Hey developers, quick question…
How can I get a player’s display name from their userid?
I couldnt find anything on Roblox Creator Documentation but if anyone knows it’s you guys.
Something like Players:GetNameFromUserIdAsync() but display names - if this doesnt exist it should.
I’m too lazy to have to use https://api.roblox.com/docs?useconsolidatedpage=true smhmshmsmh.
Thanks!
Seems difficult compared to getting the username. Thanks!
It is way easier if you just use:
local displayName = game.Players.LocalPlayer.DisplayName
This way you don’t have to go through all that arrays and table. 
You can change the solution if you like 
This doesn’t work if the player isn’t in the game, which is the purpose of the UserService::GetUserInfosByUserIdsAsync API.
UserService::GetUserInfosByUserIdsAsync
returns both username & userId, so you only have to call that method.
Yes, but the reason to get the display name of a player while they are not in game is pretty slim
That’s actually not the case, otherwise they would have never introduced this API
That’s the reason I created this topic! I was making a global donation board and I needed to get the display name of players that aren’t in the game.
Thanks for the contributions both @AlreadyPro and @John_15051 but this is a solved thread and it doesn’t really warrant further replies.
@AlreadyPro: What I meant by “Seems difficult compared to getting the username.” was that with username you can just do GetNameFromUserIdAsync and I assumed they did the same with DisplayName, not have to get it through some rando dictionary.
Yeah, I agree. It’s also weird that GetUserInfosByUserIds is under a whole different service. There’s also no way to get DisplayName directly from a username. In my case, where I’m only given a username, this means I have to make two different web calls (GetUserIdFromNameAsync & GetUserInfosByUserIdsAsync) just to get the DisplayName.
That’s exactly what I have to do as well, cause the Datastore is sorted by UserId so I have to get the Username and the Display name from different services and different functions. Kinda weird.
Isn’t Username part of the UserInfo?
Yes, but I’m given a username, not a UserId.
Ah ok. Lapse in my consciousness.
that is outdated use Players:GetPlayerByUserId
That only works if the player is in the game