# How to access a msg.payload that starts with @
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-access-a-msg-payload-that-starts-with/78048
**Category:** General
**Created:** [30 April 2023 15:21 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-access-a-msg-payload-that-starts-with/78048 "2023-04-30T15:21:23Z")
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### Author:  [@sfdiaz](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/sfdiaz)
#### Post date: [30 April 2023 15:21 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-access-a-msg-payload-that-starts-with/78048/1 "2023-04-30T15:21:23Z")
I am trying to access a msg.payload that starts with @
msg.payload = msg.payload.@attributes;
and I get this error. Does anyone know of a way to access the data?
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### Author:  [@knolleary](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/knolleary)
#### Post date: [30 April 2023 15:22 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-access-a-msg-payload-that-starts-with/78048/2 "2023-04-30T15:22:21Z")
You can use the bracket notation for accessing object properties:
```auto
msg.payload['@attributes']
```
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### Author:  [@sfdiaz](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/sfdiaz)
#### Post date: [30 April 2023 15:50 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-access-a-msg-payload-that-starts-with/78048/3 "2023-04-30T15:50:10Z")
I had tried it without the quotation marks.
Thank you very much for the speed and the help
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [14 May 2023 15:50 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-access-a-msg-payload-that-starts-with/78048/4 "2023-05-14T15:50:30Z")
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