17DEC2020 Updated and improved flow credit to @dinomite and @lars_hassio
I’ve been using node red for about nine months now. I’ve taught myself a lot by reading the examples in the community. Now I am giving back.
I had been writing a ton of function nodes with different standards to set flow attributes and then create the payload to send to the notify service. I needed a standard that was easier to trouble shoot and create new notifications.
I created a template for creating IOS notifications for various state changes of my devices (EG. Garage Door, Person/Device Tracker, Low Temp, High Humidity etc.) using the change node to set attributes in the flow and then a function node to create the payload (see image:)
The change node is way easier to prevent errors often found when creating a function… almost like a config screen rather than script. (see image:) (note: use debug to find attributes)
A user can just change these to achieve the full alert. Much faster than in a function.
The function node create a full output including the target ios device captured in the change node.
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Hope this helps; also open to constructive feedback!.
Next onto same for Alexa notify!
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