# Getting data from a specific point on a path

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**Category:** UXP Plugin API\
**Created:** [February 1, 2019, 2:18pm UTC](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/getting-data-from-a-specific-point-on-a-path/610 "2019-02-01T14:18:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Irina](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/irina/32/281_2.png) [@Irina](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/u/Irina)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2019, 2:18pm UTC](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/getting-data-from-a-specific-point-on-a-path/610/1 "2019-02-01T14:18:34Z")

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Hello lovely people!

I was wondering if there is a way of getting information from selecting a point on a path (what number it is, or how many points there are on a path etc)  
Skimmed through the docs and forum, can’t seem to find anything like that?  
Or should I go through the pathData itself?

Thanks in advance,  
Have an awesome weekend!

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**Author:** ![stevekwak](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/stevekwak/32/48_2.png) [@stevekwak](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/u/stevekwak)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2019, 3:30pm UTC](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/getting-data-from-a-specific-point-on-a-path/610/2 "2019-02-01T15:30:49Z")

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@Irina the only property availale in path object is `pathData`. So you will have to go through the `pathData` itself at the moment.

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**Author:** ![astutegraphics](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/astutegraphics/32/17_2.png) [@astutegraphics](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/u/astutegraphics)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2019, 9:07am UTC](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/getting-data-from-a-specific-point-on-a-path/610/3 "2019-02-02T09:07:06Z")

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Thanks @stevekwak for answering @Irina so quickly 👍

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**Author:** ![kerrishotts](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/kerrishotts/32/8_2.png) [@kerrishotts](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/u/kerrishotts)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2019, 7:23pm UTC](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/getting-data-from-a-specific-point-on-a-path/610/4 "2019-02-02T19:23:31Z")

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Something that _might_ help is that the `pathData` is a representation of SVG paths… which hopefully means there are some libraries that you can use to do the parsing. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Irina](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/irina/32/281_2.png) [@Irina](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/u/Irina)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2019, 9:07am UTC](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/getting-data-from-a-specific-point-on-a-path/610/5 "2019-02-04T09:07:06Z")

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Awesome!  
Thanks guys! 🙂