Categories

The categories Manifest field is used to determine how to organize Nodes when looking for a node in Openexus. A Node may specify up to two categories, a Primary category and a Secondary Category. Each category is specified in the following form:

<main category>/<subordinate category>

For example:

manifest.yaml

name: My Simple Node
categories: input/text

Categories List

Category	Description
input	Top level category for all visual nodes that all user input such as text fields, number spinners, color choosers, etc.
input/button	User input buttons, switches, and links.
input/color	User input color choosers.
input/datetime	User input for date & time related entry.
input/media	User input for media sources such as webcams and audio sources like microphones.
input/number	User input for numbers such as whole, real, currency, etc.
input/select	User input for selection controls such as list choice, dropdowns, and radio buttons.
input/special	User input for other kind of things not general covered in the other categories of input.
input/text	User input for text fields and the like. This includes URLs, Email addresses, and telephone numbers.
integration	Top level category for all nodes that work with third-party external systems.
integration/api	Interface nodes that expose third-party external APIs. Examples would include National Weather Service or CoinCap.
integration/embed	Visual nodes that embed third-party external content such as YouTube, Figma, or Google Docs.
presentation	Top level category for all visual nodes that present some sort of information to the user.
presentation/data	Visual nodes that render specific types of data such as a JSON Viewer, Charts, or Tables.
presentation/date	Visual nodes that render date related content like a Clock, Calendar, or Timeline.
presentation/layout	Visual nodes that are used to layout other visual nodes.
presentation/media	Visual nodes that present some form of media such as images, video, or audio.
presentation/number	Visual nodes for displaying numbers and the like including whole numbers, real numbers, and currencies.
presentation/special	Visual nodes that present some information that is not covered in another category.
presentation/text	Visual nodes that display text data such as Markdown, HTML, Paragraphs, and Headings.
utility	Top level category for all computational nodes that perform some utility need.
utility/color	Utility computational nodes that work with colors.
utility/controlflow	Utility computational nodes that manipulate application control such as triggering actions on specific intervals.
utility/data	Utility computational nodes that transform data in some way, such as extracting a subset of data from JSON.
utility/datetime	Utility computational nodes that works with date & time such as formatting dates or providing a timer.
utility/layout	Utility computational nodes that work with layouts.
utility/media	Utility computational nodes that manipulate media such as image conversion.
utility/number	Utility computational nodes that execute on number data such as performing basic mathematical operations.
utility/presentation	Utility computational nodes that manipulate presentation data, for example wrapping some content in HTML.
utility/special	Utility computational nodes that manipulate data in some manner not covered by another category.
utility/text	Utility computational nodes that manipulate text data such as Templating, Find and Replace, or the like.