# Webchat now shows username as "display\_name"

**URL:** <https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/webchat-now-shows-username-as-display-name/2141>\
**Category:** Chat and IRC\
**Created:** [April 30, 2015, 1:54pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/webchat-now-shows-username-as-display-name/2141 "2015-04-30T13:54:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![kutu](https://d3ovvz0v2ajtpu.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.dev.twitch.com/kutu/32/18040_2.png) [@kutu](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/kutu)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 1:54pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/webchat-now-shows-username-as-display-name/2141/1 "2015-04-30T13:54:50Z")

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instead of just first capital letter, webchat now shows usernames as “dislpay\_name” from kraken api

how can we get the same via irc, cause i dont see any requests going to twitch api when new messages appear

is there any new option like “twitchclient 3” in irc

thx

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**Author:** ![BatedUrGonnaDie](https://d3ovvz0v2ajtpu.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.dev.twitch.com/batedurgonnadie/32/125_2.png) [@BatedUrGonnaDie](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/BatedUrGonnaDie)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 2:42pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/webchat-now-shows-username-as-display-name/2141/2 "2015-04-30T14:42:46Z")

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Display name is included with messages in the tags under the display-name key. To get the tags you need to request the tags capabilities with `CAP REQUEST: twitch.tv/tags`

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**Author:** ![kutu](https://d3ovvz0v2ajtpu.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.dev.twitch.com/kutu/32/18040_2.png) [@kutu](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/kutu)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 3:23pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/webchat-now-shows-username-as-display-name/2141/3 "2015-04-30T15:23:36Z")

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thank you very much, this much more useful than `twitchclient 3`

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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 30, 2015, 3:23pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/webchat-now-shows-username-as-display-name/2141/4 "2015-05-30T15:23:59Z")

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