# getCurrentProfile

This method returns the training profile that is currently loaded for a specific headset.

## Parameters

| Name        | Type     | Required | Description                                                                     |
| ----------- | -------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| cortexToken | `string` | yes      | A token returned by [authorize](/cortex-api/authentication/authorize.md).       |
| headset     | `string` | yes      | A headset id returned by [queryHeadsets](/cortex-api/headset/queryheadsets.md). |

## Result

The result is an object containing these fields:

| Name            | Type      | Description                                                                                                                                                                           |
| --------------- | --------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| name            | `string`  | The name of the loaded profile, or `null` if no profile was loaded for this headset.                                                                                                  |
| loadedByThisApp | `boolean` | <p><code>true</code> if the profile was loaded by your application, <code>false</code> if it was loaded by another application.</p><p><em>This field was added in Cortex 2.1</em></p> |

## Examples

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Request" %}

```javascript
{
    "id": 1,
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "method": "getCurrentProfile",
    "params": {
        "cortexToken": "xxx",
        "headset": "EPOCPLUS-12341234"
    }
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Response" %}

```javascript
{
    "id": 1,
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "result": {
        "name": "my profile",
        "loadedByThisApp": true
    }
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}


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