Hey all,

So I’m relatively new to node-red and have a seems-easy-can’t-figure-it-out problem

I’m creating a remote with a zigbee IR blaster and building out the automations in Node-red. While automation is working - I’m cleaning it up a bit to look better and trying to do the following.

Button press (IR code as payload) ->> node?? JSON template I can put payload in as a variable ->> MQTT node.

I am just looking for whatever node goes in the middle. I just need a node where I can place the JSON format and insert the IR code from the previous Node. Thanks!

  • @[email protected]English
    1•1 year ago

    On top of my head there are 2 ways to do it:

    • using a change node with JSONata so that you can just put the input payload in a JSON template
    • if you’ll need complex transformation you can use a function node and use plain JS to create an object to return
    • @Number1OPEnglish
      2•1 year ago

      Thank you so much! Sorry for the late reply but I figured it out doing pretty much what you said. Button node to JSON node that coverts to a JSON string and then pass that into the template

      I’ll post more info when I’m at a computer