# How do you get a nested json object from an array
**URL:** https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-do-you-get-a-nested-json-object-from-an-array/564870
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X
**Created:** [May 5, 2020, 9:41pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-do-you-get-a-nested-json-object-from-an-array/564870 "2020-05-05T21:41:41Z")
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### Author:  [@ochapple](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ochapple)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2020, 9:41pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-do-you-get-a-nested-json-object-from-an-array/564870/1 "2020-05-05T21:41:41Z")
Hi all,
I’ve seen various ways to extract json data using Get Object and I can get a single Object’s field values, however, I don’t seem to be able to access a nested object’s value or run any debug, I just get undefined.
Here is the JSON where I simply want to extract the second ‘field4’ value which seems to be inside a 3rd nested JSON object in the array.
This JSON Data is actually only 1 Result set not a set of 2 result sets.
{“channel”:{“id”:860888,“name”:“Salt Level Checker”,“description”:“Distance ToF - Salt Level Checker in mm”,“latitude”:“0.0”,“longitude”:“0.0”,“field1”:“Distance”,“field2”:“Charge”,“field3”:“Voltage”,“field4”:“Battery”,“created\_at”:“2019-09-09T19:02:32Z”,“updated\_at”:“2019-11-04T22:01:26Z”,“last\_entry\_id”:314},“feeds”:[{“created\_at”:“2020-05-03T12:20:48Z”,“entry\_id”:314,“field4”:“929”}]}
What I want to get is the last ‘field4’ value which is ‘929’ but I cannot seem to do it with GetObject.
I also can’t tell whether I am retrieving the second created\_at entry or the first one.
This is my stab at it that is giving me undefined on the last Get Object for the set ADCValue which I want to set to the field4 value 929:-
I would be most grateful to anyone who can help me here
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### Author:  [@jared](https://community.thunkable.com/u/jared)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2020, 10:12pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-do-you-get-a-nested-json-object-from-an-array/564870/2 "2020-05-05T22:12:37Z")
> [@ochapple](#):
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> {“channel”:{“id”:860888,“name”:“Salt Level Checker”,“description”:“Distance ToF - Salt Level Checker in mm”,“latitude”:“0.0”,“longitude”:“0.0”,“field1”:“Distance”,“field2”:“Charge”,“field3”:“Voltage”,“field4”:“Battery”,“created\_at”:“2019-09-09T19:02:32Z”,“updated\_at”:“2019-11-04T22:01:26Z”,“last\_entry\_id”:314},“feeds”:[{“created\_at”:“2020-05-03T12:20:48Z”,“entry\_id”:314,“field4”:“929”}]}
I’ll take a better stab at this later. But a question is where does the Json come from? Are you able to read any of the values provided?
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### Author:  [@ochapple](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ochapple)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2020, 10:19pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-do-you-get-a-nested-json-object-from-an-array/564870/3 "2020-05-05T22:19:36Z")
Hi Jared, yes I am able to GET a few values.
This is the actual URL of the JSON: [https://api.thingspeak.com/channels/860888/fields/4.json?results=1](https://api.thingspeak.com/channels/860888/fields/4.json?results=1)
I’m pulling back ‘Salt level checker’ for the first set (JSONName) GetObject
I am pulling back ‘battery’ for the second (JSONFieldName) GetObject
I am pulling ‘2019-09-09T19:02:32Z’ from ‘created\_at’ in the 3rd (JSONTimeDate) Get Object
I cannot pull field4’s value 929 at the end of the string (in a nested object)
Thanks Oliver
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### Author:  [@jared](https://community.thunkable.com/u/jared)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2020, 10:23pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-do-you-get-a-nested-json-object-from-an-array/564870/4 "2020-05-05T22:23:29Z")
Something to look at would be my example app for dealing with just this thing. It’s called nestDLstR
Find it here
> **[jaredgibb.xyz](http://jaredgibb.xyz/thunkable/sample-apps/)**
>
> This domain may be for sale!
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### Author:  [@ochapple](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ochapple)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2020, 10:24pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-do-you-get-a-nested-json-object-from-an-array/564870/5 "2020-05-05T22:24:24Z")
Thanks Jared, I’ll take a look and post back if I have a question or success!
Oliver
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### Author:  [@ochapple](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ochapple)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2020, 10:31pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-do-you-get-a-nested-json-object-from-an-array/564870/6 "2020-05-05T22:31:35Z")
Hi Jared,
I cannot find nestDLstR but did find NestdList - however that one doesn’t have any JSON and getObjects in it. Sorry, am I missing something? I tried searching for nestDLstR too, but no joy.
Oliver
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### Author:  [@ochapple](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ochapple)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2020, 10:42pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-do-you-get-a-nested-json-object-from-an-array/564870/7 "2020-05-05T22:42:02Z")
What this JSON appears to have is 2 x Objects and 1x List, but the list is in the second Object so I cannot seem to reference that. I would love to understand how to reference different objects and lists within objects.
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### Author:  [@jared](https://community.thunkable.com/u/jared)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2020, 11:07pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-do-you-get-a-nested-json-object-from-an-array/564870/8 "2020-05-05T23:07:59Z")
If that doesn’t work, I need to fix it 🤣
I’ve named it a couple ways. Sorry for the confusion.
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### Author:  [@ochapple](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ochapple)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2020, 8:32pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-do-you-get-a-nested-json-object-from-an-array/564870/9 "2020-05-09T20:32:32Z")
help help anyone?
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### Author:  [@dhelix](https://community.thunkable.com/u/dhelix)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2021, 2:59pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-do-you-get-a-nested-json-object-from-an-array/564870/11 "2021-04-04T14:59:07Z")
this thread is old, but i ran into the same trouble of trying to read from thingspeak. This was my solution.
the field4 you’re looking for isn’t in a 3rd nested JSON, it’s just in the feeds array \> field4.
This is the URL I used to read from my field6:
[https://thingspeak.com/channels/######/fields/6.json?results=1](https://thingspeak.com/channels/######/fields/6.json?results=1)
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### Author:  [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2024, 11:29am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-do-you-get-a-nested-json-object-from-an-array/564870/12 "2024-11-08T11:29:18Z")