JSONata expression samples

JSONata is a powerful expression language for formatting, transforming, and combining data. Many nodes in Node-RED, including File Operations, support using JSONata to compute values at runtime. More information about JSONata is at https://jsonata.org/.

Throughout this user guide, JSONata expressions are shown in examples of various flows. This section provides additional examples of useful JSONata expressions, grouped by type.

• JSONata for random strings

• JSONata in arrays

• JSONata for dates and timestamps