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Unique user identifier #108

Closed kit0kat closed 1 year ago

kit0kat commented 1 year ago

Hello,

I noticed that the /user/info endpoint does not return a unique user id (only the name). Since Tumblr users can edit their username at any time, it is not possible to uniquely identify a user after a name change. This becomes a problem, e.g. if you want to use Tumblr as a single sign-on method.

I would appreciate a unique and unchangeable user id to be returned in addition to the username.

Kind regards

cyle commented 1 year ago

Hello @kit0kat ! The best way to get a unique identifier like you want, for a specific "user", is to use their primary blog's uuid. That will always be the same, regardless of their primary blog's name or url.

kit0kat commented 1 year ago

Hey @cyle

Thank you very much for you quick reply!

The primary blog uuid should indeed be fine for my use case. Thx for the advice.