Add support to copy hal2ThingType or templating.

[alexsahka]

Add support to copy hal2ThingType to a new hal2ThingType and rename it later. (instead of creating new) Or support for templating. The idea is this: create one huge template one time with all possible Ingress / Egress Functions, then copy to new hal2ThingType and custom name it, then delete unused Ingress / Egress Functions.

Maybe I'm lazy, but I just created 5-6 different types of hal2ThingType, and it is not convenient to go back and copy different Ingress / Egress Functions.

Again this is just convenience.

Thank you for your work!

[flic]

Yeah, totally with you on this one. My plan is to use the built-in library function in Node-RED, the same one that's used in the Template and Function nodes, but I haven't figured out how it works yet.

[flic]

I'm not 100% satisfied with this solution and it most definitely doesn't solve the whole use case, but as a stop gap solution it's now possible to import functions from other types in v1.2.0:

[alexsahka]

Thank you! The copy function works, maybe there is a better way, but this is way easier than copying manually.

[flic]

Well, it took some time (and it's a bit of a hack to be honest, don't look under the covers! ;) ) but now it's possible to create templates of Thingtypes using the Node-RED Library function!

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New functionality in v1.10.0.

[alexsahka]

I got this error when I tried to save the node to a Library.

"Error saving library entry 'Control.template': TypeError: Cannot read property 'replace' of null"

Running Node-red (v2.2.0) in Docker, non Privileged mode. Permission error?

[flic]

Could be, but I've been testing it in non privileged docker. I'm guessing I've missed something. Can you post a copy of the Thing here?

[alexsahka]

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[alexsahka]

For some reason, I cant export/import some nodes completely.

[flic]

Yeah, I'm getting the same error as you. Debugging...

[flic]

I think I found it, the export function couldn't handle when the Check alive ingress selection box was empty. Try 1.10.2 and see of it works better for you.

[alexsahka]

Now works with NodeRed v2.2.0, but doesn't work with v2.0.4. But this is just observation. Must be updated.

This option will make life a lot easier.

Thank you!

[flic]

Good to know, thanks!