Utility Nodes

STANDARD PREMIUM ULTIMATE

The following nodes are pre-installed in every flow app. They provide essential functionalities for modifying data, executing code, establishing network connections, and controlling business logic within your flow.

Category	Node	Description
Control & Logic	Inject TRIGGER	Injects a message into a flow manually or at regular intervals and schedules. The message payload can be a string, JavaScript object, or the current time. Learn more about its usage in this tutorial: Basic Nodes Tutorial
	Change	Sets, changes, deletes, or moves properties of a message, flow context, or global context, applying multiple rules in sequence. Learn more about its usage in this tutorial: Basic Nodes Tutorial
	Switch	Routes messages based on their property values or sequence position. Evaluates rules in order and forwards messages to corresponding outputs of matching rules. Rules can be based on message properties, context properties, environment variables, or JSONata expressions. Learn more about its usage in this tutorial: Basic Nodes Tutorial
	Delay	Delays or rate-limits messages. Delay intervals can be fixed, random, or dynamically set. Rate limiting spreads delivery over a configured period, optionally discarding intermediate messages. Supports overriding the rate and grouping messages by `msg.topic`.
	Counter Loop	Repeats a flow a specified number of times. Exits the loop and sends a message if the counter comparison fails.
	Array Loop	Repeats a flow until the end of an array. Exits the loop and sends a message when the array ends.
	While Loop	Repeats a flow while a condition is true. Exits the loop and sends a message if the condition fails or the loop exceeds the specified time.
	Split	Splits a message into a sequence of messages.
	Join	Joins sequences of messages into a single message.
	Sort	Sorts a message property or a sequence of messages.
	Batch	Creates sequences of messages based on various rules.
	Complete TRIGGER	Triggers a flow when another node completes its handling of a message.
	Catch TRIGGER	Catches errors thrown by nodes on the same tab.
	Link in TRIGGER	Creates virtual wires between flows. Connects to any `Link Out` node, behaving as if wired together.
	Link call	Calls a flow starting with a `Link In` node and passes on the response.
	Link out	Creates virtual wires between flows. Can send messages to all connected `Link In` nodes or send a response back to the triggering `Link Call` node.
Inspect & Comment	Debug	Displays selected message properties in the debug sidebar tab and optionally the runtime log. By default, it displays `msg.payload`, but can be configured to show any property, the full message, or a JSONata expression result. Learn more about its usage in this tutorial: Basic Nodes Tutorial
Inspect & Comment	Comment	Adds comments to your flows. Supports Markdown syntax, which is rendered in the information side panel.
Scripting & Templates	Function	Runs JavaScript code on incoming messages. Supports easy installation and use of external modules. Learn more about its usage in this tutorial: Basic Nodes Tutorial
Scripting & Templates	Template	Sets a property based on a Mustache template. Learn more about its usage in this tutorial: Basic Nodes Tutorial
Networking & API	HTTP In TRIGGER	Creates an HTTP endpoint for web services. Listens on a configured path for specific request types. Supports named parameters and parses request bodies based on content type. Learn more about its usage in this tutorial: HTTP Nodes Tutorial
	HTTP Response	Sends responses to requests from an HTTP Input node, including body, status code, headers, and cookies. Learn more about its usage in this tutorial: HTTP Nodes Tutorial
	HTTP Request	Sends HTTP requests and returns the response. Supports dynamic URL, method, headers, cookies, payload, and options for unauthorized requests, redirects, and timeouts. Learn more about its usage in this tutorial: HTTP Nodes Tutorial
	Websocket In TRIGGER	Receives data from a WebSocket, defaulting to `msg.payload`. Can parse JSON strings into objects.
	Websocket Out	Sends `msg.payload` over a WebSocket. Can encode the entire `msg` object as a JSON string. Sends messages to all clients or the client that triggered the flow.
	MQTT In TRIGGER	Connects to an MQTT broker and subscribes to messages from a specified topic.
	MQTT Out	Connects to an MQTT broker and publishes messages.
Data Parsing	CSV	Converts between CSV formatted strings and JavaScript objects.
	HTML	Extracts elements from an HTML document in `msg.payload` using a CSS selector.
	JSON	Converts between JSON strings and JavaScript objects.
	XML	Converts between XML strings and JavaScript objects.
	YAML	Converts between YAML formatted strings and JavaScript objects.
	Base64	Converts between Base64 format and binary. Handles both buffers and Base64 strings.