node-red-contrib-mqrest-client v0.2.0

node-red-contrib-mqrest-client

These nodes provides Node-RED messaging clients making use of the MQ REST messaging API.

Install

Use the manage palette option to install these nodes.

Usage

Fourteen nodes are provided.

Configuration

Use the configuration to enter user and server details. Once created the user and server details can be reused with other mqrest nodes.

In user:

In server:

Input

Each node expects parameters via a msg object (e.g. the message to place on a queue to be in msg.payload). See the configuration panel of a node to see its expected parameters.

Output

If a node can give an output, it will have a connector on the right. The output will almost always be the json string returned from MQ.

Contributing

For simple typos and fixes please just raise an issue pointing out our mistakes. If you need to raise a pull request please read our contribution guidelines before doing so.

Copyright and license

Copyright 2022 IBM Corp. under the Apache 2.0 license.

Example flows

Linking queue depth to a UI gauge

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Sending QM status to twitter DM

[{"id":"c9634fa8db54069b","type":"tab","label":"Flow 11","disabled":false,"info":"","env":[]},{"id":"33966ca71ec197f6","type":"twitter out","z":"c9634fa8db54069b","twitter":"","name":"Tweet","x":690,"y":480,"wires":[]},{"id":"5fe8c2fa916dbbbb","type":"mqrest-qmgr","z":"c9634fa8db54069b","name":"","user":"8bb2a9c81bae9f00","server":"c813686f07868d8b","qmgr":null,"apiv":"v2","x":360,"y":480,"wires":[["9a30ad5ed87bef3c"]]},{"id":"d969950ceac03694","type":"inject","z":"c9634fa8db54069b","name":"","props":[{"p":"payload"},{"p":"topic","vt":"str"}],"repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"onceDelay":0.1,"topic":"","payload":"","payloadType":"date","x":160,"y":480,"wires":[["5fe8c2fa916dbbbb"]]},{"id":"9a30ad5ed87bef3c","type":"function","z":"c9634fa8db54069b","name":"","func":"console.log(msg.payload)\nmsg.payload =D NodeREDTest10 Hello ${JSON.stringify(msg.payload)};\nnode.send(msg);","outputs":1,"noerr":0,"initialize":"","finalize":"","libs":[],"x":540,"y":480,"wires":[["33966ca71ec197f6"]]},{"id":"8bb2a9c81bae9f00","type":"user-config","name":"ADMIN","username":"mqadmin","password":"mqadmin"},{"id":"c813686f07868d8b","type":"server-config","name":"","host":"localhost","port":"9443","allowSelfSigned":true}]