Need to parse out a parameter in a url

Questions
1

Hey, this is probably a simple question, but I’m tired and have been looking at this for too long. There has to be a simple way to do this. I have a url as an output from one step, which is an input for another. It looks something like this:

[
{
“next_url”: “https://some.website.com/whatyouwant?cursor=YXA9MSZhcz0mbGltaXQ9MSZvcmRlcj1kZXNjJnNvcnQ9ZXhfZGl2aWRlbmRfZGF0ZQ”
}
]

Now, I can’t just sent next_url to the HTTP Request node, I need to break up the url from the parameter cursor.

How do I do that so I can make the next call?

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2

A little more info. I make a call with a HTTP Request node. It returns json that looks like this:

[
{
“results”: [
{
“cash_amount”: 0.241269,
“currency”: “USD”,
“date”: “2025-02-28”,
“id”: “Eb7ef3eec8c59b3826660fd5091faf897bdaad462c9fdeaf498bcf759b433b1b2”
},
{
“cash_amount”: 0.201504,
“currency”: “USD”,
“date”: “2025-03-07”,
“id”: “Ead45d8addd9d122514e7b952f041d3dfc7bb85594a2a2821176416b8fe33ddcd”
}
],
“status”: “OK”,
“request_id”: “47e1d06dd1f8bee192e7989cba51b10d”,
“next_url”: “https://some.website.com/whatyouwant?cursor=YXA9MSZhcz0mbGltaXQ9MSZvcmRlcj1kZXNjJnNvcnQ9ZXhfZGl2aWRlbmRfZGF0ZQ”
}
]

I parse that with a split for results, then send that to a sort. I then split in a different node the next_url so that I can pull the next record, but if I try to send it to an HTTP Request node it fails becuae I have the url and the parameter in one line. I need to break out the cursor.

3

If I understand correctly, you could send the next_url through a Code node and cut off the unnecessary part before sending it to the HTTP Request (or you can do it in the HTTP Request node with an expression.

4

Interesting. That should work. I was just assuming I was missing something.

Thank you.