# Get NLU Data from action server

**URL:** <https://forum.rasa.com/t/get-nlu-data-from-action-server/52756>\
**Category:** Rasa Open Source\
**Created:** [April 21, 2022, 6:25pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/get-nlu-data-from-action-server/52756 "2022-04-21T18:25:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![gattaloukik123](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/gattaloukik123/32/20334_2.png) [@gattaloukik123](https://forum.rasa.com/u/gattaloukik123)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2022, 6:25pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/get-nlu-data-from-action-server/52756/1 "2022-04-21T18:25:32Z")

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I have an action server that has couple of custom actions in it, I also set up a custom connector for my use case. Now all I am getting is the response from this server. I also want to get the NLU Object that consists of entities, intents it captured, how can I get it back along with response text? Should I have to make a separate API call to rasa nlu server? any other better way?

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**Author:** ![ChrisRahme](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/chrisrahme/32/15572_2.png) [@ChrisRahme](https://forum.rasa.com/u/ChrisRahme)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2022, 11:53am UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/get-nlu-data-from-action-server/52756/2 "2022-04-22T11:53:26Z")

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In a custom action, you can send extra data in `dispatcher.utter_message()` with the `custom` argument.

So you can do this:

```python
dispatcher.utter_message(
    text = "Hey there",
    image = "https://i.imgur.com/nGF1K8f.jpg",
    custom = tracker.latest_message
)

```

In your front-end interface, you surely know that the response contains `text` and `image` keys, and this is what you display. Now it will have `custom` too.