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To help co-ordinate content for the cookbook, this wiki will be used to track topics we want to cover.

If you want to contribute a recipe to the cookbook:

1. check the list here for topics we want to cover.
2. have a read of the style guide
3. clone the repository, add your recipe and send us a pull request

If you want to discuss any aspect, come join us in the #docs channel on slack.

Topics in italics are high-level themes and may need breaking down into multiple recipes.

HTTP endpoints

• Create an HTTP Endpoint
• Handle query parameters passed to an HTTP endpoint
• Handle url parameters in an HTTP endpoint
• Access HTTP request headers
• Include data captured in another flow
• Serve JSON content
• Serve a local file
• Post raw data to a flow
• Post form data to a flow
• Post JSON data to a flow
• Work with cookies
• security

HTTP requests

• Simple GET request
• Set the url of a request
• Set the url of a request using a template
• Set query string parameters
• Get a parsed JSON response - @mblackstock
• Get a binary response
• Set a request header

MQTT

• Connect to an MQTT broker
• Publish messages to a topic
• Set the topic of a published message
• Publish a retained message to a topic
• Subscribe to a topic
• Receive a parsed JSON message

WebSockets

• Create a websocket listener endpoint
• Send and receive messages using websocket listener
• Connect to an websocket endpoint as a client
• Send and receive messages to websocket client endpoint - @sreelatha-s

TCP/UDP

Logic/Flow Control

• branching a flow
• looping
• watchdog - trigger
• report by exception

State machines

Functions

Suggest section for functions where we provide simple info on Javascript, how to use the APIs available for function nodes based on Writing Functions.

• Generate a new message using Javascript
• Send data to multiple outputs
• see Writing Functions

Error handling

• catch an error
• retry an action after an error

Storage

• Write data to a local file
• Read data from a local file
• for all X in dbs
• insert data into db X
• query data from db X
• Collect data in memory temporarily
• Collect data and periodically save in a database

Raspberry Pi

Configuration

• Configure to use SSL using a self signed certificate (https://github.com/TotallyInformation/SelfSigned-Cert-Creator)

Dashboard

• colouring text based on value
• responsive switches
• Angular recipes
  • How to take actions when data changes
  • How to access Node-RED's msg object in the browser

Logging

• configure for external logging

Security

• How to safely expose Node-RED to the Internet
• How to stop people editing flows
• How to restrict access to all web pages
• How to encrypt all traffic between the browser and Node-RED application
• Using Express middleware to add authentication & authorisation