Converting msg.payload array into an object to access its value

[Vedant]

Hello everyone!
Greetings of the day! I am currently stuck on a pronlem and need your expert opinion regarding the same. I want to convert a msg.payload which is an array into an object as I want to access a value from that array and set it to a different node. Can you please help me regarding the same. I am attaching the pictures for your reference.

I want to access the value in valueread. Any help is highly appreciated!
Thank you

[Steve-Mcl]

1. search & replace ' with " in msg.payload[0]
2. copy msg.payload[0] to msg.payload
3. pass it through a JSON node

↑ This assumes there is only 1 in element [0] (thats all you show)

PS
Please post data instead of pictures (I would have made you a quick working demo)

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[Vedant]

Hey, thank you for your quick response. The payload is -

"{'connection': 'open', 'data_status': 'Data recieved from the controller', 'service': '8e', 'status': '00', 'addedstatussize': '00', 'addedstatus': '0000', 'valueread': '1', 'connection_status': 'closed'}"

I have formátted the data like you said but that is in python, once the data is recieved from the controller and displayed in node-red it automatically converts " to '
json= {"connection": "open" , "data_status":"Data recieved from the controller", "service": data[24:25].hex(), "status": data[25:26].hex(), "addedstatussize": data[26:27].hex(), "addedstatus": data[29:30].hex() + data[28:29].hex(), "valueread": str(int.from_bytes(data[32:33], "big"),),"connection_status": "closed" }
print(json) # printing the data that the controller sends

admin edit - format data as instructed in previous post!

[cameo69]

Hi, next time you might wanna put the actual text rather than an image in the post.

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