# Need Help With Api **URL:** https://community.thunkable.com/t/need-help-with-api/1383029 **Category:** Questions about Thunkable X **Created:** [July 7, 2021, 5:35am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/need-help-with-api/1383029 "2021-07-07T05:35:25Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 22
### Author: ![tatiang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/tatiang/32/55482_2.png) [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang) #### Post date: [July 7, 2021, 2:44pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/need-help-with-api/1383029/22 "2021-07-07T14:44:42Z")
So the problem with asking for one property value and not understanding how JSON works is that then you need a different value… and then a different value… Please see my tutorial video which explains how to parse JSON. If you still need help after that, post a screenshot of the blocks you tried and someone can help you with them. > [@API JSON Tutorial (Video)](https://community.thunkable.com/t/api-json-tutorial-video/1140575): > > 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, … --- _[View the full topic](https://community.thunkable.com/t/need-help-with-api/1383029)._