changed rules property to be stored as a JSON string

nodes/xilica-subscribe.js

@@ -65,7 +65,15 @@ module.exports = function (RED) {
     const node = this;
 
     node.action = config.action || "subscribe";
-    node.rules = Array.isArray(config.rules) ? config.rules : [];
+    let storedRules = config.rules;
+    if (typeof storedRules === "string") {
+      try {
+        storedRules = JSON.parse(storedRules);
+      } catch (e) {
+        storedRules = [];
+      }
+    }
+    node.rules = Array.isArray(storedRules) ? storedRules : [];
     node.transport = config.transport || "TCP";
     node.connectionConfig = RED.nodes.getNode(config.connection);
 
@@ -78,7 +86,17 @@ module.exports = function (RED) {
       done = done || function () {};
 
       const action = normaliseAction(msg.action || node.action);
-      const rules = Array.isArray(msg.rules) ? msg.rules : node.rules;
+      let rules = msg.rules || node.rules;
+      if (typeof rules === "string") {
+        try {
+          rules = JSON.parse(rules);
+        } catch (e) {
+          rules = [];
+        }
+      }
+      if (!Array.isArray(rules)) {
+        rules = [];
+      }
 
       const transport =
         typeof msg.transport === "string" && msg.transport.trim().length