diff --git a/src/analogsensor.cpp b/src/analogsensor.cpp
index 7a6856f53..8131754d6 100644
--- a/src/analogsensor.cpp
+++ b/src/analogsensor.cpp
@@ -435,15 +435,43 @@ void AnalogSensor::publish_values(const bool force) {
 // called from emsesp.cpp, similar to the emsdevice->get_value_info
 // searches by name
 bool AnalogSensor::get_value_info(JsonObject & output, const char * cmd, const int8_t id) const {
+    // make a copy of the string command for parsing
+    char command_s[30];
+    strlcpy(command_s, cmd, sizeof(command_s));
+    char * attribute_s = nullptr;
+
+    // check specific attribute to fetch instead of the complete record
+    char * breakp = strchr(command_s, '/');
+    if (breakp) {
+        *breakp     = '\0';
+        attribute_s = breakp + 1;
+    }
+
     for (const auto & sensor : sensors_) {
-        if (strcmp(cmd, sensor.name().c_str()) == 0) {
+        if (strcmp(command_s, sensor.name().c_str()) == 0) {
             output["gpio"]   = sensor.gpio();
             output["name"]   = sensor.name();
-            output["type"]   = sensor.type();
-            output["uom"]    = sensor.uom();
+            output["type"]   = F_(number);
+            output["analog"] = FL_(enum_sensortype)[sensor.type()];
+            output["uom"]    = EMSdevice::uom_to_string(sensor.uom());
             output["offset"] = sensor.offset();
             output["factor"] = sensor.factor();
             output["value"]  = sensor.value();
+            // if we're filtering on an attribute, go find it
+            if (attribute_s) {
+                if (output.containsKey(attribute_s)) {
+                    JsonVariant data = output[attribute_s];
+                    output.clear();
+                    output["api_data"] = data;
+                    return true;
+                } else {
+                    char error[100];
+                    snprintf(error, sizeof(error), "cannot find attribute %s in entity %s", attribute_s, command_s);
+                    output.clear();
+                    output["message"] = error;
+                    return false;
+                }
+            }
             return true;
         }
     }
@@ -461,7 +489,8 @@ bool AnalogSensor::command_info(const char * value, const int8_t id, JsonObject
         if (id == -1) { // show number and id
             JsonObject dataSensor = output.createNestedObject(sensor.name());
             dataSensor["gpio"]    = sensor.gpio();
-            dataSensor["type"]    = FL_(enum_sensortype)[sensor.type()];
+            dataSensor["type"]    = F_(number);
+            dataSensor["analog"]  = FL_(enum_sensortype)[sensor.type()];
             if (sensor.type() == AnalogType::ADC) {
                 dataSensor["uom"]    = EMSdevice::uom_to_string(sensor.uom());
                 dataSensor["offset"] = sensor.offset();
diff --git a/src/command.cpp b/src/command.cpp
index 1c3c54dc1..a169f87db 100644
--- a/src/command.cpp
+++ b/src/command.cpp
@@ -90,11 +90,16 @@ uint8_t Command::process(const char * path, const bool is_admin, const JsonObjec
     const char * command_p = nullptr;
     if (num_paths == 2) {
         command_p = p.paths()[1].c_str();
-    } else if (num_paths >= 3) {
+    } else if (num_paths == 3) {
         // concatenate the path into one string as it could be in the format 'hc/XXX'
         char command[50];
         snprintf(command, sizeof(command), "%s/%s", p.paths()[1].c_str(), p.paths()[2].c_str());
         command_p = command;
+    } else if (num_paths > 3) {
+        // concatenate the path into one string as it could be in the format 'hc/XXX/attribute'
+        char command[50];
+        snprintf(command, sizeof(command), "%s/%s/%s", p.paths()[1].c_str(), p.paths()[2].c_str(), p.paths()[3].c_str());
+        command_p = command;
     } else {
         // take it from the JSON
         if (input.containsKey("entity")) {
@@ -110,7 +115,7 @@ uint8_t Command::process(const char * path, const bool is_admin, const JsonObjec
     if (command_p == nullptr) {
         // handle dead endpoints like api/system or api/boiler
         // default to 'info' for SYSTEM, DALLASENSOR and ANALOGSENSOR, the other devices to 'values' for shortname version
-        if (num_paths < 3) {
+        if (num_paths < (id_n > 0 ? 4 : 3)) {
             if (device_type < EMSdevice::DeviceType::BOILER) {
                 command_p = "info";
             } else {
@@ -188,37 +193,33 @@ const char * Command::parse_command_string(const char * command, int8_t & id) {
         return nullptr;
     }
 
