# How can i get display-name about chat?

**URL:** <https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/how-can-i-get-display-name-about-chat/45198>\
**Category:** Chat and IRC\
**Created:** [April 18, 2023, 6:57am UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/how-can-i-get-display-name-about-chat/45198 "2023-04-18T06:57:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![seia1030](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@seia1030](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/seia1030)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 6:57am UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/how-can-i-get-display-name-about-chat/45198/1 "2023-04-18T06:57:49Z")

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I’ve been getting real-time chat via PRIVMSG using a websocket, can I get the display-name of the person who entered the chat here?

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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:** [April 18, 2023, 8:19am UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/how-can-i-get-display-name-about-chat/45198/2 "2023-04-18T08:19:17Z")

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That would be the ‘display-name’ tag in the PRIVMSG

> **[Twitch IRC Tags](https://dev.twitch.tv/docs/irc/tags/#privmsg-tags)**
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> Twitch IRC Tags Most IRC messages provide enough information that you can figure out what happened. For example, in the following PRIVMSG message, you know that user abc posted HeyGuys in the xyz channel. :abc!abc@abc.tmi.twitch.tv PRIVMSG #xyz...

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**Author:** ![seia1030](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@seia1030](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/seia1030)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 1:20am UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/how-can-i-get-display-name-about-chat/45198/3 "2023-04-19T01:20:12Z")

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thank you for reply!

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**Author:** ![system](https://d2opxh93rbxzdn.cloudfront.net/original/2X/0/05909729875cce3b53e59d5561c4d23bb14948fc.png) [@system](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2023, 1:20am UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/how-can-i-get-display-name-about-chat/45198/4 "2023-05-19T01:20:51Z")

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Closed on May 19, 2023, 1:20am UTC

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