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Node-RED v0.17 Release Notes

  • ⚙ Runtime

    • #1273 Return flow rev on reload api when api v2 enabled Closes
    • Provide single endpoint to load all node message catalogs
    • Add .trace and .debug to Node prototype
    • Rename oauth auth scheme to strategy as it works for openid
    • Allow oauth schemes provide a custom verify function
    • Add support for oauth adminAuth configs
    • Cache auth details to save needlessly recalculating hashes
    • Add context.keys function to list top-level keys
    • #1239 Strip BOM character from JSON files if present Fixes
    • Version check no meta (#1243)
    • #1230 Ensure all nodes have access to global context Fixes
    • #851 Don't process subscription for unauthenticated comms link Fixes
    • #1198 Clone credentials when passing to node Fixes
    • Resolve dir argument of getLocalNodeFiles function (#1216)
    • Add wait for writing a library entry into a file. (#1186)
    • Use correct Buffer.from method rather than constructor
    • update core nodes to use newer Buffer syntax
    • #1167 Treat missing msg properties as undefined rather than throw error Fixes
    • Allows flows to be enabled/disabled in the runtime
    • add off option to logging settings comment
    • Log error stack traces if verbose flag is set
    • Extract line number if available from node load errors
    • Add node 8 to travis (with allow failure)
    • Shuffle promises for creating default package.json
    • Create a package.json file in userDir if one doesn't exist
    • autoInstallModules option must honour version/pending_version
    • Refuse to update a non-local node module
    • Finalise nodeSettings and update tlsConfigDisableLocalFiles
    • Allow a node to declare what settings should be made available to the editor. (#1185)
    • Add node whitelist function (#1184)
    • Allow a node to declare settings that should be exported
    • Add test coverage for deleting a flow
    • Update tests for oauth -> strategy rename
    • Fix the test cases which sometimes fails due to timing. (#1228)
    • Extend timeout for the test case of installing non-existant path. (#1191)
    • Fix loader test to expect line numbers in load errors
    • Update ui_spec for icon module path
    • let node installer try to save with ~ version prefix to allow minor updates
    • Log error when non-msg-object is returned from a Function
    • Timeout a node that fails to close - default 15s timeout
    • Pass a 'removed' parameter to node close handler
    • Remove event passing for icons/examples from the api layer
    • Update general dependencies

