Python - Get Discord user ID from username

Python - Get Discord user ID from username

Getting a Discord user's ID from their username using Python requires interacting with the Discord API. To do this, you typically use a library like discord.py. However, it's important to note that due to privacy and security reasons, Discord does not allow you to directly fetch a user's ID based solely on their username.

Discord identifies users uniquely using a combination of username and discriminator (the 4-digit number following the username, e.g., username#1234). Even with this, the API generally requires more context, like being in the same server as the user, to fetch their details.

Here's a basic example of how you might attempt to fetch a user's ID given you have the username and discriminator, and you share a server with the user. First, you need to set up a Discord bot and add it to your server.

Step 1: Install discord.py

Install the discord.py library if you haven't already. Run this command in your terminal:

pip install discord.py

Step 2: Sample Code to Get User ID

Here's an example script to get a user ID. This script assumes that the bot is part of the server where the user is, and you know both the username and the discriminator:

import discord import asyncio client = discord.Client() @client.event async def on_ready(): print(f'Logged in as {client.user}') # Replace 'username' and '1234' with the actual username and discriminator username = 'username' discriminator = '1234' # Searching for the user in all the servers the bot is part of for guild in client.guilds: for member in guild.members: if member.name == username and member.discriminator == discriminator: print(f'User ID of {username}#{discriminator} is {member.id}') return print(f'User {username}#{discriminator} not found in any of the servers.') client.run('your-bot-token')

In this script:

  • Replace 'your-bot-token' with your actual Discord bot token.
  • Replace 'username' and '1234' with the username and discriminator of the user whose ID you want to find.

Important Notes:

  • Your bot needs to be a member of the server where the user you're looking for is also a member.
  • The bot needs proper permissions to view the member list of the server.
  • Discord's privacy policy and API terms must be followed. Using a bot to track or scrape user data without consent can be considered a violation of these terms.
  • The username and discriminator combination is not guaranteed to be unique across all of Discord, only within a single server.
  • This script will only print the ID and stop. You might want to modify it for your specific use case.

  1. Python Discord API get user ID by username:

    import discord from discord.ext import commands # Replace 'YOUR_BOT_TOKEN' with your bot token bot = commands.Bot(command_prefix='!') @bot.event async def on_ready(): print(f'Bot connected as {bot.user.name}') @bot.command() async def get_user_id(ctx, username): user = discord.utils.get(bot.users, name=username) if user: await ctx.send(f"The user ID for {username} is {user.id}") else: await ctx.send(f"User {username} not found.") bot.run('YOUR_BOT_TOKEN')

    Description: This Discord.py bot command allows you to get the user ID by providing a username.

  2. Discord.py get user ID from username in Python:

    import discord from discord.ext import commands # Replace 'YOUR_BOT_TOKEN' with your bot token bot = commands.Bot(command_prefix='!') @bot.event async def on_ready(): print(f'Bot connected as {bot.user.name}') @bot.command() async def get_user_id(ctx, username): user = discord.utils.get(bot.users, name=username) if user: await ctx.send(f"The user ID for {username} is {user.id}") else: await ctx.send(f"User {username} not found.") bot.run('YOUR_BOT_TOKEN')

    Description: This Discord.py bot command retrieves the user ID based on the provided username.

  3. Retrieve Discord user ID using Python script:

    import discord from discord.ext import commands # Replace 'YOUR_BOT_TOKEN' with your bot token bot = commands.Bot(command_prefix='!') @bot.event async def on_ready(): print(f'Bot connected as {bot.user.name}') @bot.command() async def get_user_id(ctx, username): user = discord.utils.get(bot.users, name=username) if user: await ctx.send(f"The user ID for {username} is {user.id}") else: await ctx.send(f"User {username} not found.") bot.run('YOUR_BOT_TOKEN')

    Description: This Python script, utilizing Discord.py, allows you to retrieve a Discord user ID based on the provided username.

  4. Discord API search user ID by username in Python:

    import requests # Replace 'YOUR_BOT_TOKEN' with your bot token bot_token = 'YOUR_BOT_TOKEN' username = 'desired_username' headers = { 'Authorization': f'Bot {bot_token}', } response = requests.get(f'https://discord.com/api/v10/users/{username}', headers=headers) if response.status_code == 200: user_id = response.json()['id'] print(f"The user ID for {username} is {user_id}") else: print(f"User {username} not found.")

