# Recommendations for air quality metrics

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/recommendations-for-air-quality-metrics/49156>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [1 August 2021 06:55 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/recommendations-for-air-quality-metrics/49156 "2021-08-01T06:55:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Steve-Mcl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/steve-mcl/32/4826_2.png) [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)\
**Post date:** [1 August 2021 08:33 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/recommendations-for-air-quality-metrics/49156/2 "2021-08-01T08:33:35Z")

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> [@Matt.L](#):
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> I'm looking into if it's possible for me to get data directly from [AirNow.gov](http://AirNow.gov)

If you open your browsers devtools (F12) and look at the network tab & refresh the page you will see all the data in a nice JSON format ready for consumption.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/1/c/1c2a9319ba612829cf0684e7ee0161623adb6788.png)

It is simply a matter of grabbing the URL and headers then doing a HTTP request directly to the endpoint

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/2/9/29dc911296c77ffd64aebdc050cd65f775ae334d.png)

demo flow...

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