> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://formbricks.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Get Contact State

> Retrieves a contact's state including their segments, displays, responses and other tracking information. If the contact doesn't exist, it will be created.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-v2-reference/openapi.yml get /client/{environmentId}/identify/contacts/{userId}
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Formbricks API
  description: Manage Formbricks resources programmatically.
  version: 2.0.0
servers:
  - url: https://app.formbricks.com/api/v2
    description: Formbricks Cloud
security:
  - apiKeyAuth: []
tags:
  - name: Health
    description: Operations for checking critical application dependencies health status.
  - name: Roles
    description: Operations for managing roles.
  - name: Me
    description: Operations for managing your API key.
  - name: Management API - Responses
    description: Operations for managing responses.
  - name: Management API - Contacts
    description: Operations for managing contacts.
  - name: Management API - Contact Attributes
    description: Operations for managing contact attributes.
  - name: Management API - Contact Attribute Keys
    description: Operations for managing contact attribute keys.
  - name: Management API - Surveys
    description: Operations for managing surveys.
  - name: Management API - Surveys - Contact Links
    description: Operations for generating personalized survey links for contacts.
  - name: Management API - Webhooks
    description: Operations for managing webhooks.
  - name: Organizations API - Teams
    description: Operations for managing teams.
  - name: Organizations API - Project Teams
    description: Operations for managing project teams.
  - name: Organizations API - Users
    description: Operations for managing users.
paths:
  /client/{environmentId}/identify/contacts/{userId}:
    get:
      tags:
        - Client API - Contacts
      summary: Get Contact State
      description: >-
        Retrieves a contact's state including their segments, displays,
        responses and other tracking information. If the contact doesn't exist,
        it will be created.
      parameters:
        - in: path
          name: environmentId
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
        - in: path
          name: userId
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              example:
                userId: user123
                state: active
              schema:
                type: object
          description: OK
      security: []
      servers:
        - url: https://app.formbricks.com/api/v2
          description: Formbricks Client
components:
  securitySchemes:
    apiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: x-api-key
      description: Use your Formbricks x-api-key to authenticate.

````