how do I get a users ID via their username?

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I am trying to create my own admin bot that can handle a lot of the admin stuff.

how do I get a users ID via their username? I don't see any way to get it from the API, or did I just miss it?

If you are interested, I'm using Telebot.

user = bot.get_chat(username)

Does this answer your question? [Telegram Bot: Is it possible to get userid using username?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/37644603/telegram-bot-is-it-possible-to-get-userid-using-username) — 0stone0, Aug 23 '23 at 11:25

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 23 '23 at 11:18

In Telegram, you cannot directly obtain a user's unique identifier (UserID) using their username unless the user has interacted with your bot at least once. Once a user interacts with your bot, you can obtain their UserID.

Here's how you can use the telebot library to get a user's UserID :

@bot.message_handler(commands=['start'])
def start(message):
    user_id = message.from_user.id
    bot.reply_to(message, f"Your UserID is {user_id}.")

how do I get a users ID via their username?

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