---
title: node
framework: spritekit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: spritekit/skphysicsbody/node
---

# node

The node that this body is connected to.

## Declaration

```swift
weak var node: SKNode? { get }
```

## Discussion

Discussion You associate the body with a node by assigning it to the physicsBody property of the SKNode object. If the body is not associated with a node, the value is nil.