# Quick and dirty way to check if a user is a subscriber/mod if tags aren't given? **URL:** \ **Category:** API\ **Created:** [August 14, 2017, 11:38pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/quick-and-dirty-way-to-check-if-a-user-is-a-subscriber-mod-if-tags-arent-given/11422 "2017-08-14T23:38:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 6
**Author:** ![Alca](https://d3ovvz0v2ajtpu.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.dev.twitch.com/alca/32/2783_2.png) [@Alca](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/Alca)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2017, 3:15am UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/quick-and-dirty-way-to-check-if-a-user-is-a-subscriber-mod-if-tags-arent-given/11422/6 "2017-08-15T03:15:13Z")
Here’s what you need: > [@Finding mod status](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/finding-mod-status/11334/2): > > There is an undocumented Kraken endpoint that will be useful to you: [https://api.twitch.tv/kraken/users/:user\_id/chat/channels/:channel\_id?api\_version=5](https://api.twitch.tv/kraken/users/:user_id/chat/channels/:channel_id?api_version=5) For example: Alca in ScufJumpn’s channel. [https://api.twitch.tv/kraken/users/7676884/chat/channels/64284181?api\_version=5](https://api.twitch.tv/kraken/users/7676884/chat/channels/64284181?api_version=5) { "\_id": "7676884", "login": "alca", "display\_name": "Alca", "color": "#177DE3", "is\_verified\_bot": true, // This won't be true for most users. "badges": [ { "id": "moderator", "version": "1" }, { … --- _[View the full topic](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/quick-and-dirty-way-to-check-if-a-user-is-a-subscriber-mod-if-tags-arent-given/11422)._