node-red-contrib-oussama 1.0.0

a personal node for testing

npm install node-red-contrib-oussama

node-red-contrib-lowercase

A simple Node-RED node that converts incoming string payloads to lowercase.

🧩 Overview

This Node-RED node takes any input message (msg.payload) and converts it to lowercase text. It’s useful when you need to normalize text data before further processing, comparisons, or routing.

⚙️ Usage

1. Drag the converterOussama node into your Node-RED workspace.
2. Connect it to any node that outputs a string payload.
3. Deploy your flow.

Example Flow:

[{"id":"input1","type":"inject","z":"flow1","name":"Hello World","props":[{"p":"payload"}],"payload":"Hello World","payloadType":"str"},{"id":"lower1","type":"lowercase","z":"flow1","name":"To Lowercase","wires":[["debug1"]]},{"id":"debug1","type":"debug","z":"flow1","name":"Result","active":true,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":false,"complete":"payload","targetType":"msg"}]

When the flow runs, the Lowercase node will convert "Hello World" into "hello world".

🧠 How It Works

• The node checks if msg.payload is a string.
• If yes → it converts it to lowercase.
• If not → it passes the message through unchanged (optional behavior).

Example code inside the node:

if (typeof msg.payload === 'string') {
    msg.payload = msg.payload.toLowerCase();
}
return msg;

🧪 Example

⚠️ Notes

• Non-string payloads are not modified.
• You can modify the node’s behavior to handle other properties if needed.

🛠️ Development

To test locally:

git clone https://github.com/<your-username>/node-red-contrib-lowercase.git
cd node-red-contrib-lowercase
npm install
npm link
cd ~/.node-red
npm link node-red-contrib-lowercase

Then restart Node-RED to load your development version.

📝 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

👤 Author

Your Name GitHub: @Oussama Ben Slama