Adding a new node type to Node-RED

Adding a new node type to Node-RED

In my post I introduced Node-Red application where you can use nodes in your Node-Red flow. Today I am going to show how you can install new nodes and deploy it to your application on Bluemix.

Adding a new node type to Node-RED: follow the steps below:

ONE: visit Network Package Manager and search your package. NPM makes it easy for JavaScript developers to share and reuse code, and it makes it easy to update the code that you’re sharing.

TWO: search your package, for example Watson developer cloud to use IBM Watson APIs directly on node.js / node-RED environment:

THREE: click on git-hub link repository and download the package:

FOUR: access to your node-RED application dashboard on Blue-mix

FIVE: click on EDIT CODE to work with DevOps environment and import the package in to nodes directory:

SIX: edit package.json configuration file to add the new imported package definition:

SEVEN: redeploy the application using the play button in previous DevOps environment.

Based on package installed type you should be able to use new package in bluemix-settings.js by require directive

so you can use the new APIs in any function node

otherwise if the new node can be used directly by its graphical shape you will able to see it in node’s menu, for example I added the freeboard and emoncms nodes, two web dashboard nodes usefully to visualize graphically the IoT sensor data:

All comments are welcomed !