# How would I get part of a message to go around a node and used on that node's output?

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**Created:** [25 August 2025 09:31 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-would-i-get-part-of-a-message-to-go-around-a-node-and-used-on-that-nodes-output/98824 "2025-08-25T09:31:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Trying\_to\_learn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/trying_to_learn/32/28400_2.png) [@Trying\_to\_learn](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Trying_to_learn)\
**Post date:** [25 August 2025 09:31 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-would-i-get-part-of-a-message-to-go-around-a-node-and-used-on-that-nodes-output/98824/1 "2025-08-25T09:31:37Z")

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(Yeah, words are - again - failing me.)

Here's the _John Dory_. (Story)

Yeah, I'm fixated on the `openweather` node.

I've written (ok, ChatGPT) code so it extracts either today's or tomorrow's information and gives it to me nicely.

But to do that I need TWO `openweather` nodes. ☹  
Thought is I set an extra message part saying either "today" or "tomorrow".  
I'm not sure it will survive going through the node. (Yeah, maybe I should check before asking.)

So I'm wanting to get help with the fall back idea that that part of the message doesn't get passed through and I need it to be added to the output of the weather node.

Then my node can read that part and extract either today's forecast or tomorrow's.

Yes, `flow.context` has been considered.

I just want to check I'm not missing any _elephants_.

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**Author:** ![Trying\_to\_learn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/trying_to_learn/32/28400_2.png) [@Trying\_to\_learn](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Trying_to_learn)\
**Post date:** [25 August 2025 09:33 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-would-i-get-part-of-a-message-to-go-around-a-node-and-used-on-that-nodes-output/98824/2 "2025-08-25T09:33:19Z")

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Sod's law happened.

That part of the message does get through.

(You do know if I didn't ask, it wouldn't have.)

😉

Sorry.

That's the solution.

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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:** [8 September 2025 09:34 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-would-i-get-part-of-a-message-to-go-around-a-node-and-used-on-that-nodes-output/98824/3 "2025-09-08T09:34:03Z")

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