# Twitch username given an \_id

**URL:** <https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/twitch-username-given-an--id/6986>\
**Category:** API\
**Created:** [July 28, 2016, 5:32pm UTC](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/twitch-username-given-an--id/6986 "2016-07-28T17:32:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![noemiekpn](https://d1d6mrmdu7ztse.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/noemiekpn/32/1868_2.png) [@noemiekpn](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/noemiekpn)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2016, 5:32pm UTC](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/twitch-username-given-an--id/6986/1 "2016-07-28T17:32:33Z")

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I know we can easily retrieve the user’s \_id if we know his/her usename, but is there an API that does the reverse process?

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**Author:** ![DallasNChains](https://d1d6mrmdu7ztse.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/dallasnchains/32/1608_2.png) [@DallasNChains](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/DallasNChains)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2016, 6:02pm UTC](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/twitch-username-given-an--id/6986/2 "2016-07-28T18:02:09Z")

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No, there isn’t a way to retrieve a user name via the \_id at this time.

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**Author:** ![system](https://d2spem0quai2ol.cloudfront.net/original/2X/0/05909729875cce3b53e59d5561c4d23bb14948fc.png) [@system](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2016, 6:02pm UTC](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/twitch-username-given-an--id/6986/3 "2016-08-27T18:02:19Z")

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