# Find user by external ID (SSO)

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/find-user-by-external-id-sso/18330>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [July 31, 2014, 8:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/find-user-by-external-id-sso/18330 "2014-07-31T20:06:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2014, 2:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/find-user-by-external-id-sso/18330/4 "2014-08-01T02:02:18Z")

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This exists now as its a custom\_field, will see if I can add a find user by custom field general route.

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