Glitch: Free NodeJS Hosting

[Glenn]

 I just want to bring this site to the attention of the people here as I think it's an amazing tool.

It allows you to collaborate with others. Have accessible endpoints and APIs all that are secured with HTTPs and require minimal effort.

I was using a tool before called Bespoken tools that opened up my network to the web via a HTTPS proxy.
I found some of the information I needed was on the web already, so I was pulling stuff from the web and then pushing it back out to the web.

This tool allows you to create super fast prototypes and works amazingly well with Google Home and Alexa.

I first used it as a HTTPS proxy for HTTP sites to work with Flash briefings. Then I made my own fully baked skill that doesn't require anything else.

Read more about it here. https://glitch.com/about/

And have a look at this cool video here: https://youtu.be/qCY0cG9R3H4

I thought this might help some of you overcome issues with certificates or think of new ways of making your project.

Let me know what you think.

[Colin Law]

Can this be used for controlling one's home automation?

Colin

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[Glenn]

It is a web based programming language, so it's not localised

You would still need to give it access to your home network for it to work or linked to other web based APIs

So if IFTTT which is web based can control your home this should be able to as well.

[Colin Law]

I don't think it is a viable solution for home automation as it will
fail if there is no internet connection. So, for example, your heating
system would not work.

There may well be situations in which it is useful however.

Colin

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[Glenn]

Hmm, not sure what you are getting at.

The API my my heating is web based. So it doesn't work without internet anyway. Then I just use phyical controls if no internet

It is more suited for web-to-web situations. You could always use this for remote connections and have a local version as well.

[Colin Law]

For example I have closed loop control of my heating system run by
node-red, with electronic temperature sensors and PID control of the
individual rooms. I cannot have that not working if the internet is
down (which is not unusual here).

So a web based system is just not appropriate.

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[Glenn]

Colin. I just realised you could even run a cloud version of Node-red on Glitch. Does that interest you?

[Colin Law]

Glenn, how would that solve the problem of keeping my system under control when the internet is down?

Colin

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Colin. I just realised you could even run a cloud version of Node-red on Glitch. Does that interest you?

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[Glenn]

maybe using MQTT with LWT? Not sure. A cloud based solution will never work for a fully offline solution. but it can work in paralell.

On Wednesday, September 6, 2017 at 4:50:45 PM UTC+10, Colin Law wrote:

Glenn, how would that solve the problem of keeping my system under control when the internet is down?

Colin

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[Colin Law]

You are right that you can use a local node-red sending data to a
cloud mqtt server, with a cloud node-red using that data to build a
UI.

I think it is more useful to have a local VPN serving the local
node-red via a secure connection. That allows direct access to the
local network for other uses such as network discs and so on.

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[Julian Knight]

Local VPN's are useful but don't always work. Many corporate networks block them for example so it really depends on the requirements. There are alternatives and I tried to list them here.