Traccar API - Node-Red Flows Examples

These flows can provide self explanatory examples of how to call the Traccar API in the "most possibly correct way" Please note that the first node logs into Traccar with API and Basic Authentication (User & Pwd). In the other function nodes, the Suffix "_T" stands for Token Authentication and "SC" Stands for Session Cookie authentication.

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