Players:GetUserIdFromNameAsync() not working?

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#1 
function updateIcon(playerName)
	print(playerName)
	local Players = game:GetService("Players")
	local userId = Players:GetUserIdFromNameAsync(playerName)
	print(userId)
end

userN.FocusLost:Connect(function(enterPressed)
	updateIcon(userN.Text)
end)

when i run GetUserIdFromNameAsync on the command bar it always works. but when i use it on my UI the for instance i type “roblox” it’ll just error and say i requested too many times

#2

it seems like no matter what i do GetUserIdFromNameAsync just doesn’t work. are there alternatives?

#3

if it gives error 429 “too many requests” then try lowering the request count, this issue is caused when you use GetUserIdFromNameAsync too often, in other scripts or similar.

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#5

I noticed after waiting awhile it seemed to work. I think the issue was because of things in the background using it like HD admin when things first load up.