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Can node-red html be edite elsewhere?

I'm developing a node-red application right now that uses a html response. The html uses google maps, visual indicators and websockets. It is very hard to debug this system through node-red's little html editor. Is there a way to edit the html file through any normal editor (e.g. vs code) and then deploy the application again to see the effect ?

One solution that came to my mind was to read from an external file using the file node and return it as html, put I don't know if that works. Is there a better way ?

Solution

  • You can create and edit static resources (html/css files etc) however you'd like and then serve them from Node-RED.

    You have two options for serving static content:

    1. create corresponding HTTP In -> File In -> HTTP Response flows for each file you want to serve

    2. or use the httpStatic property in your settings.js file to identify a directory whose content should be automatically served by the runtime.