Node-RED uibuilder Dashboard: uibuilder Node with Example

UIBuilder Example Flow to send and receive multiple data from node-red to webpage and vice versa

Node-RED is an IoT platform. This is a flow-based programming platform to connect hardware devices together. Node-red was developed by IBM based on the node.js platform. There is a default dashboard that comes with Node-RED default. But uibuilder dashboard is a very efficient and customizable dashboard for the Node-RED platform. 

Node-RED uibuilder Dashboard

Uibuilder Node:

Uibuilder is an excellent Node-red node for a custom dashboard. This is the alternative to the Node-red Dashboard. The user can make a complete dynamic dashboard or user interface in this node. Uibuilder is a really awesome Node to make customized dashboards using HTML, CSS, and javascript. Visit Node-RED uibuilder official page for more details. 

How to install uibuilder Node in Node-RED:

Please watch this video to know how to install the uibuilder node in Node-red. Or visit uibuilder official homepage. 

Use the following nmp command to install the uibuilder.

npm install node-red-contrib-uibuilder

node-red-contrib-uibuilder code-box

Node-red web user interface to build a custom user dashboard. 

uibuilder example flow:

In this Example flow, I will show some simple operations using uibuilder. We will take input from users in a form and send data to node-red from uibuilder. Then at the same time, we will receive data from node-red to our uibuilder webpage. 

[{"id":"82e68978.045b68","type":"uibuilder","z":"84ee0234.4f135","name":"","topic":"","url":"uibuilder_Example","fwdInMessages":false,"allowScripts":false,"allowStyles":false,"copyIndex":true,"showfolder":false,"x":470,"y":260,"wires":[["16dde3ab.c3fc8c"],[]]},{"id":"b64473a7.3d6dc","type":"inject","z":"84ee0234.4f135","name":"","topic":"cardId","payload":"111","payloadType":"num","repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"onceDelay":0.1,"x":200,"y":200,"wires":[["82e68978.045b68"]]},{"id":"18e53c59.76d4a4","type":"inject","z":"84ee0234.4f135","name":"","topic":"cardId","payload":"222","payloadType":"num","repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"onceDelay":0.1,"x":203,"y":238,"wires":[["82e68978.045b68"]]},{"id":"d18950fe.7f075","type":"inject","z":"84ee0234.4f135","name":"","topic":"cardId","payload":"333","payloadType":"num","repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"onceDelay":0.1,"x":203,"y":278,"wires":[["82e68978.045b68"]]},{"id":"1239bfb7.99356","type":"inject","z":"84ee0234.4f135","name":"","topic":"cardId","payload":"444","payloadType":"num","repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"onceDelay":0.1,"x":203,"y":318,"wires":[["82e68978.045b68"]]},{"id":"16dde3ab.c3fc8c","type":"debug","z":"84ee0234.4f135","name":"","active":true,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":false,"complete":"false","x":690,"y":240,"wires":[]}]

uibuilder Dashboard HTML code: 

The HTML code used in this Node-RED uibuilder Dashboard project is given below:

Node-RED uibuilder Dashboard Index.js code:

The .js code used for this demo project on Uibuilder dashboard Node is given below:

How to install Node-RED on the Windows platform: