# Using Node - red with any analytics tool like orange
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/using-node-red-with-any-analytics-tool-like-orange/2988
**Category:** General
**Created:** [9 September 2018 18:35 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/using-node-red-with-any-analytics-tool-like-orange/2988 "2018-09-09T18:35:02Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@digital.learner](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/digital.learner)
#### Post date: [9 September 2018 18:35 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/using-node-red-with-any-analytics-tool-like-orange/2988/1 "2018-09-09T18:35:02Z")
Hello,
Is there a possibility of using node-red with any analytics tool like orange for instance. I would like to do some thing like this. Provide string and numeric data to the analytics platform. The analytics platform should process the data and return the result back to node- red.
Thanks
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### Author:  [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)
#### Post date: [9 September 2018 19:39 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/using-node-red-with-any-analytics-tool-like-orange/2988/2 "2018-09-09T19:39:46Z")
Maybe. If the analytics tool can get data from a web API, then certainly. Node-RED can be an API server.
Or maybe the analytics tool has its own API that lets you send data, again, Node-RED can do this too.
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### Author:  [@digital.learner](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/digital.learner)
#### Post date: [9 September 2018 20:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/using-node-red-with-any-analytics-tool-like-orange/2988/3 "2018-09-09T20:51:16Z")
Thanks, i will check that.