# Get the name of a node

**URL:** <https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/get-the-name-of-a-node/68019>\
**Category:** Revit\
**Tags:** revit, python, dynamo\
**Created:** [September 9, 2021, 11:00am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/get-the-name-of-a-node/68019 "2021-09-09T11:00:03Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 9, 2021, 11:56am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/get-the-name-of-a-node/68019/3 "2021-09-09T11:56:34Z")

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The name is stored in the dyn, so t he simple route would be to read the file as a txt and parse the data you want from there.

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