# Help querying data influxdb with node-red

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**Category:** General\
**Created:** [10 February 2021 08:43 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-querying-data-influxdb-with-node-red/40734 "2021-02-10T08:43:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rafa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e495f1/32.png) [@Rafa](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Rafa)\
**Post date:** [10 February 2021 08:43 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-querying-data-influxdb-with-node-red/40734/1 "2021-02-10T08:43:54Z")

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Hi everyone, I'm learning right now Node-red and influxdb. I have a project in influxdb where I query or read data from a influxdb db. The query I'm doing is the next:

msg.query = 'from(bucket: "sierradata") |\> range(start: -1d, stop: now())'  
return msg;

That query is in function and the msg.query message is pass to the influxdb in object from node-red. So that works, it reads 4 objects. The problem is that I'm not reading the values from the measurements of the database. What I'm reading is 4 objects like this:

0: object

result: "\_result"

table: 0

\_start: "2021-02-09T08:34:43.5651746Z"

\_stop: "2021-02-10T08:34:43.5651746Z"

\_time: "2021-02-10T08:12:47.857Z"

\_value: "sierra"

\_field: "type"

\_measurement: "datas"

And the datas I'm interested in reading are inside the measurement "datas" and I don't know how to acces or read that data. Those "datas" are:

Time type value

* * *

161294... sierra 1  
161294... sierra 2  
.  
.

If anyone can help me I'd really appreciate. Thanks in advance!

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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [10 February 2021 09:31 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-querying-data-influxdb-with-node-red/40734/2 "2021-02-10T09:31:07Z")

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Welcome to the forum @Rafa.

There’s a great page in the docs that will explain how to use the debug panel to find the right path to any data item.

[https://nodered.org/docs/user-guide/messages](https://nodered.org/docs/user-guide/messages)

Also I recommend watching this playlist: [Node-RED Essentials](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyNBB9VCLmo1hyO-4fIZ08gqFcXBkHy-6). The videos are done by the developers of node-red. They're nice & short and to the point. You will understand a whole lot more in about 1 hour. A small investment for a lot of gain.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [11 April 2021 09:31 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-querying-data-influxdb-with-node-red/40734/3 "2021-04-11T09:31:50Z")

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