ngest_formatter.html

<script type="text/javascript">
    RED.nodes.registerType('nGest Formatter', {
        category: 'ndustrialio',
        color: '#99be40',
        defaults: {
            name: { value: "" }
        },
        inputs: 1,
        outputs: 1,
        icon: "feeds_icon2x.png",
        label: function () {
            return this.name || "nGest Formatter";
        }
    });
</script>

<script type="text/x-red" data-template-name="nGest Formatter">
    <div class="form-row">
        <label for="node-input-name"><i class="icon-tag"></i>Name</label>
        <input type="text" id="node-input-name" placeholder="nGest Formatter">
    </div>
</script>
<script type="text/x-red" data-help-name="nGest Formatter">
    <p>A simple node that converts an array of objects into ndustrial.io's nGest formant</p>
    <p>Expected Input:</p>
    <pre>
    msg.payload : array[2]
    array[2]
    0: object
        name: "switch1"
        value: "true"
    1: object
        name: "switch2"
        value: "true" 
    </pre>
    <p>To a message payload into the nGest format</p>
    <p>nGest Output</p>
    <pre>
    msg.payload : Object
    object
    type: "timeseries"
    data: array[2]
        0: object
        timestamp: "1571748448099"
        data: object
            switch1: object
                value: "false"
        1: object
        timestamp: "1571748448099"
        data: object
            switch2: object
            value: "true"  
    </pre>
    <p>To join several inputs use 'join' and manually join by array</p>
    <p> Then flatten the array with a function node:</p>
    <pre>
    msg.payload = [].concat.apply([],msg.payload);
    return msg;
    </pre>

</script>