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id: f72c466c-b0d3-489f-a981-1126495b338a
title: getMemberState
slug: /node/reference/chat/client/get-member-state
description: getMemberState method for the Client class.
max-toc-depth: 3
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### getMemberState

* **getMemberState**(`params`): `Promise<\{ channels: Record<string, ChatChannelState> \}>`

Returns the states of a member in the specified channels.

#### Parameters

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

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

  <ParamField path="memberId" type="string" required>
    ID of the member for which to get the state.
  </ParamField>
</Indent>

#### Returns

`Promise<{ channels: Record<string, ChatChannelState> }>`

A promise that resolves to an object containing the states of the member in the specified channels.

#### Example

In this example, we fetch the state of the member `User1` in the channel
`channel1` 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.

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

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