---
title: "jsonGet"
description: "Takes a JSON friendly string and a path string, and returns the value of that path."
---

# jsonGet

> Takes a JSON friendly string and a path string, and returns the value of that path.

**This function is used by Ignition's Expression language.**
## Description
## Syntax
` jsonGet(json, path)`

- Parameters

    - string **json** - The JSON string. The string must be in a JSON-friendly format.
    ```
    //The json parameter must be wrapped in {}, and contain a colon between the key and the value.
    //Since the parameter passed is a string datatype, the whole parameter must be wrapped in quotes.
    "{key:value}"
  
    //You may optionally wrap strings in quotation marks.
    "{'key':'value'}"
 
    //You may also nest objects inside of the value, much like you can do with Python dictionaries.
    "{keyCollection1:{firstKey:value1, secondKey:value2}, keyCollection2:{firstKey:value1, secondKey:value2}}"
    ```
    - string **path** - The path to look for in the JSON string.

- Results
    - object - The value at the path.

## Examples
```python title="Code Snippet"
// This example takes a JSON friendly string and finds the value located at the path item.secondThing, which is 2.
 
jsonGet("{'item':{'firstThing':1, 'secondThing':2}}", "item.secondThing")
```
```python title="Code Snippet"
// This example takes a JSON friendly string and finds the value located at the path item, which is {"firstThing":1,"secondThing":2}.
 
jsonGet("{'item':{'firstThing':1, 'secondThing':2}}", "item")
```