Node-RED Dashboard 2.0 Migration Script

This module provides a script with which you can pass in a Dashboard 1.0 flow, and in return, you will receive a Dashboard 2.0 flow.

Please note that this script does not cover everything, see below for a list of currently supported nodes that can be migrated. The script will be improved over time, and we're open to pull requests to enhance it's functionality.

Supported Nodes

Nodes

• ui_text - converted to Dashboard 2.0's ui-text
• ui_form - converted to Dashboard 2.0's ui-form
• ui_button - converted to Dashboard 2.0's ui-button
• ui_dropdown - converted to Dashboard 2.0's ui-dropdown
• ui_switch - converted to Dashboard 2.0's ui-switch
  • .tooltip is not supported
  • .decouple is not supported
  • .animate is not supported
• ui_slider - converted to Dashboard 2.0's ui-slider
• ui_text_input - converted to Dashboard 2.0's ui-text-input
  • .tooltip is not supported

Config Nodes

• ui_tab - converted to Dashboard 2.0's ui-page
• ui_group - converted to Dashboard 2.0's ui-group

Added

• ui-base - Not included in a Dashboard 1.0 flow.json export, so we create a standard default in it's place.
• ui-theme - Not included in a Dashboard 1.0 flow.json export, so we create a standard default in it's place.

Not Yet Supported:

• ui_numeric - link
• ui_date_picker - link
• ui_colour_picker - link
• ui_gauge - link
• ui_chart - link
• ui_audio - link
• ui_toast - link
• ui_control - link
• ui_template - link

Usage

Terminal

To run this module from the terminal, you can run:

cd path/to/your/node-red-dashboard-2-migration
node migrate path/to/your/flow.json

The script will then print to the terminal a valid flow.json which you can copy and paste into your Node-RED editor, via Node-RED's import functionality.

JavaScript

To run this module from within a js environment, you can run:

const d1flow = require('./path/to/your/flow.json')
const MigrateDashboard = require('node-red-dashboard-2-migration')
const d2flow = MigrateDashboard.migrate(d1flow)