# How to find state?

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**Category:** OAuth/OIDC\
**Tags:** api\
**Created:** [August 24, 2021, 12:33pm UTC](https://devforum.okta.com/t/how-to-find-state/15664 "2021-08-24T12:33:33Z")\
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Per the documentation, [OpenID Connect & OAuth 2.0 API | Okta Developer](https://developer.okta.com/docs/reference/api/oidc/#request-parameters), this is the description of the state parameter.

> **state**  
> A value to be returned in the token. The client application can use it to remember the state of its interaction with the end user at the time of the authentication call. It can contain alphanumeric, comma, period, underscore, and hyphen characters.

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