## Get State by State ID

**get** `/states/{state_id}`

Get a state by its unique state ID.

### Path Parameters

- `state_id: string`

### Returns

- `State object { id, agent_id, created_at, 3 more }`

  Represents a state in the agent system. A state is associated uniquely with a task and an agent.

  This entity is used to store states in MongoDB, with each state
  associated with a specific task and agent. The combination of task_id and agent_id is globally unique.

  The state is a dictionary of arbitrary data.

  - `id: string`

    The task state's unique id

  - `agent_id: string`

  - `created_at: string`

    The timestamp when the state was created

  - `state: map[unknown]`

  - `task_id: string`

  - `updated_at: optional string`

    The timestamp when the state was last updated

### Example

```http
curl http://localhost:5003/states/$STATE_ID \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $AGENTEX_SDK_API_KEY"
```

#### Response

```json
{
  "id": "id",
  "agent_id": "agent_id",
  "created_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
  "state": {
    "foo": "bar"
  },
  "task_id": "task_id",
  "updated_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z"
}
```