# API returning null from member id **URL:** \ **Category:** API Feedback\ **Created:** [November 5, 2024, 8:53pm UTC](https://www.patreondevelopers.com/t/api-returning-null-from-member-id/9508 "2024-11-05T20:53:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Will\_MLM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c89c15/32.png) [@Will\_MLM](https://www.patreondevelopers.com/u/Will_MLM)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 8:53pm UTC](https://www.patreondevelopers.com/t/api-returning-null-from-member-id/9508/1 "2024-11-05T20:53:06Z")
I’m trying to get info on my members from the API using `let url = "https://www.patreon.com/api/oauth2/v2/members/"+member_id+encodeURI(path);` I’m getting null on over 50% of url fetches. I’ve always been able to retrieve the data for all my members before, never had an issue. Having checked a few of the member ids returning null via audience \> relationship manager, I’m wondering if it’s a currency issue: people who pay in a different currency are not returning. That’s a stab in the dark though. But I really need to resolve this error, I have time sensitive data to send. Please help! More info: I get a list/array of member id using: `https://www.patreon.com/api/oauth2/v2/campaigns/'+campaignID+'/members?page%5Bcount%5D=2000` (I have under 2000 members, so no need to page loop) I then use the 36 character length ids to get info on each member. ---
**Author:** ![Will\_MLM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c89c15/32.png) [@Will\_MLM](https://www.patreondevelopers.com/u/Will_MLM)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 9:00pm UTC](https://www.patreondevelopers.com/t/api-returning-null-from-member-id/9508/2 "2024-11-05T21:00:58Z")
@codebard I see various other recent errors messages regarding the API, is this related? Any thoughts? Do you need more info from me? ---
**Author:** ![Ray\_Neiheiser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ray\_Neiheiser](https://www.patreondevelopers.com/u/Ray_Neiheiser)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 2:36pm UTC](https://www.patreondevelopers.com/t/api-returning-null-from-member-id/9508/3 "2024-11-06T14:36:56Z")
Do you have the full API response code and response body you could post? ---
**Author:** ![codebard](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/www.patreondevelopers.com/codebard/32/14_2.png) [@codebard](https://www.patreondevelopers.com/u/codebard)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 2:37pm UTC](https://www.patreondevelopers.com/t/api-returning-null-from-member-id/9508/4 "2024-11-06T14:37:53Z")
Can you dm me the headers and response body that the API returns for these calls? ---
**Author:** ![codebard](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/www.patreondevelopers.com/codebard/32/14_2.png) [@codebard](https://www.patreondevelopers.com/u/codebard)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 3:09pm UTC](https://www.patreondevelopers.com/t/api-returning-null-from-member-id/9508/5 "2024-11-06T15:09:44Z")
Let me know if this went away or still persists. ---
**Author:** ![Will\_MLM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c89c15/32.png) [@Will\_MLM](https://www.patreondevelopers.com/u/Will_MLM)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 9:40am UTC](https://www.patreondevelopers.com/t/api-returning-null-from-member-id/9508/6 "2024-11-08T09:40:16Z")
yes the problem persist, have dm’d you. some responses are successful, some are not. For others reading, here’s an example of one that is not successful: ```auto { errors: [ { code: null, code_name: 'RequestThrottled', detail: 'You have made too many attempts. Please try again in 10 minutes.', id: 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx', status: '429', title: 'You have made too many attempts. Please try again in 10 minutes.' } ] } ``` although I’ve put xxx’s for the id, what’s odd is that it does not match id that I requested. ```auto let path = "?include=address,currently_entitled_tiers,user&fields[member]=full_name,is_follower,email,last_charge_date,last_charge_status,lifetime_support_cents,patron_status,currently_entitled_amount_cents,pledge_relationship_start,will_pay_amount_cents&fields[tier]=title&fields[user]=full_name,hide_pledges"; let url = "https://www.patreon.com/api/oauth2/v2/members/"+member_id+encodeURI(path); let response = UrlFetchApp.fetch(url, { headers: { Authorization: 'Bearer '+creatorAccessToken }, muteHttpExceptions: true }); ``` ---
**Author:** ![Will\_MLM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c89c15/32.png) [@Will\_MLM](https://www.patreondevelopers.com/u/Will_MLM)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2024, 3:56pm UTC](https://www.patreondevelopers.com/t/api-returning-null-from-member-id/9508/7 "2024-11-09T15:56:03Z")
Any update please @codebard ? This has been working fine of years and all of a sudden this error his happening. Nothing has changed on my side. ---
**Author:** ![Will\_MLM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c89c15/32.png) [@Will\_MLM](https://www.patreondevelopers.com/u/Will_MLM)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2024, 10:58pm UTC](https://www.patreondevelopers.com/t/api-returning-null-from-member-id/9508/8 "2024-11-11T22:58:40Z")
I’ve recommended to contact the developers via the Discord channel due to the lack of response here. What’s the point of this forum? ---
**Author:** ![codebard](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/www.patreondevelopers.com/codebard/32/14_2.png) [@codebard](https://www.patreondevelopers.com/u/codebard)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2024, 6:08pm UTC](https://www.patreondevelopers.com/t/api-returning-null-from-member-id/9508/9 "2024-11-22T18:08:39Z")
The two channels are the same. As I told you in the dm, the second one is a rate limited response. Its not related to your member. It means that you have been calling the api too rapidly. Try to make sure that your app handles 429 responses gracefully. ---
**Author:** ![Will\_MLM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c89c15/32.png) [@Will\_MLM](https://www.patreondevelopers.com/u/Will_MLM)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2024, 8:28am UTC](https://www.patreondevelopers.com/t/api-returning-null-from-member-id/9508/10 "2024-11-27T08:28:55Z")
Thank you for the reply. So why did that change? I’ve been using the API to get this data for over five years and never had this problem before. I’ve not changed my code in that time. ---
**Author:** ![Will\_MLM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c89c15/32.png) [@Will\_MLM](https://www.patreondevelopers.com/u/Will_MLM)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2024, 2:13pm UTC](https://www.patreondevelopers.com/t/api-returning-null-from-member-id/9508/11 "2024-12-02T14:13:13Z")
Perhaps it was related to switching to subscription billing that changed something for the API… anyway, it’s odd. I’ve added in a pause which solved it, but still puzzled as to why it stopped working in the first place ---
**Author:** ![codebard](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/www.patreondevelopers.com/codebard/32/14_2.png) [@codebard](https://www.patreondevelopers.com/u/codebard)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2024, 6:06pm UTC](https://www.patreondevelopers.com/t/api-returning-null-from-member-id/9508/12 "2024-12-05T18:06:21Z")
Rate limiting was recently rolled out as announced, so its new. ---
**Author:** ![Will\_MLM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c89c15/32.png) [@Will\_MLM](https://www.patreondevelopers.com/u/Will_MLM)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2024, 8:29am UTC](https://www.patreondevelopers.com/t/api-returning-null-from-member-id/9508/13 "2024-12-06T08:29:45Z")
Ah that explains it then. I missed the announcement. Thanks