Saving/restoring index.html/index.js/index.css static content as part of flow?

[alastaira]

Current Behavior

It is convenient to be able to archive/share/restore the state of a flow by using the Node-RED "export" function, and saving the current flow as a JSON file. However, since uibuilder's index.html/js/css are static files on the file system, the contents of these files is not included in the associated export. This makes it trickier to save/restore different versions of a flow, since the flow and front-end files must be restored separately and they can sometimes become out-of-sync with the rest of the flow.

Expected Behavior

It would be convenient to have a way of including the contents of the necessary files within the flow itself (perhaps they could be injected into uibuilder from a previous node in the flow?) so that they were kept together.

Steps To Reproduce

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Example Node-RED flow

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Environment

• UIBUILDER version: 6.8.2
• Node-RED version: 3.1.9
• Node.js version: 20.13.1
• Platform/OS: Windows 10
• Browser: Firefox

How is Node-RED installed? (globally admin):

How/where is UIBUILDER installed (palette-manager)

Have you changed any of the uibuilder settings in your settings.js file? Nope.