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id: 49dc51c9-f728-4327-a8bb-3bbc8bbd3ec9
title: setMemberState
slug: /node/reference/chat/client/set-member-state
description: setMemberState method for the Client class.
max-toc-depth: 3
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### setMemberState

* **setMemberState**(`params`): `Promise<void>`

Sets a state object for a member, for the specified channels. The previous state object will be completely replaced.

#### Parameters

<ParamField path="params" type="object" required>
  Object containing the parameters of the method.
</ParamField>

<Indent>
  <ParamField path="channels" type="string | string[]" required>
    Channels for which to set the state.
  </ParamField>

  <ParamField path="memberId" type="string" required>
    Id of the member to affect.
  </ParamField>

  <ParamField path="state" type="Record<any, any>" required>
    The state to set. There are no requirements on the content of the state.
  </ParamField>
</Indent>

#### Returns

`Promise<void>`

#### Example

In this example, we set the state of the member `User1` in the channel `channel1` to
`{ online: true, typing: false }`.
We then fetch the state of the member and print it to the console.

```js
import { SignalWire } from "@signalwire/realtime-api";

const client = await SignalWire({ project: "ProjectID Here", token: "Token Here" })

const chatClient = client.chat;

let usesId = 'User1'; // Assumes a member with this id already exists and has joined the channel.

// set the member state
await chatClient.setMemberState({
  memberId: usesId,
  channels: "channel1", // or a list of channels like: ["channel1", "channel2"]
  state: {
    online: true,
    typing: false,
  }
});

// get the member state
const s = await chatClient.getMemberState({
  channels: "channel1", // or a list of channels like: ["channel1", "channel2"]
  memberId: usesId,
});

// print the state
console.log(`The state of ${usesId} is: ${JSON.stringify(s.channels.channel1.state, null, 2)}`);
```