# How to get userID after registration to use it as a key in database in thunkable x?
**URL:** https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-get-userid-after-registration-to-use-it-as-a-key-in-database-in-thunkable-x/68796
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X
**Tags:** firebase
**Created:** [February 13, 2019, 7:58pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-get-userid-after-registration-to-use-it-as-a-key-in-database-in-thunkable-x/68796 "2019-02-13T19:58:39Z")
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### Author:  [@user12](https://community.thunkable.com/u/user12)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2019, 7:58pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-get-userid-after-registration-to-use-it-as-a-key-in-database-in-thunkable-x/68796/1 "2019-02-13T19:58:39Z")
I need user information to be stored in firebase realtime DB in registration with authentification userID as key, so how can I get the userID of the user that has been just created ?
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### Author:  [@danyklein](https://community.thunkable.com/u/danyklein)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2019, 9:19pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-get-userid-after-registration-to-use-it-as-a-key-in-database-in-thunkable-x/68796/2 "2019-02-13T21:19:02Z")
Would also like to know how to do that…
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### Author:  [@KryptoPhil](https://community.thunkable.com/u/KryptoPhil)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2019, 11:19pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-get-userid-after-registration-to-use-it-as-a-key-in-database-in-thunkable-x/68796/3 "2019-02-13T23:19:39Z")
web component with get request rest api
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### Author:  [@mike](https://community.thunkable.com/u/mike)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2019, 6:05am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-get-userid-after-registration-to-use-it-as-a-key-in-database-in-thunkable-x/68796/4 "2019-02-14T06:05:27Z")
[https://docs.thunkable.com/thunkable-cross-platform/create/components/sign-in/sign-in#sign-in](https://docs.thunkable.com/thunkable-cross-platform/create/components/sign-in/sign-in#sign-in)
The SignIn method of the Sign In component returns userId.
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### Author:  [@user12](https://community.thunkable.com/u/user12)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2019, 4:14pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-get-userid-after-registration-to-use-it-as-a-key-in-database-in-thunkable-x/68796/5 "2019-02-14T16:14:58Z")
so I have to use the Sign in method just to get userID ?
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### Author:  [@domhnallohanlon](https://community.thunkable.com/u/domhnallohanlon)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2019, 5:39pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-get-userid-after-registration-to-use-it-as-a-key-in-database-in-thunkable-x/68796/6 "2019-02-14T17:39:38Z")
> [@user12](#):
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> so how can I get the userID of the user that has been just created ?
Yep, the sign in component is specifically for registering and identifying your users.
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### Author:  [@ymaheswari52625y](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ymaheswari52625y)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2024, 10:43am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-get-userid-after-registration-to-use-it-as-a-key-in-database-in-thunkable-x/68796/7 "2024-03-22T10:43:47Z")
You can get user id by sign in
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### Author:  [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2024, 1:55pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-get-userid-after-registration-to-use-it-as-a-key-in-database-in-thunkable-x/68796/8 "2024-03-22T13:55:06Z")
Hi and welcome to Thunkable!
This topic is 5 years old. There’s no need to answer questions that are out of date.
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### Author:  [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2024, 1:55pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-get-userid-after-registration-to-use-it-as-a-key-in-database-in-thunkable-x/68796/9 "2024-03-22T13:55:24Z")