# PubSub message inner value comes as a JSON string **URL:** \ **Category:** API\ **Created:** [April 26, 2021, 2:04pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/pubsub-message-inner-value-comes-as-a-json-string/31458 "2021-04-26T14:04:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![zuphest](https://d3ovvz0v2ajtpu.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.dev.twitch.com/zuphest/32/12012_2.png) [@zuphest](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/zuphest)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2021, 2:04pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/pubsub-message-inner-value-comes-as-a-json-string/31458/1 "2021-04-26T14:04:53Z")
Been playing with PubSub today to catch gift sub events. Noticed that the data.message value for the Subscription event comes as a JSON string ie. I have to parse the entire message and then parse the data.message value again. Just putting it out here and see if it’ll be fixed or reflected in the documentation. Not sure if the other endpoints have the same issue. ---
**Author:** ![BarryCarlyon](https://d3ovvz0v2ajtpu.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.dev.twitch.com/barrycarlyon/32/253_2.png) [@BarryCarlyon](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/BarryCarlyon)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2021, 2:06pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/pubsub-message-inner-value-comes-as-a-json-string/31458/2 "2021-04-26T14:06:25Z")
PubSub just loves to nest JSON in JSON. If you have found a documentation error please file it on the [GitHub Issue Tracker](https://github.com/twitchdev/issues/issues) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://d2opxh93rbxzdn.cloudfront.net/original/2X/0/05909729875cce3b53e59d5561c4d23bb14948fc.png) [@system](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 2:06pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/pubsub-message-inner-value-comes-as-a-json-string/31458/3 "2021-05-26T14:06:30Z")
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