# Http request with homey pro 2023 **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions & Help\ **Tags:** homey-pro\ **Created:** [August 3, 2023, 4:38am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/http-request-with-homey-pro-2023/85941 "2023-08-03T04:38:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nyjets](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/nyjets/32/32090_2.png) [@nyjets](https://community.homey.app/u/nyjets)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2023, 4:38am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/http-request-with-homey-pro-2023/85941/1 "2023-08-03T04:38:55Z")
Good morning, I got my new homey (2023) this week and currently, I´m checking, which apps are running and which apps are not running, before I start the migration. I query the oillevel from an API with the HTTP request-app. I have learned, there are some other possibilities with logic & advanced flows. I tried the “new” way, but it does not work. I assume, the format of the answer is the problem - there are backslashes in the answer but I have no idea to fix the problem. The answer of the post: “{"DeviceResponse":[{"DeviceID":"5163306","DeviceName":"Gerhard Berger","Medium":"Heizöl","LastUpdate":"8/2/2023 8:00:02 AM","MaxVolume":"980","ActualVolume":"850","ActualVolumePercent":"87","Battery":"2.9","Temperature":"71","MessData":"39"}]}” Do you have an idea, how I can handle this issue? The interessting thing - in the post, the backslashes are not displayed: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/3/e/3e5dbc298bd4fd03fb247737e655e5abcb485a65.png) Thanks & cheers Gerhard ---
**Author:** ![Adrian\_Rockall](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/adrian_rockall/32/13209_2.png) [@Adrian\_Rockall](https://community.homey.app/u/Adrian_Rockall)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2023, 5:04am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/http-request-with-homey-pro-2023/85941/2 "2023-08-03T05:04:51Z")
The \ indicates the next " is a part of the data and not a delimiter (escape sequence). They might just be the way the data is formatted so it shows in the time line. What exactly is the problem it is causing you? ---
**Author:** ![nyjets](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/nyjets/32/32090_2.png) [@nyjets](https://community.homey.app/u/nyjets)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2023, 5:48am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/http-request-with-homey-pro-2023/85941/3 "2023-08-03T05:48:54Z")
I get the error: **obj needs to be an object** My test flow is this: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/d/b/db1233233e2f2ec9eb19d5a6d4459cce39256aac.png) I have another HTTP-Request running, and it works with the advanced flow. ---
**Author:** ![To\_Lou](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/to_lou/32/79159_2.png) [@To\_Lou](https://community.homey.app/u/To_Lou)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2023, 5:57am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/http-request-with-homey-pro-2023/85941/4 "2023-08-03T05:57:08Z")
I encountered similar problem the other day, and I had to add another square bracket “[” and “]” arount the data to be fully identified as an object. ---
**Author:** ![nyjets](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/nyjets/32/32090_2.png) [@nyjets](https://community.homey.app/u/nyjets)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2023, 6:10am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/http-request-with-homey-pro-2023/85941/5 "2023-08-03T06:10:01Z")
How have you inserted the square brackets? ---
**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2023, 6:16am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/http-request-with-homey-pro-2023/85941/6 "2023-08-03T06:16:15Z")
The API server returns the data double-encoded: ```auto HTTP/1.1 200 OK Cache-Control: no-cache Content-Encoding: gzip Content-Length: 312 Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8 Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2023 06:15:19 GMT Expires: -1 Pragma: no-cache Server: Microsoft-IIS/10.0 Vary: Accept-Encoding X-Powered-By: ASP.NET "{\"DeviceResponse\":[{\"DeviceID\":\"5163306\",\"DeviceName\":\"Gerhard Berger\",\"Medium\":\"Heizöl\",\"LastUpdate\":\"8/2/2023 8:00:02 AM\",\"MaxVolume\":\"980\",\"ActualVolume\":\"850\",\"ActualVolumePercent\":\"87\",\"Battery\":\"2.9\",\"Temperature\":\"71\",\"MessData\":\"39\"}]}" ``` ---
**Author:** ![To\_Lou](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/to_lou/32/79159_2.png) [@To\_Lou](https://community.homey.app/u/To_Lou)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2023, 6:21am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/http-request-with-homey-pro-2023/85941/7 "2023-08-03T06:21:34Z")
> [@nyjets](#): > > How have you inserted the square brackets? E.g script like: > const string = “[”+data+“]”; ---
**Author:** ![nyjets](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/nyjets/32/32090_2.png) [@nyjets](https://community.homey.app/u/nyjets)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2023, 6:51am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/http-request-with-homey-pro-2023/85941/8 "2023-08-03T06:51:28Z")
Ok, thanks! `till now, I have no script in place - so a new experience. That means, I do the http-call, afterwards I call a script, which insert the square brackets, write the result in the text variable and then I parse it or I assume, it´s also possible to do all in a script. Maybe you have an script example for me - would be great! ---
**Author:** ![To\_Lou](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/to_lou/32/79159_2.png) [@To\_Lou](https://community.homey.app/u/To_Lou)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2023, 7:43am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/http-request-with-homey-pro-2023/85941/9 "2023-08-03T07:43:17Z")
I think maybe you would try to just add the square brackets to the answer tag, before parse it to JSON? ---
**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2023, 7:46am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/http-request-with-homey-pro-2023/85941/10 "2023-08-03T07:46:39Z")
The issue here isn’t missing square brackets, it’s an incorrect server response. ---
**Author:** ![nyjets](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/nyjets/32/32090_2.png) [@nyjets](https://community.homey.app/u/nyjets)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2023, 1:54pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/http-request-with-homey-pro-2023/85941/11 "2023-08-03T13:54:36Z")
I did a test, from the parse-card with square brackets in different formats, and it doesn´t work. When I replace the backslashes and the first and last double quote, it works. {“DeviceResponse”:[{“DeviceID”:“5163306”,“DeviceName”:“Gerhard Berger”,“Medium”:“Heizöl”,“LastUpdate”:“8/2/2023 8:00:02 AM”,“MaxVolume”:“980”,“ActualVolume”:“850”,“ActualVolumePercent”:“87”,“Battery”:“2.9”,“Temperature”:“71”,“MessData”:“39”}]} I think, this can be handled with a script and not with a logic-card or is there a possibility?