Noob trying to figure out how to an automation in Node-red

Installation Home Assistant OS
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Hello,
I am not able to code any Json because I get stuck easily. Lets face it, the Nest sensors are way too expensive so I got an idea of making my own sensor by connecting a presence detection and a humidity sensor to a Wemos D1 mini. I successfully connected the D1 mini but how would I tell it if the temperature is too high or too low for and tell the thermostat that. I researched more about it and then I found Node-red, expecting it will just be a puzzle I need to connect. I don’t know how to get the average temperature and then send it to the thermostat and it got more confusing as I went into it more. I’m expecting someone will magically come from the clouds and make a whole project and send it to me( or lead me ). I doubt that will happen but who knows…

Aalian,

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I think this may be possible with the function Node but again I’m not really good at coding

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JSON is just a JavaScript object notation. It’s not coding.

You should take a small amount of time and learn some basic JavaScript. It’s not as hard as you think. A code academy basic intro should be fine to teach you enough to get by.

Learning new things shouldn’t be a struggle or a curse.

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Ok I will try but is there any way to this without function node.

What is an object notation

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It all depends on what pallettes you install in your node-red. Function is actually the easiest

JSON and YAML are related. Same same. JSON is basically a config file