# UIBUILDER asyncSend and ESM use
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/uibuilder-asyncsend-and-esm-use/100852
**Category:** General
**Tags:** uibuilder
**Created:** [26 April 2026 19:35 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/uibuilder-asyncsend-and-esm-use/100852 "2026-04-26T19:35:33Z")
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### Author:  [@Buckskin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Buckskin)
#### Post date: [26 April 2026 19:35 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/uibuilder-asyncsend-and-esm-use/100852/1 "2026-04-26T19:35:33Z")
To change the subject back to uibuilder 🤣
I am trying to use `asyncSend()` - just because - but I am obviously not doing it right because although the `send` part works OK I am not getting a response (well I do but not as part of the `.then response`)
This is what I have
```auto
function fetchApplianceData(applianceName) {
console.log('Appliance Name:', applianceName)
uib.asyncSend({ topic: 'fetch/attributes', payload: applianceName })
.then (response => {
uib.set('responseAttributes', msg.payload)
console.log('Response:', response)
})
.catch (err => console.error('Failed:', err))
}
```
So I get the `applianceName`, then silence. What am I doing wrong?
Not only, but also - not a big issue but a niggle.
I have a `uibuilder.set('buttonText', buttonData.label[checkedState])` as part of a function to set up a `