Set a message property to another property
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Problem
You want to copy a property of a message to another property.
Solution
Use the Change node to set the property of the message.
Example
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Discussion
The Change node can be used to set properties of a message.
The node supports setting various JavaScript types as well as some Node-RED specific
- strings:
"hello world" - numbers:
42 - boolean:
true/false - timestamp: the current time, in milliseconds, since epoch (January 1st, 1970)
- JSON: a JSON string that will be parsed to its Object representation
It also supports setting a property to a value based on the value of context properties, other message properties or an JSONata expression. These are each explored more in the following recipes:
