Retrieve User ID through Meetup API?

[Jim Epler]

Hello,
Is there a way to call a member's User ID (not member ID)? As an organizer, I can see User IDs when I download the Excel spreadsheet of my members, so I know it's not considered as too private to reveal.

I'd like to use the User ID as a way for members to validate their identity on a few benign update questions (favorite MLB team, favorite positions, etc.) in a MySQL table I built which tracks softball statistics. Security isn't a big deal, but the member will need to enter something to prove they are who they say they are before they are allowed to update their profiles. I do not want for my members to have to create/remember another username/password combo for this extension application. I'd use member IDs for this, but they are too easily revealed. User IDs are not as easy to uncover unless members post in a discussion forum, so they would be a better authenticator for my purposes.

[Doug Tangren]

Hi Jim,

Their User ID ( the one you see on http://www.meetup.com/account/ ) is not static so I would not recommend that for use as a unique identifier. If you want member ids you may want to look at http://www.meetup.com/meetup_api/docs/2/members/ which returns member_ids 

 

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[James Carr]

Is there anyway to get the member_id of the authenticated user?

[Doug Tangren]

On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 3:19 PM, James Carr <ja...@zapier.com> wrote:

Is there anyway to get the member_id of the authenticated user?

You can obtain the authenticated member's member_id by using the "self" alias in a /2/member call. /2/member/self should suffice -- http://www.meetup.com/meetup_api/#self. 

[James Carr]

Thanks... i felt a little foolish as I found the details in the docs right after I sent that email. ;)