# Thunkable unable to recognize JSON received from API **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\ **Tags:** webapi\ **Created:** [May 28, 2021, 10:33am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/thunkable-unable-to-recognize-json-received-from-api/1312953 "2021-05-28T10:33:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 20
**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:** [May 28, 2021, 2:53pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/thunkable-unable-to-recognize-json-received-from-api/1312953/20 "2021-05-28T14:53:01Z")
You can see an example of how to use the `get object from JSON` block at the 17:49 mark in my tutorial video: > [@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/thunkable-unable-to-recognize-json-received-from-api/1312953)._