# JSON Get Value

Retrieves the value from the item of a JSON object.

Action available for the following operating systems:

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### Parameters

* **JSON** <*string*> - The JSON string. Must specify a JSON object at the top level.
* **Item Name** <*string*> - The name of the property in the JSON object to get the value from.
* **Include Sub-objects** <*numeric*> - When the property is not found in the top level object, indicates if it should be searched for in sub-objects. It can be one of:
  * 1\. Yes
  * 2\. No
* **Target** <*string*> - The variable or control to save the property value.
* **Target Type** <*numeric*> - The variable or control to save the type on the value found on that property. It can be one of:
  * 1\. String
  * 2\. Numeric
  * 3\. Object
  * 4\. Array
  * 5\. Boolean
  * 6\. null

{% hint style="info" %}
If the returned JSON content has JSON objects, the properties in those objects may not be in the original order. The supplied JSON string will be parsed into a JSON structure and according to the platform library that is being used, this parsed object may reorder the object properties.
{% endhint %}


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