---
title: "get component name · RUAL Documentation"
description: "Grabs the current component name of the component"
canonical: https://docs.rual.nl/block-types/state actions/state_component_name
language: en
---

# get component name

This block is part of the [`state actions`](https://docs.rual.nl/block-types/state%20actions) group and was last modified in core [`v13.0.6`](https://docs.rual.nl/core-versions/130006).

Grabs the current component name of the component

- component required `state`

- name `value` Returns the currents component frontend name

A typical wiring for [get component name](https://docs.rual.nl/block-types/state%20actions/state_component_name): the `name` out pin feeds [convert to uppercase](https://docs.rual.nl/block-types/value/value_to_uppercase).

![Studio canvas example for the get component name block: typical wiring for get component name.](https://docs.rual.nl/canvas-examples/state_component_name.png)

### Version history

Introduced in [`v13.0.6`](https://docs.rual.nl/core-versions/130006).