Importing flows to other project

[objt-la]

Hi,
I was trying to import some of my 'components' to another project. I don't know if it is even technically possible but it would be nice to export and import these 'component' flows and keep all the underlying connections. For example: I now have made a tab with some general 'functions' to use. Some of these flows use other 'use comp' nodes within them. It would be nice if I could import these into other projects in order to use them without having to set all the connections again.

Example:

After inserting:

example flow:
[ { "id": "1172981daf1840f2", "type": "group", "z": "77160189ed03316a", "name": "Convert string to date", "style": { "fill": "#FDD0A2", "label": true }, "nodes": [ "6255b331b23dc415", "f32efb99fc1821f8", "ec4dbc2a6e2a9f01", "bb6cde2ac7adbfd7", "d11f72bee48d3cba" ], "env": [], "x": 54, "y": 359, "w": 1192, "h": 82 }, { "id": "6255b331b23dc415", "type": "component_in", "z": "77160189ed03316a", "g": "1172981daf1840f2", "name": "Convert string to dateTime", "api": [ { "name": "date", "type": "string", "required": true, "contextOption": true }, { "name": "format", "type": "string", "required": true, "contextOption": true }, { "name": "outputPath", "type": "string", "required": true, "contextOption": true } ], "usecontext": true, "x": 190, "y": 400, "wires": [ [ "ec4dbc2a6e2a9f01" ] ] }, { "id": "f32efb99fc1821f8", "type": "component_out", "z": "77160189ed03316a", "g": "1172981daf1840f2", "name": "", "mode": "default", "component_definitions_are_NOT_allowed_inside_subflows": false, "x": 1150, "y": 400, "wires": [] }, { "id": "ec4dbc2a6e2a9f01", "type": "function", "z": "77160189ed03316a", "g": "1172981daf1840f2", "name": "format date", "func": "msg.component.date = moment(msg.component.date, msg.component.format).toDate();\nreturn msg;\n", "outputs": 1, "noerr": 0, "initialize": "", "finalize": "", "libs": [ { "var": "moment", "module": "moment" } ], "x": 430, "y": 400, "wires": [ [ "d11f72bee48d3cba" ] ] }, { "id": "bb6cde2ac7adbfd7", "type": "change", "z": "77160189ed03316a", "g": "1172981daf1840f2", "name": "Cleanup", "rules": [ { "t": "delete", "p": "component", "pt": "msg" } ], "action": "", "property": "", "from": "", "to": "", "reg": false, "x": 980, "y": 400, "wires": [ [ "f32efb99fc1821f8" ] ] }, { "id": "d11f72bee48d3cba", "type": "component", "z": "77160189ed03316a", "g": "1172981daf1840f2", "name": "", "targetComponent": null, "targetComponentId": "879de6570d806d91", "paramSources": { "path": { "name": "path", "source": "component.outputPath", "sourceType": "msg" }, "data": { "name": "data", "source": "component.date", "sourceType": "msg" } }, "statuz": "", "statuzType": "str", "outputs": 1, "outLabels": [ "default" ], "x": 730, "y": 400, "wires": [ [ "bb6cde2ac7adbfd7" ] ] }, { "id": "424c0c14e337c5e6", "type": "group", "z": "77160189ed03316a", "name": "Set dynamic msg path", "style": { "fill": "#FDD0A2", "label": true }, "nodes": [ "879de6570d806d91", "106233761c73575b", "dce3c93b9bae2c67", "1eaa2e5a4b6f4f8a" ], "env": [], "x": 54, "y": 459, "w": 812, "h": 82 }, { "id": "879de6570d806d91", "type": "component_in", "z": "77160189ed03316a", "g": "424c0c14e337c5e6", "name": "Set dynamic msg path", "api": [ { "name": "path", "type": "string", "required": true, "contextOption": true }, { "name": "data", "type": "any", "required": true, "contextOption": true } ], "usecontext": true, "x": 180, "y": 500, "wires": [ [ "dce3c93b9bae2c67" ] ] }, { "id": "106233761c73575b", "type": "component_out", "z": "77160189ed03316a", "g": "424c0c14e337c5e6", "name": "", "mode": "default", "component_definitions_are_NOT_allowed_inside_subflows": false, "x": 770, "y": 500, "wires": [] }, { "id": "dce3c93b9bae2c67", "type": "function", "z": "77160189ed03316a", "g": "424c0c14e337c5e6", "name": "Set dynamic path", "func": "let path = msg.component.path;\nlet data = _.cloneDeep(msg.component.data);\n\n_.set(msg, path, data)\n\nreturn msg;", "outputs": 1, "noerr": 0, "initialize": "", "finalize": "", "libs": [ { "var": "_", "module": "lodash" } ], "x": 410, "y": 500, "wires": [ [ "1eaa2e5a4b6f4f8a" ] ] }, { "id": "1eaa2e5a4b6f4f8a", "type": "change", "z": "77160189ed03316a", "g": "424c0c14e337c5e6", "name": "Cleanup", "rules": [ { "t": "delete", "p": "component", "pt": "msg" } ], "action": "", "property": "", "from": "", "to": "", "reg": false, "x": 600, "y": 500, "wires": [ [ "106233761c73575b" ] ] } ]

[ollixx]

that is already an issue and tracked in #22 .
Afaik it is not possible to find a simple solution. But I have not looked into it too much. The problem is, that if you copy nodes, they get new IDs. Since the components are connected by ID, that connection is lost. But actually there should be enough information at that time, to recover the connections. But then there are other problems like the naming. The START nodes have to have unique names etc.
But since you are not the first to ask for it, this is something I will investigate.

I have created a lot of not so "compliant" code already, so why not add some more ;-)

[ollixx]

well, it is rather not a duplicate, as copying to another project, the naming would not be a problem.