# Feature Request: Add login name field to get stream /helix/streams

**URL:** <https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/feature-request-add-login-name-field-to-get-stream-helix-streams/24247>\
**Category:** Migration\
**Created:** [February 25, 2020, 8:15pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/feature-request-add-login-name-field-to-get-stream-helix-streams/24247 "2020-02-25T20:15:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nifty255](https://d3ovvz0v2ajtpu.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.dev.twitch.com/nifty255/32/2449_2.png) [@Nifty255](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/Nifty255)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2020, 8:15pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/feature-request-add-login-name-field-to-get-stream-helix-streams/24247/1 "2020-02-25T20:15:24Z")

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Currently, `/helix/streams` contains `user_id` and `user_name` which is their display name, but display names are often useless for joining their IRC chat room due to character differences between a login name and a display name. Please add `user_login`, to the stream object in this endpoint.

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**Author:** ![BarryCarlyon](https://d3ovvz0v2ajtpu.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.dev.twitch.com/barrycarlyon/32/253_2.png) [@BarryCarlyon](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/BarryCarlyon)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2020, 8:21pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/feature-request-add-login-name-field-to-get-stream-helix-streams/24247/2 "2020-02-25T20:21:08Z")

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> <https://github.com/twitchdev/issues/issues/3>
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> \*\*Brief description\*\*
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> Streams API returns the \`user\_name\` as the users \`displ…ay\_name\` instead.
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> Meaning for people building a embed from an API lookup either parse the thumbnail URL for the username, or call the users API to get the correct login name for the embed.
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> This is particularly a problem for "Korean" Streamers
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> For example
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> https://api.twitch.tv/helix/streams?user\_id=139470326
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> Which returns the user\_name as \`한동숙\` which is not valid for building a embed or channel URL
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> \*\*How to reproduce\*\*
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> Call https://api.twitch.tv/helix/streams?user\_login=cohhcarnage
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> \*\*Expected behavior\*\*
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> Return "cohhcarnage" as the user\_name instead of "CohhCarnage"
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> And/or extend the endpoint to return both

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**Author:** ![Nifty255](https://d3ovvz0v2ajtpu.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.dev.twitch.com/nifty255/32/2449_2.png) [@Nifty255](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/Nifty255)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2020, 10:06pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/feature-request-add-login-name-field-to-get-stream-helix-streams/24247/3 "2020-02-25T22:06:45Z")

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Thank you for your reply. My team and I have implemented the workaround suggested in the issue in the meantime. If possible, I’d like to request a notification when the issue is resolved.

Thanks,

Ben/Nifty

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**Author:** ![BarryCarlyon](https://d3ovvz0v2ajtpu.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.dev.twitch.com/barrycarlyon/32/253_2.png) [@BarryCarlyon](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/BarryCarlyon)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2020, 10:20pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/feature-request-add-login-name-field-to-get-stream-helix-streams/24247/4 "2020-02-25T22:20:09Z")

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Errr no idea how that can be delivered to you.

You’d have to keep an eye on the github.

And This has been a _long_ standing issue with Helix and it’s not be confirmed as a bug or a feature.

Also i don’t see a workaround in the issue so not sure what you refer to when you say workaround. (The accepted work around is to take the userID and perfrom a lookup against the Users API)

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**Author:** ![Nifty255](https://d3ovvz0v2ajtpu.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.dev.twitch.com/nifty255/32/2449_2.png) [@Nifty255](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/Nifty255)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2020, 6:47pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/feature-request-add-login-name-field-to-get-stream-helix-streams/24247/5 "2020-02-26T18:47:08Z")

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The workaround referenced in the issue is to find the login name in the thumbnail URL:

“Meaning for people building a embed from an API lookup either parse the thumbnail URL for the username, or call the users API to get the correct login name for the embed.”

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**Author:** ![BarryCarlyon](https://d3ovvz0v2ajtpu.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.dev.twitch.com/barrycarlyon/32/253_2.png) [@BarryCarlyon](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/BarryCarlyon)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2020, 6:47pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/feature-request-add-login-name-field-to-get-stream-helix-streams/24247/6 "2020-02-26T18:47:49Z")

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oh yeah 😃 Couldn’t see the wood for the trees!