# Basic advice needed on parsing JSON

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/basic-advice-needed-on-parsing-json/10130>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [14 April 2019 15:11 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/basic-advice-needed-on-parsing-json/10130 "2019-04-14T15:11:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![JayDickson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/jaydickson/32/90592_2.png) [@JayDickson](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/JayDickson)\
**Post date:** [14 April 2019 16:13 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/basic-advice-needed-on-parsing-json/10130/4 "2019-04-14T16:13:52Z")

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[This thread](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/mqtt-json-influxdb-grafana/7108/3) has a lot of discussion on just what you're trying to do. Hopefully it can give you some avenues to play with. If anything gives you trouble, get back to us in this thread and we should be able to provide further insight.

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