# getDetectionInfo

This method returns useful information about the mental command training or the facial expression training.

## Parameters

| Name      | Type     | Required | Description                                    |
| --------- | -------- | -------- | ---------------------------------------------- |
| detection | `string` | yes      | Must be "mentalCommand" or "facialExpression". |

## Result

The result is an object containing information about the detection you specified in the parameters.

| Name      | Type               | Description                                                                                                                                               |
| --------- | ------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| actions   | `array of strings` | The actions that this detection can detect.                                                                                                               |
| controls  | `array of strings` | The list of the status you can use when you call the [training](/cortex-api/bci/training.md) method.                                                      |
| events    | `array of strings` | The events you can receive in the "sys" [data stream](/cortex-api/data-subscription.md) when you train this detection.                                    |
| signature | `array of strings` | The different types of signature that you can get or set with [facialExpressionSignatureType](/cortex-api/advanced-bci/facialexpressionsignaturetype.md). |

## Examples

### Mental command

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

```javascript
{
    "id": 1,
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "method": "getDetectionInfo",
    "params": {
        "detection": "mentalCommand"
    }
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Response" %}

```javascript
{
    "id": 1,
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "result": {
        "actions": [
            "neutral",
            "push",
            "pull",
            "lift",
            "drop",
            "left",
            "right",
            "rotateLeft",
            "rotateRight",
            "rotateClockwise",
            "rotateCounterClockwise",
            "rotateForwards",
            "rotateReverse",
            "disappear"
        ],
        "controls": [
            "start",
            "accept",
            "reject",
            "erase",
            "reset"
        ],
        "events": [
            "MC_Started",
            "MC_Succeeded",
            "MC_Failed",
            "MC_Completed",
            "MC_DataErased",
            "MC_Rejected",
            "MC_Reset",
            "MC_AutoSamplingNeutralCompleted",
            "MC_SignatureUpdated"
        ],
        "signature": []
    }
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

### Facial expression

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

```javascript
{
    "id": 1,
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "method": "getDetectionInfo",
    "params": {
        "detection": "facialExpression"
    }
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Response" %}

```javascript
{
    "id": 1,
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "result": {
        "actions": [
            "neutral",
            "blink",
            "winkL",
            "winkR",
            "horiEye",
            "surprise",
            "frown",
            "smile",
            "clench",
            "laugh",
            "smirkLeft",
            "smirkRight"
        ],
        "controls": [
            "start",
            "accept",
            "reject",
            "erase",
            "reset"
        ],
        "events": [
            "FE_Started",
            "FE_Succeeded",
            "FE_Failed",
            "FE_Completed",
            "FE_DataErased",
            "FE_Rejected",
            "FE_Reset"
        ],
        "signature": [
            "universal",
            "trained"
        ]
    }
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}


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