node-red 0.17.0

0.17: Milestone Release

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Runtime

• Return flow rev on reload api when api v2 enabled Closes #1273
• Provide single endpoint to load all node message catalogs
• Add .trace and .debug to Node prototype
• Rename oauth auth scheme to strategy as it works for openid
• Allow oauth schemes provide a custom verify function
• Add support for oauth adminAuth configs
• Cache auth details to save needlessly recalculating hashes
• Add context.keys function to list top-level keys
• Strip BOM character from JSON files if present Fixes #1239
• Version check no meta (#1243)
• Ensure all nodes have access to global context Fixes #1230
• Don't process subscription for unauthenticated comms link Fixes #851
• Clone credentials when passing to node Fixes #1198
• Resolve dir argument of getLocalNodeFiles function (#1216)
• Add wait for writing a library entry into a file. (#1186)
• Use correct Buffer.from method rather than constructor
• update core nodes to use newer Buffer syntax
• Treat missing msg properties as undefined rather than throw error Fixes #1167
• Allows flows to be enabled/disabled in the runtime
• add off option to logging settings comment
• Log error stack traces if verbose flag is set
• Extract line number if available from node load errors
• Add node 8 to travis (with allow failure)
• Shuffle promises for creating default package.json
• Create a package.json file in userDir if one doesn't exist
• autoInstallModules option must honour version/pending_version
• Refuse to update a non-local node module
• Finalise nodeSettings and update tlsConfigDisableLocalFiles
• Allow a node to declare what settings should be made available to the editor. (#1185)
• Add node whitelist function (#1184)
• Allow a node to declare settings that should be exported
• Add test coverage for deleting a flow
• Update tests for oauth -> strategy rename
• Fix the test cases which sometimes fails due to timing. (#1228)
• Extend timeout for the test case of installing non-existant path. (#1191)
• Fix loader test to expect line numbers in load errors
• Update ui_spec for icon module path
• let node installer try to save with ~ version prefix to allow minor updates
• Log error when non-msg-object is returned from a Function
• Timeout a node that fails to close - default 15s timeout
• Pass a 'removed' parameter to node close handler
• Remove event passing for icons/examples from the api layer
• Update general dependencies

Nodes

• Do not log node errors if handled by a Catch node
• Fix wrong number of double quotes in CSV parsing
• let csv node handle ip addresses without trying to parse
• Update debug node to register the settings it uses
• Handle IncomingMessage/ServerResponse object types in debug Fixes #1202
• Toggling debug node enabled/disabled state should set state dirty Fixes #1203
• redo delay node status messages to be interval based
• Update delay node ui
• Add new msg.delay option to delay node
• stop delay node spamming web socket (when in fast rate limit mode)
• Delay/Range node help tidy up
• Bug fix in exec node. White spaces in arguments now works (#1285)
• Make exec node explicitly call SIGTERM for default
• Fix exec node error tests on Windows (#1234)
• update messages for updated exec node
• Make exec node spawn and exec outputs more consistent
• Exec node for windows environment (#1200)
• remove requirement for cmd in exec node config + new style info
• retry exec node tests
• let exec node take msg.kill SIG... param and pid param
• Third output from Exec node must be consistent for success/failure conditions
• exec node returns 0 on the third output if command ended without error. (#1160)
• exec node can be killed on demand
• add "split/stream" ability to file in node
• add port label to file node and update info
• Allow nodes to have translations not in core (#1183)
• fix tcp node new Buffer alloc size 0
• change pin selection table for pi gpis nodes
• stop using sudo for Pi gpio access
• adding frequency configuration to pwm output (#1206)
• Fix Pi GPIO debounce
• let Hypriot on Pi detect gpio correctly
• More core node info help tidy up
• Tidy up more core node help text
• Tidy up parser node edit dialogs and help text
• yet more core node info updates
• more core node info updates to newer style
• Update some core nodes info
• First pass of new node-info style
• MQTT new style info
• Fix empty extra node help content issue
• Handle HTTP In url that is missing its leading / Fixes #1218
• Add file upload support to HTTP In node
• HTTP Request node: add info on how to do form encoding
• Prevent unmodified msg.headers from breaking HTTP Request flows Closed #1015
• Add cookie handling to HTTP Request node
• Add guard against the http-request buffer fix being reverted
• Multipart streaming
• Add http-request node unit tests
• http request node add transport validity check and warn.
• Update follow_redirects to fix http_proxy handling Fixes #1172
• Allow statusCode/headers to be set directly within HTTP Response node
• let inject "between time" also fire at start - Plus new info
• remove repeat symbol from inject if repeat is 0
• Add port labels to inject node (to show types)
• Add buffer joiner mode to Join node
• Let join node auto re-assemble buffers
• let join also accumulate strings (and not fail)
• Add Pretty print option to JSON node and
• Fix selection of link nodes
• Add link label value as portLabels
• Add sentence about clearing retained topic on mqtt
• make sure MQTT client closes if redeploy during reconnect
• make sure MQTT client closes if redeploy during reconnect
• slight filed size adjust for mqtt broker port field - allow 5 digits
• Add help info for split node
• split node - in object mode allow msg.complete on its own
• let split of objects use key to set another property (e.g. topic)
• adding streaming modes into split node
• let split node reassemble based on a final packet. (as well as the first)
• Add buffer support to split node
• updated split/join node (split still needs work before release)
• Added a name icon and a description label on edit subflow window.
• Don't display port labels for subflow pseudo-port nodes
• Added a name icon and a description label on edit subflow window.
• tcp request - remove confusing timeout wording from info
• Final TCP node nits - let 0 do it's thing as per every other timeout
• fix tcp port not waiting as per info/previous behaviour
• TCP In: Fix error in timout callback (#1249)
• Make tcp send msg more consistent
• Update 31-tcpin.js (#1235)
• really close tcp node connection right away (if told to)
• clone message before send in stay connected mode
• Better template node help example
• Add option to parse Template result as JSON before sending
• nail trigger test for windows AND linux
• give up on SIGQUIT for widows test
• better tests for windows nodes
• comment out 2nd exec node kill tests
• fixes for grunt files tests on Windows
• Add events to test helper
• Change default value of tlsConfigDisableLocalFiles to false
• Add the node setting tlsConfigDisableLocalFiles for tls node. (#1190)
• UI to upload certificates and keys for TLS node
• Update trigger help
• let trigger node set repeated outputs
• Move udp sock error listener to only be instantiated once.
• Let watch node recurse into subdirectories
• Misconfigured WebSocket nodes should not register msg handlers
• Add websocketVerifyClient option to enable custom websocket auth Fixes #1127

