Node-RED

Node-RED is a visual tool for wiring the Internet of Things - hardware devices, APIs and online services in new and interesting ways.

link:http://nodered.org/

INSTALL Node-RED

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install nodered

To start Node-RED, you can either:

on the Desktop, select Menu -> Programming -> Node-RED.

or run node-red-start in a new terminal window.

To stop Node-RED, run the command node-red-stop

Adding nodes

To add additional nodes you must first install the npm tool, as it is not included in the default installation. The following commands install npm and then upgrade it to the latest 2.x version.

sudo apt-get install npm

sudo npm install -g npm@2.x

cd ~/.node-red

npm install node-red-{example node name}

Extra Nodes

To install extra nodes make sure you are in your user-directory, by default this is ~/.node-red.

For example the Pibrella node can be installed as follows

npm install node-red-node-pibrella

You then need to stop and restart Node-RED to load the new nodes, and then refresh the flow editor page in the browser.

node-red-stop

node-red-start

http://nodered.org/docs/getting-started/

This guide will help you get Node-RED installed and running in just a few minutes.

1. Installation
2. Upgrading
3. Running
4. Creating your first flow
5. Creating your second flow