# Accessing a JSON array using a variable

**URL:** https://community.thunkable.com/t/accessing-a-json-array-using-a-variable/1561935
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X
**Created:** [October 14, 2021, 3:39pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/accessing-a-json-array-using-a-variable/1561935 "2021-10-14T15:39:17Z")
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### Author: ![muneer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/muneer/32/75210_2.png) [@muneer](https://community.thunkable.com/u/muneer)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2021, 4:26pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/accessing-a-json-array-using-a-variable/1561935/8 "2021-10-14T16:26:49Z")

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This documentation was to show additional features in the `Get property` that was added later and not in the original documentation.

I would advise to see this post by @tatiang

> [@API JSON Tutorial (Video)](https://community.thunkable.com/t/api-json-tutorial-video/1140575):
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> Using APIs in Thunkable and understanding how to parse JSON to get certain data from the API response is both a popular and a difficult aspect of using Thunkable. It’s not so much difficult because of Thunkable but because every API url format is different, every API documentation is different, every JSON response is different, etc. In this video, I spend a lot of time talking you through some best practices. It’s not a quick tutorial because if you rush through setting up an API in Thunkable, …

Very informative and to the point.

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