Editor

• Bump ACE editor to v1.2.7
• Add RED.utils.getNodeLabel utility function
• Include module name in requests for node icons
• Change debug message menu icon
• Handle empty array/objects in debug view
• Add per-node filter option to Debug pane
• Ensure debug node marked changed when button pressed
• Fix pop-out debug window for all the recent updates
• Add debug message menu
• Don't include msg. in debug message copied paths
• Format Buffer numbers as hex by default
• Remember formatting choices for dbg msg elements
• Allow debug msg elements to be pinned
• Only show debug tools under the debug tab
• Fix test for valid js identifiers in debug path construction
• Remove unused modified flag on debug messages
• Add copy path/value buttons to debug messages
• dont match only part of the node type (#1242)
• Add editorTheme.logout.redirect to allow redirect on logout Closes #1213
• Handle logging out and already logged-out editor Fixes #1288
• Fix bug: Export Subflows (#1282)
• destroy editor to ensure fully removed on close (function, template, comment)
• Don't try to nls status text starting with '.' Fixes #1258
• Add note of removed flows in diffConfig (#1253)
• Add description to flow same as subflow
• Allow tabs to be enabled/disabled in the editor
• Make H3 sections in node help collapsible
• Add JSON Expression editor
• Expression editor - clear legacy flag for blank expressions
• Ensure node labels are reordered properly to match outputs
• Add 'none' placeholder for empty port label form
• Don't mark a node changed when going from none to blank labels
• Leave a node to nls its own port labels
• Allow a node to override default labels
• Add placeholder text on label inputs and clear buttons
• Add port labels to Subflow nodes
• Keep port label form in sync with output reordering
• Basic node label editor
• Port label editor starting point
• Allow port labels be i18n identifiers
• Add inputLabels and outputLabels to node defn + Update Change node
• Resize port labels based on content
• Initial port label behaviour
• Allow a node to decide for itself if its button should be enabled or not
• Provide feedback when enable/disable node fails
• Add node module update api and expose in palette editor
• Reset palette-manager tabs when settings dialog reopened
• Move palette editor to settings panel
• Move palette editor to userSettings dialog
• Move view and keyboard into user settings dialog
• Add basic user settings panel
• Node status should be on by default
• Make theme able to load custom javascript (#1211)
• Allow tips to be hidden and cycled through
• Add info tips back to the sidebar
• Add buffer mode to typedInput
• Add typedInput binary mode icon
• Ensure all ace editors are destroyed in the expression editors
• Refresh sidebar info when tab is changed
• better spacing for library widget
• Fix gridSize for node width calculation to avoid odd resizing
• Redraw grid properly if gridSize changes
• Scroll sidebar info tab to top when changing content
• Ensure info tab sections are collapsible when set from palette
• Only show tab info if there is an active tab
• Only check for reordered outputs if outputMap defiend
• Avoid circular references when stingifying node objects
• Fix padding of config node edit dialog
• Add force-deploy option when conflict detected
• Hide tip box on startup if disabled
• Track node moves separately to node config changes
• Ensure ace editor instances are freed if edit cancelled
• Clip overly long notification messages
• Use queryCommandSupported not queryCommandEnabled to check for copy support
• Add tip to tab description editor
• Make tab info edit box resizable
• Shrink config node appearance in info table
• Display config nodes in Info sidebar table
• Ensure flow info box updates after editing flow
• Hide Node info section when displaying changelog
• Restructure info tab
• Provide notification when new flows deployed in the background
• Stop some ui elements from clearing url anchor when clicked
• clipboard export text stay highlighted even when button deselected
• ensure export clipboard keeps text selected and formatted
• Defer resizing tray components until they have finished building
• Use pre-calculated values for connection path
• Use textContent to avoid manual escaping
• Add RED.stack as a common ui component
• Numeric validator that accepts blank should accept undefined
• Add visual cue as to whether the workspace is focused
• Allow RED.validators.number to allow blank values as valid
• Support dropping json files into the editor
• NLS Expression/JSON editor and fix their height calculation
• Update JSONata to 1.2.4 Closes #1275
• Remember test expression data on a per-node basis
• NLS jsonata test messages
• Add JSONata expr tester and improved feedback
• Add $context/$flow/$global functions to jsonata
• Update jsonata

Other

• add allow es6 to .jshintrc
• travis - don't allow node 8 fails, (and re-add 7)
• ask istanbul for more reports as default
• Add istanbul to Gruntfile.js (#1189)