# How to get user id or display name from message? **URL:** \ **Category:** API\ **Created:** [March 10, 2019, 8:27am UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/how-to-get-user-id-or-display-name-from-message/20437 "2019-03-10T08:27:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kimhs5730](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/76d3ee/32.png) [@kimhs5730](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/kimhs5730)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2019, 8:27am UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/how-to-get-user-id-or-display-name-from-message/20437/1 "2019-03-10T08:27:07Z")
I just want to make hello message including the caller’s display name, but I cant find anything useful. How can I get user id or display name from message?? i mean the chatting ---
**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:** [March 10, 2019, 11:07am UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/how-to-get-user-id-or-display-name-from-message/20437/2 "2019-03-10T11:07:59Z")
Sounds like you mean chat DisplayName is in tags > **[Twitch IRC Tags](https://dev.twitch.tv/docs/irc/tags/#privmsg-twitch-tags)** > > 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... ---
**Author:** ![system](https://d2opxh93rbxzdn.cloudfront.net/original/2X/0/05909729875cce3b53e59d5561c4d23bb14948fc.png) [@system](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2019, 11:08am UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/how-to-get-user-id-or-display-name-from-message/20437/3 "2019-04-09T11:08:00Z")
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