# Open Weather API array

**URL:** <https://community.thunkable.com/t/open-weather-api-array/985460>\
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Created:** [November 19, 2020, 3:59pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/open-weather-api-array/985460 "2020-11-19T15:59:37Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 5:43pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/open-weather-api-array/985460/3 "2020-11-19T17:43:46Z")

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a few more tips:  
you can use this remix projec to view the hierarchy

> [@JSON Explorer/Browser](http://community.thunkable.com/t/json-explorer-browser/957664):
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> There are a lot of discussion posts about JSON; responses from Web APIs, Firebase, maps, etc. Thunkable does not have a native way to view JSON, other than converting it to text and trying to parse it manually. Therefore I created a little screen that will parse a JSON object and allow you to “explore” in a way similar to the Firebase data viewer. I will admit it is not very pretty, but it does the job. In [this sample app](https://x.thunkable.com/copy/41519982152b0d3d7ea5eed5c706b8dd) there are two buttons that will either load the data from the firebase da…

Another strategy is to loop through the JSON hierachy, A verbose example can b found here:

> [@Extract a LIST from JSON](http://community.thunkable.com/t/extract-a-list-from-json/779954/5):
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> Pedro, With the Web\_API URL you sent, I was able to get to the latitude and longitude values and use them to build a new list. Notice how at each step I checked. the value. My experience has taught me that when working with complex JSON in Thunkable, do not try to build all of the blocks up front. Build one loop at a time, and check the results as you go. I’ve included a screenshot as well as a link to the project (with the URL removed). [https://x.thunkable.com/copy/633fe638c21cb…](https://x.thunkable.com/copy/633fe638c21cbbdbfd6a695eddadb54b)

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