# CONTRIBUTING

## Code

* The code should follow Watson Developer Cloud [coding guidances](https://github.com/watson-developer-cloud/api-guidelines)
* The code should follow: https://github.com/airbnb/javascript
* 2 spaces identation
* `snake_case`

## Issues

If you encounter an issue with using the labs here, you are welcome to submit
a [bug report](https://github.com/node-red-contrib-utils/node-red-contrib-media-utils/issues).
Before that, please search for similar issues. It's possible somebody has already encountered this issue.

## Pull Requests

If you want to contribute to the repository, follow these steps:

1. Fork the repo.
2. Develop code changes.
5. Commit your changes.
6. Push to your fork and submit a pull request.

### Getting started

* Install [Node-RED](http://nodered.org/)
* Fork [this repo](https://github.com/node-red-contrib-utils/node-red-contrib-media-utils)
* Clone the project
* Create an npm link to your forked project
  * Within the cloned directory, run `npm link`
  * Within the Node-RED directory, run `npm link node-red-contrib-media-utils`
* Run Node-RED

Now you should have the media nodes installed in your local palette, allowing you to work on your project locally.

### Modify or Create new nodes

If you want to add a node, create a folder using the same naming convention.

Please refer to the [Node-RED](http://nodered.org/docs/creating-nodes/) documentation.