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**Created:** [13 April 2022 19:55 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/newbie-needs-help-reading-html-page-extract-value-en-use-to-trigger-action/61260 "2022-04-13T19:55:03Z")\
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**Author:**  [@Stand\_down](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Stand_down)\
**Post date:** [13 April 2022 19:55 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/newbie-needs-help-reading-html-page-extract-value-en-use-to-trigger-action/61260/1 "2022-04-13T19:55:03Z")
Hello everyone,
I am a bit new to scripting/programming and everytime i try to learn i stumble to something that seems entirely new and nowhere an answer can be found. As I think that can not be true I ask you for help.
I have Toon (hacked) and using a url i can retrieve the info I am looking for.
I have setup a timestamp node to trigger a HTTP request node. Next i put it trough the json node to convert it to a javascript object. That was what I understood from the documentation.
Now de debug node output looks like this:
```auto
object
result: "ok"
currentTemp: "2021"
currentSetpoint: "1550"
currentInternalBoilerSetpoint: "6"
programState: "2"
activeState: "3"
nextProgram: "1"
nextState: "2"
nextTime: "1649880000"
nextSetpoint: "1900"
randomConfigId: "1804289383"
errorFound: "255"
connection: "0"
burnerInfo: "0"
otCommError: "0"
currentModulationLevel: "
```
I am interesting in only the burnerinfo value, so i can use it to trigger an action. So how i go from here?
I have Node-red running as add-on in Homeassistant, so i want to trigger an action when burnerinfo has for period of time a value of 2.
Hope someone can help...
Thanks!
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**Author:**  [@bakman2](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/bakman2)\
**Post date:** [14 April 2022 06:19 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/newbie-needs-help-reading-html-page-extract-value-en-use-to-trigger-action/61260/2 "2022-04-14T06:19:44Z")
> and nowhere an answer can be found
Are you sure you went [through the documentation](https://nodered.org/docs/user-guide/messages) ?
To grasp the workflow in node-red, i would highly recommend to watch all the videos [in this playlist](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksGeUD26Mw0&list=PLyNBB9VCLmo1hyO-4fIZ08gqFcXBkHy-6). They are short and explain the most used/useful concepts.
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**Author:**  [@craigcurtin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/craigcurtin)\
**Post date:** [15 April 2022 02:18 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/newbie-needs-help-reading-html-page-extract-value-en-use-to-trigger-action/61260/3 "2022-04-15T02:18:50Z")
Can you actually do a screenshot of the debug window for the object when you make a request and see the response.
As it is an object - you should be able to hover over it in the debug window and there will be an option to copy the full path
Put that into a debug node and then see if it displays the correct data in the debug window
Craig
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**Author:**  [@Stand\_down](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Stand_down)\
**Post date:** [15 April 2022 06:27 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/newbie-needs-help-reading-html-page-extract-value-en-use-to-trigger-action/61260/4 "2022-04-15T06:27:08Z")
here is the screenshot from the debug window of both debug nodes:
The second debug is from the change node where i set it to the copied path from the first debug object output.
As you can see it outputs "payload.burnerInfo" but not the value it contains...
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**Author:**  [@E1cid](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/E1cid)\
**Post date:** [15 April 2022 06:38 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/newbie-needs-help-reading-html-page-extract-value-en-use-to-trigger-action/61260/5 "2022-04-15T06:38:09Z")
You need to set the change node to
set msg.payload
to msg payload.burnerInfo.
you have it set to
set msg.payload
to A/Z (String) payload.burnerInfo.
so select msg in the dropdown list
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**Author:**  [@Stand\_down](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Stand_down)\
**Post date:** [15 April 2022 06:41 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/newbie-needs-help-reading-html-page-extract-value-en-use-to-trigger-action/61260/6 "2022-04-15T06:41:06Z")
ooh thanks, I completely overlooked that!
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**Author:**  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [14 June 2022 06:41 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/newbie-needs-help-reading-html-page-extract-value-en-use-to-trigger-action/61260/7 "2022-06-14T06:41:49Z")
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