# Solcast API GET returns html
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/solcast-api-get-returns-html/58855
**Category:** Dashboard
**Created:** [23 February 2022 02:10 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/solcast-api-get-returns-html/58855 "2022-02-23T02:10:46Z")
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### Author:  [@trialnerror](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/trialnerror)
#### Post date: [23 February 2022 02:10 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/solcast-api-get-returns-html/58855/1 "2022-02-23T02:10:46Z")
I'm not too sure where the problem lies with this one, but it seems to arise in Node-Red only so I'm asking here first.
Solcast API call should return JSON, but I seem to only get back html in NR.
My call is:
[https://api.solcast.com.au/rooftop\_sites/xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx/forecasts?format=json&hours=48&api\_key=](https://api.solcast.com.au/rooftop_sites/xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx/forecasts?format=json%E2%80%8B&hours=48&api_key=){API KEY}
where xxxx is my site ID and {API KEY} is my personal key.
```auto
[
{
"id": "8173ff729284cc7e",
"type": "http request",
"z": "acf06df9c6b509cc",
"name": "Solcast forecast",
"method": "GET",
"ret": "obj",
"paytoqs": "ignore",
"url": "https://api.solcast.com.au/rooftop_sites/xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx/forecasts?format=json&hours=48&api_key={API KEY}",
"tls": "",
"persist": false,
"proxy": "",
"authType": "",
"senderr": false,
"credentials": {},
"x": 300,
"y": 80,
"wires": [
[
"55bbf03a32309649",
"d0a58f1004ca461b",
"76cb289f11212323"
]
],
"info": ""
}
]
```
I've also tried setting the return string to UTF-8.
The response I get is:
```auto
GetRooftopSiteForecast Snapshot of 02/23/2022 01:27:06