Get user name from user id?

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1

Is it possible to get more data about the user from their opaque id (or if necessary their regular id)? I need a user handle / user name.

2

No it’s Opaque.

Yes, if you have identity sharing enabled and the user shares their identity you then have the users Twitch ID, which you can then use against the API

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4

Please don’t confuse OP with a feature request… on a help request

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5

You can get the name easily by using the module twitch-api-v5

var api = require('twitch-api-v5');
 
api.clientID = 'Twitch app client-id';
 
api.users.userByID({ userID: '12826' }, (err, res) => {
    if(err) {
        console.log(err);
    } else {
        console.log(res);
        /* Example response
        {
            display_name: 'Twitch',
            _id: '12826',
            name: 'twitch',
            type: 'user',
            ...
        }
        */
    }
});
6

You can’t if you don’t have the user sharing their TwitchID to start with. As per my original reply to OP.

And I also linked to the relevant Docs in my original Reply

7

Good point. Sorry. Post deleted.