# How do I get the node ID in HTML

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**Created:** [18 March 2019 06:49 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-do-i-get-the-node-id-in-html/9107 "2019-03-18T06:49:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![JiChen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@JiChen](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/JiChen)\
**Post date:** [18 March 2019 06:49 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-do-i-get-the-node-id-in-html/9107/1 "2019-03-18T06:49:00Z")

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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:** [18 March 2019 08:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-do-i-get-the-node-id-in-html/9107/2 "2019-03-18T08:54:14Z")

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Hi @JiChen

where in your HTML do you want to get the node id? Is it in a node's `oneditprepare` or `oneditsave` function? If so, then `this.id` will be the id of the node being edited.

If you mean something else, you'll need to explain.