# Extra\_info for directions

**URL:** https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/extra-info-for-directions/1954
**Category:** directions
**Created:** [July 27, 2020, 11:55am UTC](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/extra-info-for-directions/1954 "2020-07-27T11:55:27Z")
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### Author: ![EWouters](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/ecb155/32.png) [@EWouters](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/u/EWouters)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2020, 11:55am UTC](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/extra-info-for-directions/1954/1 "2020-07-27T11:55:27Z")

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Hi,

I checked in the API playground and it is supposed to return extra\_info like the osmid, but the only thing it returns is the name of the extra info parameter. How can I actually read the extra\_info attributes?

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