# Cookbook - Simple GET request

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cookbook-simple-get-request/9184>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [19 March 2019 14:02 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cookbook-simple-get-request/9184 "2019-03-19T14:02:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Andrei](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/andrei/32/10446_2.png) [@Andrei](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Andrei)\
**Post date:** [19 March 2019 14:02 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cookbook-simple-get-request/9184/1 "2019-03-19T14:02:07Z")

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A couple of questions about [this cookbook recipe](https://cookbook.nodered.org/http/simple-get-request):

1- The flow does not match the picture. As a matter of fact, the flow has a bad CSS selector. As far as I can remember this was corrected at some point. I am not sure how come it is wrong now. The text in the recipe explains to select the correct CSS for the purpose `node-red-latest-version` and the flow does not reflect this.

![r-01](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/2X/6/695c5c0c5c65e9bb1b78800171aba507009ffcf6.png)

2- Now a question related to the html node that is puzzling me What is the purpose of the first field with the label `Property` ? If it is left empty the node works fine. In which cases one would enter a value in this field ?

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**Author:** ![dceejay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/dceejay/32/38_2.png) [@dceejay](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dceejay)\
**Post date:** [19 March 2019 15:45 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cookbook-simple-get-request/9184/2 "2019-03-19T15:45:28Z")

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re 2) - it's the msg property that the node will act upon - which (of course) defaults to msg.payload... but you can set it to handle something else if you like... and likewise you can output to a different property... so you can then chain them together - and at the same time keep the original property intact.

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**Author:** ![knolleary](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/knolleary/32/3_2.png) [@knolleary](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/knolleary)\
**Post date:** [19 March 2019 17:31 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cookbook-simple-get-request/9184/3 "2019-03-19T17:31:10Z")

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Thanks for the feedback. You'll note each recipe page has a feedback button on it. That will raise an issue against the cookbook with your comments and help us keep track of where changes are needed.