# getCellState

**Endpoint:** `POST https://firesim.cs.gsu.edu/api/getCellState`

Returns the current state of a given cell (e.g. "Burning", "Burned", "Unburned").

## Parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Default | Description |
|------|------|----------|---------|-------------|
| `userToken` | string | yes | — | Your simulation token. |
| `x` | integer | yes | — | Row to query. |
| `y` | integer | yes | — | Column to query. |

## Responses

### HTTP 200

State of the cell. Observed: after_sim. Returns 500 before runSimulation; 200 after simulation with values like `unburned`, `Burning`, or `Burned`. Observed: after_sim. Returns 500 before runSimulation; 200 after simulation with values like `unburned`, `Burning`, or `Burned`.

**Example:**

```json
"unburned"
```

### HTTP 500

Internal server error (Spring JSON). Returned when `userToken` is missing or invalid — the server cannot locate the simulation instance for that token.

**Example:**

```json
{
  "timestamp": "2026-05-20T16:41:14.306+00:00",
  "status": 500,
  "error": "Internal Server Error",
  "path": "/api/getCellState"
}
```

## Examples

### Python

```python
import requests

base_url: str = "https://firesim.cs.gsu.edu/api/getCellState/"

params: dict[str, int | str] = {
    "userToken": "abc123xyz",
    "x": 80,
    "y": 80,
}

response = requests.post(base_url, params=params)
print(response.text)
```

### JavaScript

```javascript
/** @type {string} */
const BASE_URL = "https://firesim.cs.gsu.edu/api/getCellState/";
const params = {
  userToken: "abc123xyz",
  x: 80,
  y: 80,
};

const url = new URL(BASE_URL);
Object.entries(params).forEach(([k, v]) => url.searchParams.set(k, v));

fetch(url.toString(), { method: "POST" })
  .then(res => res.text())
  .then(console.log);
```

### cURL

```bash
BASE_URL="https://firesim.cs.gsu.edu/api/getCellState/"

curl -s -X POST \
  -G --data-urlencode "userToken=abc123xyz" \
  -G --data-urlencode "x=80" \
  -G --data-urlencode "y=80" \
  "$BASE_URL"
```

### Java

```java
import java.net.URI;
import java.net.http.*;

String BASE_URL = "https://firesim.cs.gsu.edu/api/getCellState/";

String queryString =
    "userToken=abc123xyz" + "&" +
    "x=80" + "&" +
    "y=80";
HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
    .uri(URI.create(BASE_URL + "?" + queryString))
    .POST(HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.noBody())
    .build();
HttpResponse<String> response =
    HttpClient.newHttpClient().send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
System.out.println(response.body());
```

### Go

```go
import (
    "fmt"
    "io"
    "net/http"
    "net/url"
)

baseURL := "https://firesim.cs.gsu.edu/api/getCellState/"

params := url.Values{}
params.Set("userToken", "abc123xyz")
params.Set("x", "80")
params.Set("y", "80")

resp, _ := http.PostForm(baseURL, params)
defer resp.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
```

### Rust

```rust
use reqwest::blocking::Client;

let base_url = "https://firesim.cs.gsu.edu/api/getCellState/";
let params = vec![
    ("userToken", "abc123xyz"),
    ("x", "80"),
    ("y", "80"),
];

let client = Client::new();
let response = client.post(base_url).query(&params).send().unwrap();
println!("{}", response.text().unwrap());
```