node-red-contrib-webiq

This package is an independent WebIQ Node-RED integration focused on WebSocket reconnect stability and API request handling.

Features

- WebIQ API Connect Node: Establishes a connection to the WebIQ server.
- API Request Node: Allows you to send commands to the WebIQ server by injecting cmd, id, and data fields.

Installation

To install the nodes, use the following command in your Node-RED user directory (typically ~/.node-red):

``bash
npm install node-red-contrib-webiq
`

Usage

$3

1. Drag the WebIQ API Connect node into your Node-RED workspace.
2. Configure the node properties:
- Name: A name for the node instance.
- Host: The WebIQ server host.
- Port: The WebIQ server port.
- Project: The WebIQ project name.
- Username: Your WebIQ project username.
- Password: Your WebIQ project password.
3. Deploy the changes.

$3

1. Drag the API Request node into your Node-RED workspace.
2. Configure the node properties as needed.
3. Inject the required fields (cmd, id, data) to send commands to the WebIQ server.
4. Interval time is used to inject data, set 0 for deactivation.
5. Deploy the changes.

Example Flow to import in Node-Red

`json
[{"id":"cc66026e27238f8e","type":"inject","z":"2ff0686f23684c79","name":"","props":[{"p":"payload"},{"p":"topic","vt":"str"}],"repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"onceDelay":0.1,"topic":"","payload":"","payloadType":"date","x":160,"y":240,"wires":[["0"]]},{"id":"738399a874eef1da","type":"webiq-api-connect","z":"2ff0686f23684c79","name":"WebIQ Connection","host":"localhost","port":"10123","project":"my-project-name","username":"admin","password":"admin","x":610,"y":240,"wires":[["38074751dd3ff1a0"]]},{"id":"0","type":"api-request","z":"2ff0686f23684c79","name":"API Request","cmd":"io.read","data":"[\"DSin\", \"SInt\"]","interval":"0","x":370,"y":240,"wires":[["738399a874eef1da"]]},{"id":"38074751dd3ff1a0","type":"debug","z":"2ff0686f23684c79","name":"debug 3","active":true,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":false,"complete":"false","statusVal":"","statusType":"auto","x":800,"y":240,"wires":[]}]
``

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please fork the repository and submit a pull request.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

Links

- Node-RED Flow Library
- GitHub Repository

Contact

For any questions or issues, please open an issue in the GitHub repository.