    Nodes

    • Do not log node errors if handled by a Catch node
    • Fix wrong number of double quotes in CSV parsing
    • let csv node handle ip addresses without trying to parse
    • Update debug node to register the settings it uses
    • #1202 Handle IncomingMessage/ServerResponse object types in debug Fixes
    • #1203 Toggling debug node enabled/disabled state should set state dirty Fixes
    • redo delay node status messages to be interval based
    • Update delay node ui
    • Add new msg.delay option to delay node
    • stop delay node spamming web socket (when in fast rate limit mode)
    • Delay/Range node help tidy up
    • Bug fix in exec node. White spaces in arguments now works (#1285)
    • Make exec node explicitly call SIGTERM for default
    • Fix exec node error tests on Windows (#1234)
    • update messages for updated exec node
    • Make exec node spawn and exec outputs more consistent
    • Exec node for windows environment (#1200)
    • remove requirement for cmd in exec node config + new style info
    • retry exec node tests
    • let exec node take msg.kill SIG... param and pid param
    • Third output from Exec node must be consistent for success/failure conditions
    • exec node returns 0 on the third output if command ended without error. (#1160)
    • exec node can be killed on demand
    • add "split/stream" ability to file in node
    • add port label to file node and update info
    • Allow nodes to have translations not in core (#1183)
    • fix tcp node new Buffer alloc size 0
    • change pin selection table for pi gpis nodes
    • stop using sudo for Pi gpio access
    • adding frequency configuration to pwm output (#1206)
    • Fix Pi GPIO debounce
    • let Hypriot on Pi detect gpio correctly
    • More core node info help tidy up
    • Tidy up more core node help text
    • Tidy up parser node edit dialogs and help text
    • yet more core node info updates
    • more core node info updates to newer style
    • Update some core nodes info
    • First pass of new node-info style
    • MQTT new style info
    • Fix empty extra node help content issue
    • #1218 Handle HTTP In url that is missing its leading / Fixes
    • Add file upload support to HTTP In node
    • HTTP Request node: add info on how to do form encoding
    • #1015 Prevent unmodified msg.headers from breaking HTTP Request flows Closed
    • Add cookie handling to HTTP Request node
    • Add guard against the http-request buffer fix being reverted
    • Multipart streaming
    • Add http-request node unit tests
    • http request node add transport validity check and warn.
    • #1172 Update follow_redirects to fix http_proxy handling Fixes
    • Allow statusCode/headers to be set directly within HTTP Response node
    • let inject "between time" also fire at start - Plus new info
    • remove repeat symbol from inject if repeat is 0
    • Add port labels to inject node (to show types)
    • Add buffer joiner mode to Join node
    • Let join node auto re-assemble buffers
    • let join also accumulate strings (and not fail)
    • Add Pretty print option to JSON node and
    • Fix selection of link nodes
    • Add link label value as portLabels
    • Add sentence about clearing retained topic on mqtt
    • make sure MQTT client closes if redeploy during reconnect
    • make sure MQTT client closes if redeploy during reconnect
    • slight filed size adjust for mqtt broker port field - allow 5 digits
    • Add help info for split node
    • split node - in object mode allow msg.complete on its own
    • let split of objects use key to set another property (e.g. topic)
    • adding streaming modes into split node
    • let split node reassemble based on a final packet. (as well as the first)
    • Add buffer support to split node
    • updated split/join node (split still needs work before release)
    • Added a name icon and a description label on edit subflow window.
    • Don't display port labels for subflow pseudo-port nodes
    • Added a name icon and a description label on edit subflow window.
    • tcp request - remove confusing timeout wording from info
    • Final TCP node nits - let 0 do it's thing as per every other timeout
    • fix tcp port not waiting as per info/previous behaviour
    • TCP In: Fix error in timout callback (#1249)
    • Make tcp send msg more consistent
    • Update 31-tcpin.js (#1235)
    • really close tcp node connection right away (if told to)
    • clone message before send in stay connected mode
    • Better template node help example
    • Add option to parse Template result as JSON before sending
    • nail trigger test for windows AND linux
    • give up on SIGQUIT for widows test
    • better tests for windows nodes
    • comment out 2nd exec node kill tests
    • fixes for grunt files tests on Windows
    • Add events to test helper
    • Change default value of tlsConfigDisableLocalFiles to false
    • Add the node setting tlsConfigDisableLocalFiles for tls node. (#1190)
    • UI to upload certificates and keys for TLS node
    • Update trigger help
    • let trigger node set repeated outputs
    • Move udp sock error listener to only be instantiated once.
    • Let watch node recurse into subdirectories
    • Misconfigured WebSocket nodes should not register msg handlers
    • #1127 Add websocketVerifyClient option to enable custom websocket auth Fixes

