Merge 0c15a8e382 into 1eb9aa0eed

packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/storage/23-watch.html

@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
     <div class="form-row node-input-filename">
          <label for="node-input-files"><i class="fa fa-file"></i> <span data-i18n="watch.label.files"></span></label>
          <input id="node-input-files" type="text" tabindex="1" data-i18n="[placeholder]watch.placeholder.files">
+         <!-- added to enable context type setup -->
+         <input type="hidden" id="node-input-filesType">
     </div>
     <div class="form-row">
         <label>&nbsp;</label>
@@ -37,11 +39,15 @@
         defaults: {
             name: {value:""},
             files: {value:"",required:true,
-                    label:RED._("node-red:watch.label.files")},
-            recursive: {value:""}
+            label:RED._("node-red:watch.label.files")},
+            // property added to enable context type setup
+            filesType: {value: "str"},
+            recursive: {value:""},
+            // property added to enable number of inputs change
+            inputs: {value:0}
         },
         color:"BurlyWood",
-        inputs:0,
+        inputs: 0,
         outputs:1,
         icon: "watch.svg",
         label: function() {
@@ -49,6 +55,20 @@
         },
         labelStyle: function() {
             return this.name?"node_label_italic":"";
+        },
+        // function added to enable context type setup
+        oneditprepare: function() {
+            $("#node-input-files").typedInput({
+                default: 'str',
+                types: ['str','flow','global','env','msg'],
+                typeField: $("#node-input-filesType")
+            });
+        },
+        // function added to set node input number
+        oneditsave: function() {
+            // if controlled by msg there has to be a input
+            this.inputs = $("#node-input-filesType").typedInput("type") === "msg" ? 1 : 0;
+            return; 
         }
     });
-</script>
+</script>

packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/storage/23-watch.js

@@ -20,20 +20,17 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
     const fs = require("fs")
     const path = require("path")
 
-    function WatchNode(n) {
-        RED.nodes.createNode(this,n);
-
-        this.recursive = n.recursive || false;
-        this.files = (n.files || "").split(",");
-        for (var f=0; f < this.files.length; f++) {
-            this.files[f] = this.files[f].trim();
+    function configureWatcher(node, n) {
+        if (node.filesType != 'msg') node.files = (n.files || "");
+        node.files = node.files.split(",");
+        for (var f=0; f < node.files.length; f++) {
+            node.files[f] = node.files[f].trim();
         }
-        this.p = (this.files.length === 1) ? this.files[0] : JSON.stringify(this.files);
-        const node = this;
+        node.p = (node.files.length === 1) ? node.files[0] : JSON.stringify(node.files);
 
-        const watcher = watch(this.files, { recursive: this.recursive });
+        node.watcher = watch(node.files, { recursive: node.recursive });
 
-        watcher.on('change', function (event, fpath) {
+        node.watcher.on('change', function (event, fpath) {
             const file = path.basename(fpath)
             let stat;
             try {
@@ -60,14 +57,45 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
             node.send(msg);
         });
 
-        watcher.on('error', function (error) {
+        node.watcher.on('error', function (error) {
             const msg = { payload: "" };
             node.error(error,msg);
         });
+    };
+    
+    function WatchNode(n) {
+        RED.nodes.createNode(this,n);
+        var node = this;
+        node.recursive = n.recursive || false;
+        node.files = n.files || "";
+        node.filesType = n.filesType || "str";
+        node.inputs = n.inputs || 0;
+        // added to enable context setup
+        switch (n.filesType) {
+            case "global":
+                n.files = node.context().global.get(`${n.files}`);
+                break;
+            case "flow":
+                n.files = node.context().flow.get(`${n.files}`);
+                break;
+            case "env":
+                n.files = node.context().env.get(`${n.files}`);
+            case "msg":
+                node.on('input', function(msg) {
+                    if (msg[n.files] != node.files) {   // new path/files list received
+                        if (node.watcher) node.watcher.close(); // if watcher active close it
+                        node.files = msg[n.files];      // save new path/files list
+                        configureWatcher(node, n);      // reconfigure watcher
+                    };
+                });
+                break;
+        };
 
-        this.close = function() {
-            watcher.close();
+        if (n.filesType != 'msg') configureWatcher(node, n);
+
+        node.close = function() {
+            if (node.watcher) node.watcher.close();
         }
     }
     RED.nodes.registerType("watch", WatchNode);
-}
+}