# Find a user by ID or username?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/find-a-user-by-id-or-username/62582>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [12 Mayo, 2017 12:22 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/find-a-user-by-id-or-username/62582 "2017-05-12T12:22:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![vinothkannans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/vinothkannans/32/86465_2.png) [@vinothkannans](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vinothkannans)\
**Post date:** [12 Mayo, 2017 12:35 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/find-a-user-by-id-or-username/62582/2 "2017-05-12T12:35:23Z")

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Through plugin API you can do below

[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/lib/plugin-api.js.es6#L178-L193](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/lib/plugin-api.js.es6#L178-L193)

Then you can get that addition attributes like `helper.attrs.poster_age` and `helper.attrs.poster_height`. Also don’t forgot to add these attributes in post serializer.

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