# \[Solved\] JSON is killing me **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\ **Tags:** solved, json\ **Created:** [October 12, 2019, 12:48am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-json-is-killing-me/268163 "2019-10-12T00:48:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DouglasRussell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@DouglasRussell](https://community.thunkable.com/u/DouglasRussell)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2019, 12:48am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-json-is-killing-me/268163/1 "2019-10-12T00:48:39Z")
I’m trying to read from a book api ([openlibrary.org/api](http://openlibrary.org/api)) with no luck. Here’s my blocks: ![jsonblock](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/c/5/c5a06338fe5bf2f870709c8a85df1cfec4a436d4.jpeg) and here is the JSON i’m trying to read: {“ISBN:9780980200447”: {“publishers”: [{“name”: “Litwin Books”}], “pagination”: “80p.”, “identifiers”: {“google”: [“4LQU1YwhY6kC”], “lccn”: [“2008054742”], “openlibrary”: [“OL22853304M”], “isbn\_13”: [“9780980200447”, “9781936117369”], “amazon”: [“098020044X”], “isbn\_10”: [“1936117363”], “oclc”: [“297222669”], “librarything”: [“8071257”], “goodreads”: [“6383507”]}, “table\_of\_contents”: [{“title”: “The personal nature of slow reading”, “label”: “”, “pagenum”: “”, “level”: 0}, {“title”: “Slow reading in an information ecology”, “label”: “”, “pagenum”: “”, “level”: 0}, {“title”: “The slow movement and slow reading”, “label”: “”, “pagenum”: “”, “level”: 0}, {“title”: “The psychology of slow reading”, “label”: “”, “pagenum”: “”, “level”: 0}, {“title”: “The practice of slow reading.”, “label”: “”, “pagenum”: “”, “level”: 0}], “links”: [{“url”: “[http://johnmiedema.ca](http://johnmiedema.ca)”, “title”: “Author’s Website”}, {“url”: “[http://litwinbooks.com/slowreading-ch2.php](http://litwinbooks.com/slowreading-ch2.php)”, “title”: “Chapter 2”}, {“url”: “[Powell’s Books | The World’s Largest Independent Bookstore](http://www.powells.com/biblio/91-9781936117369-0)”, “title”: “Get the e-book”}], “weight”: “1 grams”, “title”: “Slow reading”, “url”: “[Slow reading (March 2009 edition) | Open Library](https://openlibrary.org/books/OL22853304M/Slow_reading)”, “classifications”: {“dewey\_decimal\_class”: [“028/.9”], “lc\_classifications”: [“Z1003 .M58 2009”]}, “notes”: “Includes bibliographical references and index.”, “number\_of\_pages”: 92, “cover”: {“small”: “[https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/5546156-S.jpg](https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/5546156-S.jpg)”, “large”: “[https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/5546156-L.jpg](https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/5546156-L.jpg)”, “medium”: “[https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/5546156-M.jpg](https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/5546156-M.jpg)”}, “subjects”: [{“url”: “[Books and reading | Open Library](https://openlibrary.org/subjects/books_and_reading)”, “name”: “Books and reading”}, {“url”: “[In library | Open Library](https://openlibrary.org/subjects/in_library)”, “name”: “In library”}, {“url”: “[Reading | Open Library](https://openlibrary.org/subjects/reading)”, “name”: “Reading”}], “publish\_date”: “March 2009”, “key”: “/books/OL22853304M”, “authors”: [{“url”: “[John Miedema | Open Library](https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL6548935A/John_Miedema)”, “name”: “John Miedema”}], “by\_statement”: “by John Miedema.”, “publish\_places”: [{“name”: “Duluth, Minn”}], “ebooks”: [{“checkedout”: false, “formats”: {}, “preview\_url”: “[Slow reading : John Miedema : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/slowreading00mied)”, “borrow\_url”: “[https://openlibrary.org/books/OL22853304M/Slow\_reading/borrow](https://openlibrary.org/books/OL22853304M/Slow_reading/borrow)”, “availability”: “borrow”}]}} Specifically, I’m just trying to get the “Litwin Books” but not getting anything other than “undefined”. Any help is greatly appreciated. Doug ---
**Author:** ![kartik14](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/kartik14/32/44782_2.png) [@kartik14](https://community.thunkable.com/u/kartik14)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2019, 3:40am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-json-is-killing-me/268163/2 "2019-10-12T03:40:37Z")
Hi Doug! 👋 > JSON is killing me I’m here to save you 😉 😆 So, I took yr given JSON, validated it using a online validator, and got this - ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/4/b/4b53a1f156ba65496a19f9f44f4eda840c4710e7.png) Do you notice the **[** & **]** brackets? They say that the item is a list. So, the boss item is **ISBN** , inside it is **publishers** , then publisher’s one & only item is **“(blank)”**. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/8/a/8a808ac05c654653c3dc97445d278e94fb6c320c.png) To get **Meow** , we should go like this - ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/3/a/3a3cf191412bae480f831cef8425d632f543b6bd.png) * * * Hope I helped you! 😺 **Thanks! 😊** ---
**Author:** ![DouglasRussell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@DouglasRussell](https://community.thunkable.com/u/DouglasRussell)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2019, 5:46am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-json-is-killing-me/268163/3 "2019-10-12T05:46:31Z")
You’re a rock star! Thanks very much! Doug ---
**Author:** ![kartik14](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/kartik14/32/44782_2.png) [@kartik14](https://community.thunkable.com/u/kartik14)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2019, 6:18am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-json-is-killing-me/268163/4 "2019-10-12T06:18:37Z")
# Thanks! 😄 ---
**Author:** ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 12:08pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-json-is-killing-me/268163/5 "2024-11-08T12:08:43Z")