# \[IGN-7976\]Get Name of Message Handler Programmatically

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** scripting\
**Created:** [June 30, 2023, 2:31am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-7976-get-name-of-message-handler-programmatically/75750 "2023-06-30T02:31:36Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 5, 2023, 9:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-7976-get-name-of-message-handler-programmatically/75750/2 "2023-07-05T21:51:26Z")

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No, this isn't directly possible. I wouldn't necessarily recommend going this route, but if you _really_ wanted to, you can peek at the stack and find the 'filename' we feed into the Jython interpreter, which includes the handler name, which you could parse:

```auto
def handleMessage(payload):
	import sys
	filename = sys._getframe().f_code.co_filename
	# ex: <MessageHandlerScript:projectName/handlerName >	

```

I'll make a note to consider adding the handler name to this somehow. It'd be nice.

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