Move msg pack node to more supported lib msgpack-lite

parsers/msgpack/70-msgpack.html

@@ -7,9 +7,12 @@
 </script>
 
 <script type="text/x-red" data-help-name="msgpack">
-    <p>A function that converts the <code>msg.payload</code> to and from <a href = "https://github.com/msgpack/msgpack-node"><i>msgpack</i></a> format.</p>
+    <p>A function that converts the <code>msg.payload</code> to and from
+    <a href = "http://msgpack.org/"><i>msgpack</i></a> format.</p>
     <p>If the input is NOT a buffer it tries to convert it to a msgpack buffer.</p>
     <p>If the input is a msgpack buffer it tries to decode it back.</p>
+    <p><b>Note</b>: this node does not currently encode raw <code>buffer</code> types.
+    It will automatically try to <i>decode</i> any buffer received, and may not cause an error.</p>
 </script>
 
 <script type="text/javascript">

parsers/msgpack/70-msgpack.js

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 module.exports = function(RED) {
     "use strict";
-    var msgpack = require('msgpack-js');
+    var msgpack = require('msgpack-lite');
 
     function MsgPackNode(n) {
         RED.nodes.createNode(this,n);
@@ -16,15 +16,15 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
                         node.status({text:l +" b->o "+ JSON.stringify(msg.payload).length});
                     }
                     catch (e) {
-                        node.warn("Bad decode: "+e);
+                        node.error("Bad decode",msg);
                         node.status({text:"not a msgpack buffer"});
                     }
                 }
                 else {
                     var le = JSON.stringify(msg.payload).length;
                     msg.payload = msgpack.encode(msg.payload);
-                    node.send(msg);
                     node.status({text:le +" o->b "+ msg.payload.length});
+                    node.send(msg);
                 }
             }
             else { node.warn("No payload found to process"); }

parsers/msgpack/README.md

@@ -10,11 +10,19 @@ Run the following command in your Node-RED user directory - typically `~/.node-r
 
     npm install node-red-node-msgpack
 
+Changes
+-------
+
+Version 1.0.0 - move to msgpack-lite library (more supported and faster) - This uses the more
+recent msgpack specification so please ensure all your endpoints are also using the latest spec.
 
 Usage
 -----
 
-Uses the <a href="https://www.npmjs.org/package/msgpack">msgpack npm</a> to pack and unpack msg.payload objects to <a href="http://msgpack.org/">msgpack</a> format buffers.
+Uses the <a href="https://www.npmjs.org/package/msgpack-lite">msgpack-lite npm</a> to pack and unpack msg.payload objects to <a href="http://msgpack.org/">msgpack</a> format buffers.
+
+**Note**: this node does not currently encode raw <code>buffer</code> types.
+It will automatically try to *decode* any buffer received, and may not cause an error.
 
 If the input is NOT a buffer it converts it into a msgpack buffer.
 

parsers/msgpack/package.json

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 {
     "name"          : "node-red-node-msgpack",
-    "version"       : "0.0.6",
+    "version"       : "1.0.0",
     "description"   : "A Node-RED node to pack and unpack objects to msgpack format",
     "dependencies"  : {
-        "msgpack-js"   : "0.3.0"
+        "msgpack-lite"   : "^0.1.26"
     },
     "repository" : {
         "type":"git",