# How to access $(this) with api.attachWidgetAction?

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**Created:** [Mai 2, 2016, 8:34 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-access-this-with-api-attachwidgetaction/43570 "2016-05-02T20:34:56Z")\
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Yes you can use `this.attrs` to access the attributes within your action. If it’s not working, make sure you’re not using the ES2015 fat arrow function syntax, as it preserves `this` from the outer scope, which is _NOT_ what you want in this case.

For example:

```javascript
api.attachWidgetAction('post', 'annoyMe', function() {
   // this.attrs is the attrs
});

```

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