node-red-odbcwritenow

Node-RED node for downloading MYOB data from ODBCWriteNow / MYOBSync.

This package provides one node type: odbcwritenow-get.

What It Does

The node builds and calls:

https://myobsync.accede.com.au/download/{what}/json/{page}?apikey={apikey}[&filters=...][&datefrom=...][&dateto=...][&orderby=...]

It then:

• sends parsed JSON rows to output 1
• sends "no data" completion messages to output 2

Prerequisites

• Node-RED >= 4.0.0
• Valid ODBCWriteNow / MYOBSync API key

Install

Install in your Node-RED user directory:

cd ~/.node-red
npm install @accede/node-red-contrib-odbcwritenow

Restart Node-RED after installation.

Node Configuration

Editor fields:

• Name (optional)
• What (required): dataset/resource name, for example sales_invoice_item
• OrderBy (optional): default sort expression
• MaxRetries (optional, default 3): number of retries for timeout/token errors
• RetryBackoffMs (optional, default 500): base delay in milliseconds; each retry uses exponential backoff (base * 2^attempt)
• APIKey (required unless provided in msg.apikey)

Runtime Inputs (msg)

You can override behavior per message:

• msg.page (default 0)
• msg.apikey (overrides configured API key)
• msg.orderby (overrides configured order by)
• msg.filters
• msg.datefrom
• msg.dateto

Outputs

odbcwritenow-get has 2 outputs:

1. Data output

• msg.payload: parsed JSON array returned by the API
• msg.rows: number of rows in payload
• msg.page, msg.what, msg.retry

2. No-data output

• emitted when response contains "no data found"
• msg.payload = []
• msg.nodata = true
• msg.complete = true

Status Behavior

• Blue ring: currently fetching
• Green dot: rows returned
• Green ring: no data found
• Red ring: timeout/token error retries or request/parsing error

Notes

• Base URL is currently fixed to https://myobsync.accede.com.au.
• Timeout and token error responses are retried using bounded exponential backoff.

License

ISC. See LICENSE.