# Retrieve parts of a GET response to feed into the next PATCH update body after some formatting

**URL:** <https://community.postman.com/t/retrieve-parts-of-a-get-response-to-feed-into-the-next-patch-update-body-after-some-formatting/23826>\
**Category:** Help Hub\
**Tags:** tests, variables, json, array, loop\
**Created:** [May 17, 2021, 7:51pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/retrieve-parts-of-a-get-response-to-feed-into-the-next-patch-update-body-after-some-formatting/23826 "2021-05-17T19:51:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![hannah.neil](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/getpostman/user_avatar/community.postman.com/hannah.neil/32/4477_2.png) [@hannah.neil](https://community.postman.com/u/hannah.neil)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2021, 8:24pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/retrieve-parts-of-a-get-response-to-feed-into-the-next-patch-update-body-after-some-formatting/23826/2 "2021-05-17T20:24:06Z")

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Hey @balexalex ! Welcome to the Community, and welcome to learning Postman. I’m going to move your post over to the Just getting started category so that it has more visibility 🙂

There are a couple of previous posts that might be relevant. [Saving environment variables in an array](https://community.postman.com/t/set-array-from-environment-variable-for-request-body-in-postman/4743/2), [How to set environment variables from an array?](https://community.postman.com/t/how-to-set-environment-variables-from-an-array/21810), and [Set array from environment variable for request body in postman](https://community.postman.com/t/set-array-from-environment-variable-for-request-body-in-postman/4743) can get you part of the way there, at least.

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