Blog: Send a File to Node-RED

[gdziuba]

To Do

• Art
• Finish Blog
• Upload to Git
  • Readme on git
• update Flow on Node-RED website with link to blog
• Release 24/01/03

Description

Related Issue(s)

close #1446
close #1368
close #1467

Checklist

• I have read the contribution guidelines
• I have considered the performance impact of these changes
• Suitable unit/system level tests have been added and they pass
• Documentation has been updated

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[gdziuba]

Blog to go out 24/01/03

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[ZJvandeWeg]

@gdziuba I don't think we should keep the python app like discussed in our 1:1. Dashboard is the easiest way to set up, configure, and maintain. It's also portable (windows, Unix, hack even *BSD). I vote this article is just about Dashboard, no python, git, and all the others.

[gdziuba]

@gdziuba I don't think we should keep the python app like discussed in our 1:1. Dashboard is the easiest way to set up, configure, and maintain. It's also portable (windows, Unix, hack even *BSD). I vote this article is just about Dashboard, no python, git, and all the others.

@ZJvandeWeg So, the main intention behind this blog was to answer a Google query - "How to send a file to Node-RED?" - for SEO purposes. However, we've now removed all the Python code from the blog, which makes the original title seem a bit off. A more suitable title would be "How to import a file into Node-RED." But, if we use this title, it could defeat the purpose of our SEO goal. I can go either way. I just want to make sure we are on the same page before I delete the python portion.

[gdziuba]

@ZJvandeWeg

What about splitting up into two blogs. With them linking to each other?

One Titled:
"Send a File to a Node-RED"
"Import a File into Node-RED with Dashboard 2.0"

[ZJvandeWeg]

Fair enough. Thanks for the suggestion!