# Trying to make a post in thunkable with a body

**URL:** <https://community.thunkable.com/t/trying-to-make-a-post-in-thunkable-with-a-body/2978586>\
**Category:** Web API's\
**Tags:** beginner\
**Created:** [May 1, 2024, 3:03am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/trying-to-make-a-post-in-thunkable-with-a-body/2978586 "2024-05-01T03:03:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![pepememov7jbi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d26b3c/32.png) [@pepememov7jbi](https://community.thunkable.com/u/pepememov7jbi)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2024, 3:03am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/trying-to-make-a-post-in-thunkable-with-a-body/2978586/1 "2024-05-01T03:03:21Z")

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Hi So ive been working on a app that uses an api with a raw json body but i cant seem to find anything about it could someone help me this is my json:{  
“receiver”: {  
“contacts”: [  
{  
“identifierValue”: “+52123456789”,  
“identifierKey”: “phonenumber”  
}  
]  
},  
“body”: {  
“type”: “text”,  
“text”: {  
“text”: “Single text message”  
}  
}  
}

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**Author:** ![matt\_conroy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/matt_conroy/32/150843_2.png) [@matt\_conroy](https://community.thunkable.com/u/matt_conroy)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2024, 2:24pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/trying-to-make-a-post-in-thunkable-with-a-body/2978586/2 "2024-05-01T14:24:49Z")

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Hi @pepememov7jbi, welcome to Thunkable! 🎉

Be sure to check out our posts about [How to ask Great Questions v2.0](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-ask-great-questions-v2-0/2689983/1) and our [Community Guidelines](https://community.thunkable.com/t/community-guidelines/78/8) as you get started.

I am not sure exactly what the issue is here from your post, could you be more specific? There are quite a few posts about using raw body JSON  
[https://community.thunkable.com/search?q=raw%20body%20json%20order:latest](https://community.thunkable.com/search?q=raw%20body%20json%20order:latest)

If you are having issues with the JSON itself, there is a wonderful post from our Power User Tatian about working with JSON

> [@API JSON Tutorial (Video)](https://community.thunkable.com/t/api-json-tutorial-video/1140575):
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> 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, …

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**Author:** ![pepememov7jbi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d26b3c/32.png) [@pepememov7jbi](https://community.thunkable.com/u/pepememov7jbi)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2024, 4:16pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/trying-to-make-a-post-in-thunkable-with-a-body/2978586/3 "2024-05-01T16:16:51Z")

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Hi @matt_conroy Thanks for reasponding im new to thunakble but not to coding i was trying to add a raw json body to make post request in thunkable but i cant seem to make it to work i dont know if could help me Thanks.

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**Author:** ![matt\_conroy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/matt_conroy/32/150843_2.png) [@matt\_conroy](https://community.thunkable.com/u/matt_conroy)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2024, 5:30pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/trying-to-make-a-post-in-thunkable-with-a-body/2978586/4 "2024-05-01T17:30:33Z")

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There is an excellent tutorial in our Docs for setting up an API. Give it a look and let us know if you run into any specific issues while you’re building it out!

> **[Web APIs Blocks | Drag and Drop | Thunkable Docs](https://docs.thunkable.com/blocks/advanced-app-features/web-api)**