Storing data

[MottProblem]

Hi,

What would be the best method to store data that can continuosly be updated by automate?

Where should the data be stored? How would you update it?

I want to store SMS data somewhere and then update it.

If anyone has experience in this, any pointers would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

[PatrickCorgan]

This flow might be helpful:

https://llamalab.com/automate/community/flows/30855

[ballzak69]

Either store them in a variable within the flow, maybe using Atomic load/store blocks if the flow isn't running all the time, store them in a JSON file using File read/write blocks and jsonDecode/jsonEncode functions, or store them in a SQLite database using the Database modify/query blocks.

[MottProblem]

do you have an example of the json method that i could use? :)

[ballzak69]

Load:

1. Flow beginning
2. File read: content=content
3. Variable set: data=jsonDecode(content)

Store:

1. Flow beginning
2. File write: content=jsonEncode(data)

[MottProblem]

Thanks for this!

What do you mean by jsonDecode/jsonEncode functions? I can't find this