# Working with a JSON API Array
**URL:** https://community.thunkable.com/t/working-with-a-json-api-array/965893
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X
**Created:** [November 10, 2020, 11:41pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/working-with-a-json-api-array/965893 "2020-11-10T23:41:59Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@matt7](https://community.thunkable.com/u/matt7)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2020, 11:41pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/working-with-a-json-api-array/965893/1 "2020-11-10T23:41:59Z")
Hi
I have tried to look at past threads on this but I just can’t read my head round how I am supposed to handle an array of objects.
This is what I have so far:
I can get eg. record 1 by setting but I don’t understand how to get all of them, I know once I do this to then put them in a list.
Tried searching for a tutorial on this but couldn’t find one.
Thanks!
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### Author:  [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2020, 11:50pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/working-with-a-json-api-array/965893/2 "2020-11-10T23:50:54Z")
You should be able to loop from 1 to the length of the JSON array (it looks like there are 10 entries but I’m not sure how to get this dynamically) and use the loop index variable (e.g. **i** ) as the “1” in your get property field. As you get the value, add it as the last item in a list instead of setting app apiResponse to the value.
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### Author:  [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2020, 1:53am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/working-with-a-json-api-array/965893/3 "2020-11-11T01:53:37Z")
I went to [https://wowfreebies.co.uk/wp-json/wp/v2/offer](https://wowfreebies.co.uk/wp-json/wp/v2/offer) and copied the JSON into a text string assigned to a variable. But I’m having a hard time parsing it because I don’t know the categories values. What’s an example of a ?categories= value that works with this API?
**Edit:** oh, 9 works.
Hmm. I’m used to JSON objects but this is presenting an array (starting with a bracket [ ). I had thought a list block might work with it but I haven’t had any luck.
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### Author:  [@drted](https://community.thunkable.com/u/drted)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2020, 1:56am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/working-with-a-json-api-array/965893/4 "2020-11-11T01:56:38Z")
I love me some JSON!
Here is my approach:
Set APP apiResponse to Get Object From JSON -\> Response
For each i in APP apiResponse
FROM idTest SET text TO Generate JSON from Object -\> i
That should iterate through the list displaying the JSON for each item. You can progressively parse the results. You might also check out [JSON Explorer/Browser](http://community.thunkable.com/t/json-explorer-browser/957664) see what the results look like.
Feel free to DM me with specific questions. I use JSON almost exclusively for data storage, so I’ve got tons of tips and tricks.
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### Author:  [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2020, 2:04am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/working-with-a-json-api-array/965893/5 "2020-11-11T02:04:13Z")
Here’s an example that works with a set # of array items (5):
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### Author:  [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2020, 2:11am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/working-with-a-json-api-array/965893/6 "2020-11-11T02:11:36Z")
> [@drted](#):
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> Set APP apiResponse to Get Object From JSON → Response
> For each i in APP apiResponse
I was thinking the same thing. And that **does** work. I’ll post a dynamic version of the blocks in a minute.
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### Author:  [@drted](https://community.thunkable.com/u/drted)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2020, 2:14am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/working-with-a-json-api-array/965893/7 "2020-11-11T02:14:46Z")
[tatiang](http://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang),
find that the For Each is super handy for JSON arrays vs. For i = X to Y, they save the step of figuring out how long the array is.
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### Author:  [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2020, 2:23am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/working-with-a-json-api-array/965893/8 "2020-11-11T02:23:58Z")
@drted I love toying with JSON too, but I find it super frustrating. A good kind of frustrating – usually – but still frustrating.
Alright, this works:
**Edit:** just realizing that the _set app JSON object_ block should be inside the else section of the if/do block. I was rushing a bit when I made that.
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### Author:  [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2024, 12:21pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/working-with-a-json-api-array/965893/9 "2024-11-08T12:21:44Z")