# API How to retrieve state field value

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**Created:** [August 29, 2025, 4:56pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/api-how-to-retrieve-state-field-value/9500 "2025-08-29T16:56:44Z")\
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The workflow field is not a ‘primitive’ field where you query its value, so you need to specify which property - typically its name - that you wish to return. Check out the guide I linked to, and this [other topic](https://community.fibery.io/t/accessing-workflow-via-api/1390).

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