diff --git a/dlt/sources/rest_api/config_setup.py b/dlt/sources/rest_api/config_setup.py
index 2a3a7438aa..ee03fd9f2f 100644
--- a/dlt/sources/rest_api/config_setup.py
+++ b/dlt/sources/rest_api/config_setup.py
@@ -625,26 +625,38 @@ def remove_field(response: Response, *args, **kwargs) -> Response:
 
 
 def _extract_expressions(
-    template_string: Union[str, Dict], prefix: str = ""
+    template: Union[str, Dict],
+    prefix: str = "",
 ) -> List[str]:
     """Takes a template string and extracts expressions that start with a prefix.
     Args:
-        template_string (str): A string with expressions to extract
+        template (str): A string with expressions to extract
         prefix (str): A string that marks the beginning of an expression
     Example:
         >>> _extract_expressions("blog/{resources.blog.id}/comments", "resources.")
         ["resources.blog.id"]
     """
 
-    # to use a dict with Formatter.parse we need to add curly brackets
-    if isinstance(template_string, dict):
-        template_string = "{" + json.dumps(template_string) + "}"
-
-    return [
-        field_name
-        for _, field_name, _, _ in string.Formatter().parse(template_string)
-        if field_name and field_name.startswith(prefix)
-    ]
+    expressions = set()
+
+    def recursive_search(value):
+        if isinstance(value, dict):
+            for key, val in value.items():
+                recursive_search(key)
+                recursive_search(val)
+        elif isinstance(value, list):
+            for item in value:
+                recursive_search(item)
+        elif isinstance(value, str):
+            e = [
+                field_name
+                for _, field_name, _, _ in string.Formatter().parse(value)
+                if field_name and field_name.startswith(prefix)
+            ]
+            expressions.update(e)
+
+    recursive_search(template)
+    return list(expressions)
 
 
 def _expressions_to_resolved_params(expressions: List[str]) -> List[ResolvedParam]:
diff --git a/tests/sources/rest_api/conftest.py b/tests/sources/rest_api/conftest.py
index ba4bb6880f..ed09e59171 100644
--- a/tests/sources/rest_api/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/sources/rest_api/conftest.py
@@ -195,10 +195,16 @@ def posts_with_results_key(request, context):
         @router.post(r"/posts/search_by_id$")
         def search_posts_by_id(request, context):
             body = request.json()
-            print(body)
             post_id = body.get("post_id", 0)
-            print(post_id)
-            return {"id": int(post_id), "body": f"Post body {post_id}"}
+            title = body.get("more", {}).get("title", 0)
+
+            more_array = body.get("more_array", [])[0]
+            return {
+                "id": int(post_id),
+                "title": title,
+                "body": f"Post body {post_id}",
+                "more": f"More is equale to id: {more_array}",
+            }
 
         @router.post(r"/posts/search$")
         def search_posts(request, context):
diff --git a/tests/sources/rest_api/integration/test_offline.py b/tests/sources/rest_api/integration/test_offline.py
index 77b6f6c5af..7c380fc5a2 100644
--- a/tests/sources/rest_api/integration/test_offline.py
+++ b/tests/sources/rest_api/integration/test_offline.py
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ def test_load_mock_api_with_query_params(mock_api_server):
         full_refresh=True,
     )
 
-    mock_source = rest_api_source(
+    mock_source: RESTAPIConfig = rest_api_source(
         {
             "client": {"base_url": "https://api.example.com"},
             "resources": [
@@ -244,14 +244,14 @@ def test_load_mock_api_with_json_resolved_with_implicit_param(mock_api_server):
                         "method": "POST",
                         "json": {
                             "post_id": "{resources.posts.id}",
+                            "limit": 5,
+                            "more": {
+                                "title": "{resources.posts.title}",
+                            },
+                            "more_array": [
+                                "{resources.posts.id}",
+                            ],
                         },
-                        # "params": {
-                        #     "posts__id": {
-                        #         "type": "resolve",
-                        #         "resource": "posts",
-                        #         "field": "id",
-                        #     }
-                        # },
                     },
                 },
             ],
@@ -287,6 +287,18 @@ def test_load_mock_api_with_json_resolved_with_implicit_param(mock_api_server):
         [f"Post body {i}" for i in range(25)],
     )
 
+    assert_query_data(
+        pipeline,
+        f"SELECT title FROM {posts_details_table} ORDER BY id limit 25",
+        [f"Post {i}" for i in range(25)],
+    )
+
+    assert_query_data(
+        pipeline,
+        f"SELECT more FROM {posts_details_table} ORDER BY id limit 25",
+        [f"More is equale to id: {i}" for i in range(25)],
+    )
+
 
 def test_source_with_post_request(mock_api_server):
     class JSONBodyPageCursorPaginator(BaseReferencePaginator):