Thanks! I tried both but still no joy. The problem is the first line of the debug- it's not in the payload.
(ie "status" : msg : Object)
Sorry, I've forgotten so much of NR- I hope this block quote works
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Here is a whole raw message (from Amazon Echo-hub input node)
07/05/2024, 22:56:56node: Pre-Debug"status" : msg : Object
object
on: true
bri: 254
percentage: 100
hue: 0
sat: 254
xy: array[2]
0: 0.6484272236872118
1: 0.33085610147277794
ct: 199
rgb: array[3]
0: 254
1: 0
2: 0
colormode: "ct"
meta: object
insert: object
by: "alexa"
details: object
ip: "::ffff:192.168.178.233"
user_agent: undefined
date: "2024-05-07T21:56:44.514Z"
input: object
on: true
changes: object
empty
payload: "on"
deviceid: "0191304a929805e2"
topic: ""status""
_msgid: "5d901a6b7faa436f"