# Need help in extracting the value

**URL:** <https://community.postman.com/t/need-help-in-extracting-the-value/8055>\
**Category:** Help Hub\
**Tags:** tests, variables, collections\
**Created:** [September 27, 2019, 5:57pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/need-help-in-extracting-the-value/8055 "2019-09-27T17:57:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![danny-dainton](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/getpostman/user_avatar/community.postman.com/danny-dainton/32/29401_2.png) [@danny-dainton](https://community.postman.com/u/danny-dainton)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2019, 6:22pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/need-help-in-extracting-the-value/8055/2 "2019-09-27T18:22:14Z")

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Hey @saveuser12345,

I wrote this post that might help you out:

> [@Sharing tips and tricks with others in the Postman community](https://community.postman.com/t/sharing-tips-and-tricks-with-others-in-the-postman-community/5123/5):
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> Extracting values from a JSON response I notice lots of questions from the community which all have a similar flavour - Users are having trouble extracting data from a JSON response body when the value is within an array. These are normally JavaScript related questions, more than specific Postman questions but I want to use this thread to offer more support around this problem. For these examples I’ll be using the [https://randomuser.me](https://randomuser.me) API, this returns lots of random user data, in a JSON form…

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