# Finding poll name and post\_id for an explorer query

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/finding-poll-name-and-post-id-for-an-explorer-query/240986>\
**Category:** Data & reporting\
**Tags:** polls, sql-query\
**Created:** [February 9, 2022, 5:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/finding-poll-name-and-post-id-for-an-explorer-query/240986 "2022-02-09T05:04:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![nathank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/nathank/32/290039_2.png) [@nathank](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nathank)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 5:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/finding-poll-name-and-post-id-for-an-explorer-query/240986/2 "2022-02-10T05:37:54Z")

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> [@th21](#):
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> post id is the topic id that contains the poll, is that correct?

I’m afraid not - each post has its own ID. It used to be easy to see it by appending `.json` onto the link of the post in your browser address bar and hitting enter. However, this doesn’t seem to be the case any more as you get all the posts:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/d/5/d5ac80051afb84555fa6ef39832c4d863c588485.png)

If you scroll down it you’ll eventually find the post of interest. The poll name should be in there too, but if not edit the post and you’ll see it in the markdown.

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