# Global/Flow Variable Access in Custom Node?
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/global-flow-variable-access-in-custom-node/9029
**Category:** General
**Created:** [15 March 2019 16:56 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/global-flow-variable-access-in-custom-node/9029 "2019-03-15T16:56:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@tcontrada](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/tcontrada)
#### Post date: [15 March 2019 16:56 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/global-flow-variable-access-in-custom-node/9029/1 "2019-03-15T16:56:24Z")
I was using **globalContext.get("myVariable")** in my custom node in order to read my application global variable, but that syntax is not working.
What is the correct syntax to access my Global variable within my node.js file?
Thanks...
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### Author:  [@bakman2](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/bakman2)
#### Post date: [15 March 2019 17:03 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/global-flow-variable-access-in-custom-node/9029/2 "2019-03-15T17:03:05Z")
`global.get("myvar")`
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### Author:  [@tcontrada](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/tcontrada)
#### Post date: [15 March 2019 17:25 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/global-flow-variable-access-in-custom-node/9029/3 "2019-03-15T17:25:01Z")
That does not work from inside the node.
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### Author:  [@hotNipi](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/hotNipi)
#### Post date: [15 March 2019 18:21 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/global-flow-variable-access-in-custom-node/9029/4 "2019-03-15T18:21:46Z")
[https://nodered.org/docs/creating-nodes/context](https://nodered.org/docs/creating-nodes/context)
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### Author:  [@tcontrada](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/tcontrada)
#### Post date: [15 March 2019 18:24 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/global-flow-variable-access-in-custom-node/9029/5 "2019-03-15T18:24:02Z")
Yeah, I was a bit confused, but added to the node.js file ```
var globalContext = this.context().global;
```auto
then, globalContext.get("myVal")
:grinning:
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