# web-API to read/write tags json

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/web-api-to-read-write-tags-json/19038>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [July 31, 2018, 10:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/web-api-to-read-write-tags-json/19038 "2018-07-31T22:04:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2018, 6:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/web-api-to-read-write-tags-json/19038/20 "2018-08-02T18:00:18Z")

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This [old post has some scripting](http://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/best-ignition-equivalent-to-pv-local-message-display/10764/6) you might find useful. You might have to tweak tag.py for current versions of Ignition, though.

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