# Get Value Inside Family

**URL:** <https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/get-value-inside-family/48704>\
**Category:** Revit\
**Tags:** revit, python, dynamo\
**Created:** [March 31, 2020, 5:07pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/get-value-inside-family/48704 "2020-03-31T17:07:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![shrawanram](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/shrawanram/32/57521_2.png) [@shrawanram](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/shrawanram)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2020, 5:07pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/get-value-inside-family/48704/1 "2020-03-31T17:07:31Z")

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I cannot get the parameter value from inside family.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/1/2/1235176e361e7164c30d2f3616953825481f276d.jpeg)  
import clr  
clr.AddReference(‘RevitAPI’)  
from Autodesk.Revit.DB import FamilyManager

```
clr.AddReference('RevitServices')
import RevitServices
from RevitServices.Persistence import DocumentManager
from RevitServices.Transactions import TransactionManager

doc = DocumentManager.Instance.CurrentDBDocument

parameter = doc.FamilyManager.Parameters
param_name = IN[0]
for x in parameter:
	b = x.Definition.Name
	if b == param_name:
		OUT = x.Definition.Name
```

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**Author:** ![cgartland](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/cgartland/32/45378_2.png) [@cgartland](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/cgartland)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2020, 5:16pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/get-value-inside-family/48704/2 "2020-03-31T17:16:11Z")

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[This post](https://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com/blog/2009/11/family-parameter-value.html) from Jeremy Tammik may help you. Despite being written in C#, the same overall process should apply here as well. Currently, your output is just the name of the parameter (or rather the name of its Definition).