# Adding more info to created\_by (from user and from user\_summary)
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-more-info-to-created-by-from-user-and-from-user-summary/183608
**Category:** Marketplace
**Created:** [March 18, 2021, 2:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-more-info-to-created-by-from-user-and-from-user-summary/183608 "2021-03-18T02:12:04Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@Mgcs](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mgcs)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2021, 2:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-more-info-to-created-by-from-user-and-from-user-summary/183608/1 "2021-03-18T02:12:04Z")
Hi!
I’m trying to figure how to add more info to created\_by in a GET request to a topic ID.
From what I could see, it uses BasicUserSerializer, which returns:
```
"created_by": {
"id": 1,
"username": "Name",
"name": "Name",
"avatar_template": "/user_avatar_url"
}
```
If I wanted to add other details, such as likes\_give, likes\_received, created\_at, and other relevant info from the topic OP, how would I do that?
I was looking at add\_to\_serializer and I’ve tried doing something like this, which fails and breaks every page:
```
#customization:plugin.rb
after_initialize do
add_to_serializer(:basic_user, :created_at) do
object.created_at
end
end
```
Thanks!
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### Author:  [@Mgcs](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mgcs)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2021, 3:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-more-info-to-created-by-from-user-and-from-user-summary/183608/2 "2021-03-22T03:22:08Z")
Bumping this 🙂
If you know how to solve this, talk to me, I can pay you for the info too. Send me a private message if that is better.
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2021, 3:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-more-info-to-created-by-from-user-and-from-user-summary/183608/3 "2021-03-22T03:49:31Z")
probably cause it is not being selected, this is pretty complicated patch you are after, since this is for pay I think #Marketplace is a good spot.
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### Author:  [@fzngagan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fzngagan)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2021, 7:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-more-info-to-created-by-from-user-and-from-user-summary/183608/4 "2021-03-22T07:37:40Z")
> [@Mgcs](#):
>
> If you know how to solve this, talk to me, I can pay you for the info too. Send me a private message if that is better.
Cheers from [Pavilion](https://thepavilion.io/welcome)
I’ve solved this, it is indeed complicated. I’ll send you a PM regarding this.
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### Author:  [@fzngagan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fzngagan)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2021, 5:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-more-info-to-created-by-from-user-and-from-user-summary/183608/5 "2021-04-08T05:54:58Z")
This task was completed and paid for promptly. Was nice working with @Mgcs
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2021, 5:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-more-info-to-created-by-from-user-and-from-user-summary/183608/6 "2021-05-08T05:55:47Z")
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