Function node for easy debugging.
Debug
Function node for easy debugging.
Simply insert it into a connection:
The following is displayed as the status text:
- "Data-type" as color / shape:
- Boolean: Red (dot)
- String: Blue (dot)
- JSON: Blue (ring)
- Number: Yellow (dot)
- BigInt: Yellow (ring)
- Array: Green (ring)
- Object: Green (dot)
- Everything else: Grey (dot)
- Date and time of the last message
- Topic (msg.topic)
- Data-type
- Payload (msg.payload) limited to 50 chars
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