# Find out incoming wires to a node …

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/find-out-incoming-wires-to-a-node/84765>\
**Category:** Developing Nodes\
**Created:** [21 January 2024 00:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/find-out-incoming-wires-to-a-node/84765 "2024-01-21T00:05:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![GogoVega](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/gogovega/32/71313_2.png) [@GogoVega](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/GogoVega)\
**Post date:** [21 January 2024 09:49 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/find-out-incoming-wires-to-a-node/84765/6 "2024-01-21T09:49:34Z")

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Related to [Getting a unique ID for each node (that doesnt change)](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/getting-a-unique-id-for-each-node-that-doesnt-change/84575)

Although it is possible to fetch the number of threads, this does not guarantee the goal because your node may have a link node as input and in this case you would have to do further research. Which implies quite substantial logic.

In short, the cleanest method would be to use topics

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