node-red-registry/65289 "2022-07-19T01:09:31Z")
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### Author:  [@liaodalin19903](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/liaodalin19903)
#### Post date: [19 July 2022 01:09 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/what-s-the-function-of-node-red-registry/65289/1 "2022-07-19T01:09:31Z")
When I read this doc [node-red API.md](https://github.com/node-red/node-red/blob/master/API.md)I have several questions:
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> common utilities for the Node-RED runtime and editor moduleswhether `editor modules` means `@node-red/editor-client` and `@node-red/editor-api` ? whether `Node-RED editor` = `@node-red/editor-client` + `@node-red/editor-api`?
1. what’s the function of `@node-red/registry` ?
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@node-red/nodes
the default set of core nodes. This module only contains the Node-RED nodes - it does not expose any APIs.why there says `it does not expose any APIs.`?
[API.md](https://github.com/node-red/node-red/blob/master/API.md)
Node-RED consists of 6 node modules under the `@node-red` scope, which are pulled together
by the top-level `node-red` module. The typical scenario is where you are embedding Node-RED into your
own application, in which case you would use the `node-red` module rather than any of the
internal modules directly.
```auto
let RED = require("node-red");
```
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### Author:  [@knolleary](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/knolleary)
#### Post date: [19 July 2022 07:06 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/what-s-the-function-of-node-red-registry/65289/2 "2022-07-19T07:06:58Z")
> [@liaodalin19903](#):
>
> - what’s the function of `@node-red/registry` ?
That module is responsible for loading the Node-RED nodes into the runtime.
> [@liaodalin19903](#):
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> why there says `it does not expose any APIs.`?
The `@node-red/nodes` module contains the core nodes for the palette. Unlike other npm modules it cannot be loaded using `require('@node-red/nodes')` as it does not export anything that way.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [17 September 2022 07:07 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/what-s-the-function-of-node-red-registry/65289/3 "2022-09-17T07:07:23Z")
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