# Trying to extract the proprety object from api web link and the response is null

**URL:** <https://community.thunkable.com/t/trying-to-extract-the-proprety-object-from-api-web-link-and-the-response-is-null/2560669>\
**Category:** Web API's\
**Created:** [August 24, 2023, 6:53pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/trying-to-extract-the-proprety-object-from-api-web-link-and-the-response-is-null/2560669 "2023-08-24T18:53:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![lattalu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/97f17d/32.png) [@lattalu](https://community.thunkable.com/u/lattalu)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2023, 6:53pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/trying-to-extract-the-proprety-object-from-api-web-link-and-the-response-is-null/2560669/1 "2023-08-24T18:53:27Z")

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Hi there,  
I am new in developing an app and trying to learn how to implement a web API in the app. I tried to set up a simple button that generate random quotes from a free api link, and I would like to get each property listed in a page, but when I use the “get property of object” it gives me a null response. This is my testing project at [Thunkable](https://x.thunkable.com/projectPage/64e7a212f2ac035eaa90edae)

this is the view

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/9/d/9dbf4a22a9a91afc6f02f8a54c2c489d7be86804.png)  
and this is the blocks  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/f/6/f6e3eb25e624206d5dd59b403c0cd7fa25879bc1.png)

Not sure what to do from here to pull out that information nicely. Any help it is highly appreciated. Thank you.

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**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:** [August 24, 2023, 8:50pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/trying-to-extract-the-proprety-object-from-api-web-link-and-the-response-is-null/2560669/2 "2023-08-24T20:50:26Z")

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You can learn about how to parse an API response here: [API JSON Tutorial (Video)](https://community.thunkable.com/t/api-json-tutorial-video/1140575).

The best thing to do when troubleshooting an API is to assign the green `response` block to a Text Input’s text and then preview the project. Copy and paste the response into a post here. Make sure to format it using the \</\> button in the forum toolbar. (Screenshots don’t help because we need to be able to paste the JSON response into something like [Best JSON Viewer and JSON Beautifier Online](https://codebeautify.org/jsonviewer)).

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**Author:** ![vishruth-ram](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/82dd89/32.png) [@vishruth-ram](https://community.thunkable.com/u/vishruth-ram)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2023, 7:07am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/trying-to-extract-the-proprety-object-from-api-web-link-and-the-response-is-null/2560669/3 "2023-09-24T07:07:39Z")

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I tested his/her link on Postman and this was the response:

```auto
{
    "statusCode": 404,
    "statusMessage": "The requested resource could not be found"
}

```

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**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:** [September 24, 2023, 5:15pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/trying-to-extract-the-proprety-object-from-api-web-link-and-the-response-is-null/2560669/4 "2023-09-24T17:15:34Z")

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It’s best not to reply to outdated topics. I’m going to close this one.

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**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:** [September 24, 2023, 5:15pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/trying-to-extract-the-proprety-object-from-api-web-link-and-the-response-is-null/2560669/5 "2023-09-24T17:15:40Z")

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