-    // make a copy of the string command for parsing
-    char command_s[30];
-    strlcpy(command_s, command, sizeof(command_s));
-
-    // look for a delimeter and split the string
-    char * p      = command_s;
-    char * breakp = strchr(p, '.');
-    if (!breakp) {
-        p      = command_s; // reset and look for /
-        breakp = strchr(p, '/');
-        if (!breakp) {
-            p      = command_s; // reset and look for _
-            breakp = strchr(p, '_');
-            if (!breakp) {
-                return command; // no delimeter found, return the whole string
-            }
-        }
+    // check prefix and valid number range, also check 'id'
+    if (!strncmp(command, "hc", 2) && command[2] >= '1' && command[2] <= '8') {
+        id = command[2] - '0';
+        command += 3;
+    } else if (!strncmp(command, "wwc", 3) && command[3] == '1' && command[4] == '0') {
+        id = 19;
+        command += 5;
+    } else if (!strncmp(command, "wwc", 3) && command[3] >= '1' && command[3] <= '9') {
+        id = command[3] - '0' + 8;
+        command += 4;
+    } else if (!strncmp(command, "id", 2) && command[2] == '1' && command[3] >= '0' && command[3] <= '9') {
+        id = command[3] - '0' + 10;
+        command += 4;
+    } else if (!strncmp(command, "id", 2) && command[2] >= '1' && command[2] <= '9') {
+        id = command[2] - '0';
+        command += 3;
+    }
+    // remove separator
+    if (command[0] == '/' || command[0] == '.' || command[0] == '_') {
+        command++;
+    }
+    // return null for empty command
+    if (command[0] == '\0') {
+        return nullptr;
     }
 
-    // extract the hc or wwc number
-    uint8_t start_pos = breakp - p + 1;
-    if (!strncmp(command, "hc", 2) && start_pos == 4) {
-        id = command[start_pos - 2] - '0';
-    } else if (!strncmp(command, "wwc", 3) && start_pos == 5) {
-        id = command[start_pos - 2] - '0' + 8; // wwc1 has id 9
-    } else {
-        id = 0; // special case for extracting the attributes
-        return command;
-    }
-
-    return (command + start_pos);
+    return command;
 }
 
 // calls a command directly
diff --git a/src/dallassensor.cpp b/src/dallassensor.cpp
index a66e070fd..58c15e123 100644
--- a/src/dallassensor.cpp
+++ b/src/dallassensor.cpp
@@ -375,8 +375,20 @@ bool DallasSensor::command_info(const char * value, const int8_t id, JsonObject
 
 // called from emsesp.cpp, similar to the emsdevice->get_value_info
 bool DallasSensor::get_value_info(JsonObject & output, const char * cmd, const int8_t id) {
+    // make a copy of the string command for parsing
+    char command_s[30];
+    strlcpy(command_s, cmd, sizeof(command_s));
+    char * attribute_s = nullptr;
+
+    // check specific attribute to fetch instead of the complete record
+    char * breakp = strchr(command_s, '/');
+    if (breakp) {
+        *breakp     = '\0';
+        attribute_s = breakp + 1;
+    }
+
     for (const auto & sensor : sensors_) {
-        if (strcmp(cmd, sensor.name().c_str()) == 0) {
+        if (strcmp(command_s, sensor.name().c_str()) == 0) {
             output["id"]   = sensor.id();
             output["name"] = sensor.name();
             if (Helpers::hasValue(sensor.temperature_c)) {
@@ -385,8 +397,23 @@ bool DallasSensor::get_value_info(JsonObject & output, const char * cmd, const i
             output["type"]      = F_(number);
             output["min"]       = Helpers::round2(-55, 0, EMSESP::system_.fahrenheit() ? 2 : 0);
             output["max"]       = Helpers::round2(125, 0, EMSESP::system_.fahrenheit() ? 2 : 0);
-            output["unit"]      = EMSdevice::uom_to_string(DeviceValueUOM::DEGREES);
+            output["uom"]       = EMSdevice::uom_to_string(DeviceValueUOM::DEGREES);
             output["writeable"] = false;
+            // if we're filtering on an attribute, go find it
+            if (attribute_s) {
+                if (output.containsKey(attribute_s)) {
+                    JsonVariant data = output[attribute_s];
+                    output.clear();
+                    output["api_data"] = data;
+                    return true;
+                } else {
+                    char error[100];
+                    snprintf(error, sizeof(error), "cannot find attribute %s in entity %s", attribute_s, command_s);
+                    output.clear();
+                    output["message"] = error;
+                    return false;
+                }
+            }
             return true;
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/emsdevice.cpp b/src/emsdevice.cpp
index a1465ee47..29d2759a2 100644
--- a/src/emsdevice.cpp
+++ b/src/emsdevice.cpp
@@ -912,16 +912,13 @@ bool EMSdevice::get_value_info(JsonObject & output, const char * cmd, const int8
     // make a copy of the string command for parsing
     char command_s[30];
     strlcpy(command_s, cmd, sizeof(command_s));
-    char * attribute_s = command_s;
+    char * attribute_s = nullptr;
 
-    // if id=0 then we have a specific attribute to fetch instead of the complete record
-    if (id == 0) {
-        char * p      = command_s;
-        char * breakp = strchr(p, '/');
-        if (breakp) {
-            *breakp     = '\0';
-            attribute_s = breakp + 1;
-        }
+    // check specific attribute to fetch instead of the complete record
+    char * breakp = strchr(command_s, '/');
+    if (breakp) {
+        *breakp     = '\0';
+        attribute_s = breakp + 1;
     }
 
     // search device value with this tag
@@ -1065,8 +1062,8 @@ bool EMSdevice::get_value_info(JsonObject & output, const char * cmd, const int8
                 json[value] = "not set";
             }
 
-            // if id is 0 then we're filtering on an attribute, go find it
-            if (id == 0) {
+            // if we're filtering on an attribute, go find it
+            if (attribute_s) {
 #if defined(EMSESP_DEBUG)
                 EMSESP::logger().debug(F("[DEBUG] Attribute '%s'"), attribute_s);
 #endif