    Editor

    • Bump ACE editor to v1.2.7
    • Add RED.utils.getNodeLabel utility function
    • Include module name in requests for node icons
    • Change debug message menu icon
    • Handle empty array/objects in debug view
    • Add per-node filter option to Debug pane
    • Ensure debug node marked changed when button pressed
    • Fix pop-out debug window for all the recent updates
    • Add debug message menu
    • Don't include msg. in debug message copied paths
    • Format Buffer numbers as hex by default
    • Remember formatting choices for dbg msg elements
    • Allow debug msg elements to be pinned
    • Only show debug tools under the debug tab
    • Fix test for valid js identifiers in debug path construction
    • Remove unused modified flag on debug messages
    • Add copy path/value buttons to debug messages
    • dont match only part of the node type (#1242)
    • #1213 Add editorTheme.logout.redirect to allow redirect on logout Closes
    • #1288 Handle logging out and already logged-out editor Fixes
    • Fix bug: Export Subflows (#1282)
    • destroy editor to ensure fully removed on close (function, template, comment)
    • #1258 Don't try to nls status text starting with '.' Fixes
    • Add note of removed flows in diffConfig (#1253)
    • Add description to flow same as subflow
    • Allow tabs to be enabled/disabled in the editor
    • Make H3 sections in node help collapsible
    • Add JSON Expression editor
    • Expression editor - clear legacy flag for blank expressions
    • Ensure node labels are reordered properly to match outputs
    • Add 'none' placeholder for empty port label form
    • Don't mark a node changed when going from none to blank labels
    • Leave a node to nls its own port labels
    • Allow a node to override default labels
    • Add placeholder text on label inputs and clear buttons
    • Add port labels to Subflow nodes
    • Keep port label form in sync with output reordering
    • Basic node label editor
    • Port label editor starting point
    • Allow port labels be i18n identifiers
    • Add inputLabels and outputLabels to node defn + Update Change node
    • Resize port labels based on content
    • Initial port label behaviour
    • Allow a node to decide for itself if its button should be enabled or not
    • Provide feedback when enable/disable node fails
    • Add node module update api and expose in palette editor
    • Reset palette-manager tabs when settings dialog reopened
    • Move palette editor to settings panel
    • Move palette editor to userSettings dialog
    • Move view and keyboard into user settings dialog
    • Add basic user settings panel
    • Node status should be on by default
    • Make theme able to load custom javascript (#1211)
    • Allow tips to be hidden and cycled through
    • Add info tips back to the sidebar
    • Add buffer mode to typedInput
    • Add typedInput binary mode icon
    • Ensure all ace editors are destroyed in the expression editors
    • Refresh sidebar info when tab is changed
    • better spacing for library widget
    • Fix gridSize for node width calculation to avoid odd resizing
    • Redraw grid properly if gridSize changes
    • Scroll sidebar info tab to top when changing content
    • Ensure info tab sections are collapsible when set from palette
    • Only show tab info if there is an active tab
    • Only check for reordered outputs if outputMap defiend
    • Avoid circular references when stingifying node objects
    • Fix padding of config node edit dialog
    • Add force-deploy option when conflict detected
    • Hide tip box on startup if disabled
    • Track node moves separately to node config changes
    • Ensure ace editor instances are freed if edit cancelled
    • Clip overly long notification messages
    • Use queryCommandSupported not queryCommandEnabled to check for copy support
    • Add tip to tab description editor
    • Make tab info edit box resizable
    • Shrink config node appearance in info table
    • Display config nodes in Info sidebar table
    • Ensure flow info box updates after editing flow
    • Hide Node info section when displaying changelog
    • Restructure info tab
    • Provide notification when new flows deployed in the background
    • Stop some ui elements from clearing url anchor when clicked
    • clipboard export text stay highlighted even when button deselected
    • ensure export clipboard keeps text selected and formatted
    • Defer resizing tray components until they have finished building
    • Use pre-calculated values for connection path
    • Use textContent to avoid manual escaping
    • Add RED.stack as a common ui component
    • Numeric validator that accepts blank should accept undefined
    • Add visual cue as to whether the workspace is focused
    • Allow RED.validators.number to allow blank values as valid
    • Support dropping json files into the editor
    • NLS Expression/JSON editor and fix their height calculation
    • #1275 Update JSONata to 1.2.4 Closes
    • Remember test expression data on a per-node basis
    • NLS jsonata test messages
    • Add JSONata expr tester and improved feedback
    • Add $context/$flow/$global functions to jsonata
    • Update jsonata

    Other

    • add allow es6 to .jshintrc
    • travis - don't allow node 8 fails, (and re-add 7)
    • ask istanbul for more reports as default
    • Add istanbul to Gruntfile.js (#1189)