Example how to use config node missing

[Weinschenk]

I tried to add a config node to node generated by the templates, but I stuck with the defaults in the index.ts

I got a config-node 'my-config' with two parameters, 'name' and 'vendor', and a regular node my-node.
I added the two parameters to 'my-config/shared/types.ts' like this:
export interface MyConfigOptions { name: string vendor : string }

In the 'my-node/shared/types.ts' I added the 'MyConfigOptions' like this:

... export interface MyNodeOptions { operation: TransformTextOperation, connection: MyConfigOptions; }

So far so good (and hopefully right). Now I want to make it editable in the my-node.html section. Therefore I tried to add to the 'index.ts', in the defaults section an entry with the according type:

... defaults: { operation: { value: TransformTextOperation.UpperCase }, connection: { value: "", type:"my-config"}, name: { value: "" }, }, ...

But value: "" is not correct of course, as is does not contain the name and vendor. I tried to add an according document ( {'name': '', 'vendor': ''} ) and also a new MyNodeOptions (), but both don't work as it request an extension to a node...

Could you please help me out and add an example how to use a config node in combination with a node...

Regards and thanks,
Thomas

[alexk111]

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[smashah]

@Weinschenk hi, I recently used this great template project to build a node-red integration for another one of my projects. I also used config nodes for my integration:

https://github.com/open-wa/node-red-contrib-wa-automate

https://github.com/open-wa/node-red-contrib-wa-automate/tree/master/src/nodes/owa-server

The issue I had with the templated config nodes generated by this project is that there is a typo in the template which results in config node details instantly disappearing.

Check out my PR on how to fix this issue: #3

thanks @alexk111

[Weinschenk]

@smashah thank you very much. This helped me out, to find the issue. It was, that my node stored the config object instead of the name as String.