I am having trouble retrieving variables in some of the nodes it is inconsistent

[Jarrett_Beauchesne]

Inside of node Linkedin Profile Scraper I cannot read the variable from previous node

“{{ $(‘Loop Over Items’).item.json['Linkedin URL '] }}”

It is giving me an error when I try to enter in the variable that way

BUT!

When I use the exact same variable in side of Scrape 10 Linkedin Posts… We have no problem.

Additionally for some reason I cannot read variables within Linkedin Profile Scraper. I have tried copying the node, recreating the node and even importing this JSON file into another flow and nothing has worked. Thoughts?

TLDR: I am suddenly having issues with retrieving inputs and variables it is inconsistent now and Idk what to do about it.

[Olek]

@Jarrett_Beauchesne

{{ $(‘Loop Over Items’).item.json['Linkedin URL '] }}”

Referencing nodes directly is a source of issues in many cases, within the loops and in ai agent tools in particular. Even in a linear workflow it will betray you eventually.

Instead you should propagate data through the nodes so that it is available through the $json shortcut.

Check out this doc:

Current node input | n8n Docs

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