# Getting user profile custom field via JS

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-user-profile-custom-field-via-js/32257>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [August 18, 2015, 5:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-user-profile-custom-field-via-js/32257 "2015-08-18T17:08:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![eviltrout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/eviltrout/32/5275_2.png) [@eviltrout](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eviltrout)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 7:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-user-profile-custom-field-via-js/32257/9 "2016-04-11T19:21:39Z")

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It should definitely work if it’s `public_user_custom_fields` – I know we’re using this feature on some plugins and the data is indeed being displayed properly. Maybe try restarting your dev server? Does it appear in the JSON request?

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