    Description: This Python script uses the Discord API to search for a user ID based on the provided username.

  5. Discord bot get user ID from username using Python:

    import discord from discord.ext import commands # Replace 'YOUR_BOT_TOKEN' with your bot token bot = commands.Bot(command_prefix='!') @bot.event async def on_ready(): print(f'Bot connected as {bot.user.name}') @bot.command() async def get_user_id(ctx, username): user = discord.utils.get(bot.users, name=username) if user: await ctx.send(f"The user ID for {username} is {user.id}") else: await ctx.send(f"User {username} not found.") bot.run('YOUR_BOT_TOKEN')

    Description: This Discord.py bot command allows you to get the user ID by providing a username.

  6. Python Discord library find user ID by username:

    import discord from discord.ext import commands # Replace 'YOUR_BOT_TOKEN' with your bot token bot = commands.Bot(command_prefix='!') @bot.event async def on_ready(): print(f'Bot connected as {bot.user.name}') @bot.command() async def get_user_id(ctx, username): user = discord.utils.get(bot.users, name=username) if user: await ctx.send(f"The user ID for {username} is {user.id}") else: await ctx.send(f"User {username} not found.") bot.run('YOUR_BOT_TOKEN')

    Description: This Discord.py bot command finds the user ID by providing a username.

  7. Get Discord user ID by username using Python script:

    import discord from discord.ext import commands # Replace 'YOUR_BOT_TOKEN' with your bot token bot = commands.Bot(command_prefix='!') @bot.event async def on_ready(): print(f'Bot connected as {bot.user.name}') @bot.command() async def get_user_id(ctx, username): user = discord.utils.get(bot.users, name=username) if user: await ctx.send(f"The user ID for {username} is {user.id}") else: await ctx.send(f"User {username} not found.") bot.run('YOUR_BOT_TOKEN')

    Description: This Discord.py bot command allows you to get the user ID by providing a username.

  8. Discord API Python search user by name and get ID:

    import requests # Replace 'YOUR_BOT_TOKEN' with your bot token bot_token = 'YOUR_BOT_TOKEN' username = 'desired_username' headers = { 'Authorization': f'Bot {bot_token}', } response = requests.get(f'https://discord.com/api/v10/users/{username}', headers=headers) if response.status_code == 200: user_id = response.json()['id'] print(f"The user ID for {username} is {user_id}") else: print(f"User {username} not found.")

    Description: This Python script uses the Discord API to search for a user ID based on the provided username.

  9. Discord.py get user ID from username and discriminator:

    import discord from discord.ext import commands # Replace 'YOUR_BOT_TOKEN' with your bot token bot = commands.Bot(command_prefix='!') @bot.event async def on_ready(): print(f'Bot connected as {bot.user.name}') @bot.command() async def get_user_id(ctx, username, discriminator): user = discord.utils.get(bot.users, name=username, discriminator=discriminator) if user: await ctx.send(f"The user ID for {username}#{discriminator} is {user.id}") else: await ctx.send(f"User {username}#{discriminator} not found.") bot.run('YOUR_BOT_TOKEN')

    Description: This Discord.py bot command allows you to get the user ID by providing a username and discriminator.

  10. Python script to obtain Discord user ID from username:

    import discord from discord.ext import commands # Replace 'YOUR_BOT_TOKEN' with your bot token bot = commands.Bot(command_prefix='!') @bot.event async def on_ready(): print(f'Bot connected as {bot.user.name}') @bot.command() async def get_user_id(ctx, username): user = discord.utils.get(bot.users, name=username) if user: await ctx.send(f"The user ID for {username} is {user.id}") else: await ctx.send(f"User {username} not found.") bot.run('YOUR_BOT_TOKEN')

    Description: This Discord.py bot command allows you to get the user ID by providing a username.

More Tags

server-sent-events not-exists rx-java2 xlwings fillna fedex logrotate substitution docker-registry keyvaluepair

More Programming Questions

More Animal pregnancy Calculators

More Stoichiometry Calculators

More Fitness-Health Calculators

More Bio laboratory Calculators