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node-red-contrib-friendly-id

A node for Node-RED that converts a given UUID to a URL-friendly ID(short-uuid). You can also generate secure ID using nanoid and short-uuid.

Installation

Run the following command in the root directory of your Node-RED install:

$ npm install node-red-contrib-friendly-id

Usage

from UUID / to UUID

encode-decode

Generate Friendly ID

generate

v0.2.x migration [example flows]

In version 0.1.x, the node was depend on a payload property (msg.payload).
In version 0.2.x, Input / output can be specified, preventing node wiring from becoming complicated.

Okay, so let's walk through some use case scenarios...

Case 1:
How do I set a generated short-uuid to msg.myid property while preserving the original msg.payload property?

How?

The expected values of each property are as follows:

{
    _msgid: "********.*****",
    payload: 1612274237107,
    myid: "wGAYZWkGersMXj5KzA2vDU"
}

v0.1.x:

v0.1.x

v0.2.x (migration)

v0.2.x

[{"id":"a88c20f.676d3e","type":"debug","z":"f6f2187d.f17ca8","name":"","active":true,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":false,"complete":"true","targetType":"full","statusVal":"","statusType":"auto","x":450,"y":340,"wires":[]},{"id":"c04fc85.e6ef838","type":"friendly-id","z":"f6f2187d.f17ca8","name":"","mode":"GENERATE-SHORTID","charlen":21,"charset":"DEFAULT","customs":"","tostatus":false,"statusVal":"","statusType":"auto","inputFromVal":"","inputFromType":"auto","outputToVal":"myid","outputToType":"msg","x":300,"y":340,"wires":[["a88c20f.676d3e"]]},{"id":"68101c27.6c4f84","type":"inject","z":"f6f2187d.f17ca8","name":"","props":[{"p":"payload"}],"repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"onceDelay":0.1,"topic":"","payload":"","payloadType":"date","x":140,"y":340,"wires":[["c04fc85.e6ef838"]]}]

Case 2:
How do I directly overwrite the converted UUID to a property used for input?

how?