Global Configuration

It's possible to specify the bot configuration in Node-RED settings.js by-passing the configuration panel in Node-RED ui.

1. Create a bot configuration, for example for Telegram, and enter just the name, for example "My Bot" and leave all other fields blank
2. Open settings.js in Node-RED home dir (usually ~./.node-red) and locate the key functionGlobalContext
3. Add change the code as follows

functionGlobalContext: {
  // ...        
  telegram: {
    'My Bot': {
      token: '1234567:my-token',
      polling: 1000,
      parseMode: 'none',
    }
  }
},

Be sure to use the same name My Bot used in the configuration panel. 4. Restart Node-RED, the system console should confirm that RedBot is using a global configuration (or dump errors if the configuration is invalid) and the configuration panel in the UI should be disabled.

It's possible to store multiple configurations in the key telegram: {} and for all supported platforms using the right key (for example facebook: {})

The Telegram configuration:

Name	Type	Description
token	string	The access token from Telegram, is something like 'xxxxx:yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy'. Required.
polling	number	Polling interval in milliseconds. Default 1000.
usernames	string	Comma separated list of chatIds or username that are considered authorized in the chatbot
logfile	string	Absolute path of the log file for the chatbot
contextProvider	string	Which context provide to use, must be one of: memory, plain-file, sqlite
contextParams	object	Params for the context provider
debug	boolean	Show message debug in console

Example:

functionGlobalContext: {
  // ...        
  telegram: {
    'My Bot': {
      token: '1234567:my-token',
      polling: 1000,
      parseMode: 'none',
      contextProvider: 'plain-file',
      contextParams: {
        path: '/tmp/red-bot-contexts'
      },
      logfile: '/var/log/red-bot.logs'
    }
  }
}

The Facebook configuration:

Name	Type	Description
token	string	The access token, from the Facebok app page. Required.
appSecret	string	The app secret, from the Facebok app page. Required.
verifyToken	string	The verify token to verify the web hook.
usernames	string	Comma separated list of chatIds or username that are considered authorized in the chatbot
logfile	string	Absolute path of the log file for the chatbot
contextProvider	string	Which context provide to use, must be one of: memory, plain-file, sqlite
contextParams	object	Params for the context provider
debug	boolean	Show message debug in console

Example:

functionGlobalContext: {
  // ...        
  facebook: {
    'My Bot': {
      token: '1234567:my-token',
      appSecret: '0987654321',
      verifyToken: 'a-string',
      contextProvider: 'plain-file',
      contextParams: {
        path: '/tmp/red-bot-contexts'
      },
      logfile: '/var/log/red-bot.logs'
    }
  }
}

The Slack configuration:

Name	Type	Description
token	string	The access token. Required.
botname	string	The botname, see [[Slack node
usernames	string	Comma separated list of chatIds or username that are considered authorized in the chatbot
logfile	string	Absolute path of the log file for the chatbot
contextProvider	string	Which context provide to use, must be one of: memory, plain-file, sqlite
contextParams	object	Params for the context provider
debug	boolean	Show message debug in console

Example:

functionGlobalContext: {
  // ...        
  facebook: {
    'My Bot': {
      token: '1234567:my-token',
      botname: 'guidone_bot',
      contextProvider: 'plain-file',
      contextParams: {
        path: '/tmp/red-bot-contexts'
      },
      logfile: '/var/log/red-bot.logs'
    }
  }
}