# getPresentationResult()

Check the outcome of a placement without presenting a paywall.

Purpose [#purpose]

Retrieves the presentation result for a placement without presenting the paywall. Call this when you need to know whether a placement would show a paywall, send the user to a holdout, or fail due to missing configuration before you decide how to render UI.

Signature [#signature]

Hook usage:

```ts
const { getPresentationResult } = useSuperwall()

await getPresentationResult(
  placement: string,
  params?: Record<string, any>
): Promise<PresentationResult>
```

Compat API usage:

```ts
import Superwall from "expo-superwall/compat"

await Superwall.getPresentationResult({
  placement: string,
  params?: Map<string, any>
}): Promise<PresentationResult>
```

Both variants return a promise that resolves to a `PresentationResult` object from `expo-superwall/compat`.

Parameters [#parameters]

<TypeTable
  type="{
  placement: {
    type: &#x22;string&#x22;,
    description: &#x22;Placement to evaluate. Always await `Superwall.configure` before calling.&#x22;,
    required: true,
  },
  params: {
    type: &#x22;Record<string, any> or Map<string, any>&#x22;,
    description: &#x22;Optional parameters that feed audience filters. Keys beginning with `$` are reserved and removed. Nested maps or arrays are not supported.&#x22;,
    default: &#x22;omitted&#x22;,
  },
}"
/>

Returns / State [#returns--state]

The promise resolves to one of the `PresentationResult` subclasses exported from `expo-superwall/compat`:

<TypeTable
  type="{
  PresentationResultPaywall: {
    type: &#x22;PresentationResultPaywall&#x22;,
    description: &#x22;A paywall would be shown. Includes an experiment field (id, groupId, etc.).&#x22;,
  },
  PresentationResultHoldout: {
    type: &#x22;PresentationResultHoldout&#x22;,
    description: &#x22;The user is placed in a holdout for the experiment.&#x22;,
  },
  PresentationResultNoAudienceMatch: {
    type: &#x22;PresentationResultNoAudienceMatch&#x22;,
    description: &#x22;No matching audience rules.&#x22;,
  },
  PresentationResultPlacementNotFound: {
    type: &#x22;PresentationResultPlacementNotFound&#x22;,
    description: &#x22;The placement name is not attached to any campaign.&#x22;,
  },
  PresentationResultUserIsSubscribed: {
    type: &#x22;PresentationResultUserIsSubscribed&#x22;,
    description: &#x22;The SDK determined the user is already active, so no paywall will show.&#x22;,
  },
  PresentationResultPaywallNotAvailable: {
    type: &#x22;PresentationResultPaywallNotAvailable&#x22;,
    description: &#x22;The paywall could not be displayed (no activity, already showing, offline, etc.).&#x22;,
  },
}"
/>

If configuration fails or the native module throws, the promise rejects—catch and handle these errors as you would any async call.

Usage [#usage]

```tsx
import {
  PresentationResultPaywall,
  PresentationResultHoldout,
  PresentationResultNoAudienceMatch,
  PresentationResultPlacementNotFound,
} from "expo-superwall/compat"
import { useSuperwall } from "expo-superwall"

export function FeatureGate() {
  const { getPresentationResult } = useSuperwall()

  const checkAccess = async () => {
    const result = await getPresentationResult("premium_feature", { source: "settings" })

    if (result instanceof PresentationResultPaywall) {
      setExperiment(result.experiment)
      setState("locked")
    } else if (result instanceof PresentationResultHoldout) {
      setState("holdout")
    } else if (result instanceof PresentationResultNoAudienceMatch) {
      unlockFeature()
    } else if (result instanceof PresentationResultPlacementNotFound) {
      console.warn("Placement missing from dashboard")
    } else {
      fallbackFlow()
    }
  }

  return <Button title="Check access" onPress={checkAccess} />
}
```

```tsx
import Superwall, {
  PresentationResultPaywall,
  PresentationResultPaywallNotAvailable,
} from "expo-superwall/compat"

async function inspectPlacement() {
  const result = await Superwall.getPresentationResult({
    placement: "premium_feature",
    params: new Map([["source", "home"]]),
  })

  if (result instanceof PresentationResultPaywallNotAvailable) {
    // Show offline UI
    return
  }

  if (result instanceof PresentationResultPaywall) {
    console.log("Experiment group:", result.experiment.groupId)
  }
}
```

Related [#related]

* [`useSuperwall`](/docs/expo/sdk-reference/hooks/useSuperwall) – Provides the hook variant shown above.
* [`SuperwallProvider`](/docs/expo/sdk-reference/components/SuperwallProvider) – Configure the SDK before calling this method.
* [Feature gating quickstart](/docs/expo/quickstart/feature-gating) – Shows the full flow of gating UI with placements.