Use NodeRed v2 for free on Heroku!

Deploy instantly and for free an instance of NodeRed v2 for daily use and various automations!

Using a one-click Heroku deployment of a template repository, then extending it with extra palette nodes and JavaScript libraries.

Walkthrough

Deploy on Heroku in 1 click

Use the following button to 1-click deploy an instance on heroku:

Which will open the following screen:

Choose an App Name, use a strong password for the NODE_RED_PASSWORD value and hit Deploy App.

Add new Nodes to the Palette

Node-Red modules may be added via the Menu>Manage Palette link from the Node Library:

Add Javascript libraries for the Function node

Example for the lodash library (npm link).

• Fork the root project Fork myrosblog/node-red-heroku
• Edit package.json by adding lodash to dependencies:

"dependencies": {
    [...],
    "lodash": "~4.x"
}

• Deploy to heroku
• Once in Node-Red editor, open the function node>Setup>Modules
• Module Name=lodashand Import as=_
• Use it in On Message:

msg.payload = _.lowerCase(msg.payload);

Voilà !

Validation & troubleshooting

You can now freely access https://your-app-name.herokuapp.com/red:

When logged in, hit the Menu button to check the 2.0.5 version:

Going further

• Use Node-RED for automation: build a first flow that posts the weather to Slack