# I can't get a member's details

**URL:** <https://www.patreondevelopers.com/t/i-cant-get-a-members-details/4033>\
**Category:** Friendly Help\
**Created:** [January 6, 2021, 10:08pm UTC](https://www.patreondevelopers.com/t/i-cant-get-a-members-details/4033 "2021-01-06T22:08:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Wave\_Analysis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Wave\_Analysis](https://www.patreondevelopers.com/u/Wave_Analysis)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 10:08pm UTC](https://www.patreondevelopers.com/t/i-cant-get-a-members-details/4033/1 "2021-01-06T22:08:29Z")

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Hi. I have issues with fetching a patron details by patron’s id. Here is use case.

I’ve added Login with Patreon option to my webpage, and it works well. When someone login with Patreon successfully, I store his/her Patreon id and set remember token to login the member automatically when he/she visits my page next time. But before I let them see the all content, I want to check whether I received any payment. That’s why I need to get my patron details. To do that I tried:

• fetch\_user() but it returns my account details instead of logged-in user.  
• fetch\_user() with the access token that returns from Patreon when someone login, but it returns unauthorized.  
• fetch\_member\_details() but it doesn’t work with the id I passed, which is an integer.  
• fetch\_page\_of\_members\_from\_campaign() and fetch\_member\_details() but it takes ages to get data, which is unacceptable.

So, how can it be done?  
Thanks in advance.

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**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:** [January 8, 2021, 3:34am UTC](https://www.patreondevelopers.com/t/i-cant-get-a-members-details/4033/2 "2021-01-08T03:34:35Z")

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> [@Wave\_Analysis](#):
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> in with Patreon option to my webpage, and it works well. When someone login with Patreon successful

What library or software are you using? PHP lib?

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**Author:** ![Wave\_Analysis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Wave\_Analysis](https://www.patreondevelopers.com/u/Wave_Analysis)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 6:14am UTC](https://www.patreondevelopers.com/t/i-cant-get-a-members-details/4033/3 "2021-01-08T06:14:59Z")

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To login I use Socialite from Laravel and Patreon API v1. To check at second visit I use patreon/patreon and API v2.

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**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:** [January 12, 2021, 9:06am UTC](https://www.patreondevelopers.com/t/i-cant-get-a-members-details/4033/4 "2021-01-12T09:06:34Z")

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Mixing api v1 or v2 clients with api v1 and v2 could lead to problems.

Just try creating a v2 client, and only using v2 endpoints for these calls. (all of them).

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**Author:** ![Wave\_Analysis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Wave\_Analysis](https://www.patreondevelopers.com/u/Wave_Analysis)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2021, 4:06pm UTC](https://www.patreondevelopers.com/t/i-cant-get-a-members-details/4033/5 "2021-01-12T16:06:15Z")

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I wish to be able to do that, but unfortunately, I couldn’t find any proper explanation in Patron documentation to create that functionality with v2. Even the code example in patreon/patreon-php uses v1. Additionally, Laravel SocialiteProviders doesn’t support v2.

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**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:** [January 13, 2021, 3:55pm UTC](https://www.patreondevelopers.com/t/i-cant-get-a-members-details/4033/6 "2021-01-13T15:55:08Z")

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Which particular functionality do you need from v1?

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**Author:** ![Wave\_Analysis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Wave\_Analysis](https://www.patreondevelopers.com/u/Wave_Analysis)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2021, 6:24pm UTC](https://www.patreondevelopers.com/t/i-cant-get-a-members-details/4033/7 "2021-01-15T18:24:31Z")

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I don’t need anything from v1. I tried building a login system with v2 and failed. That’s why I used Laravel Socialite and Socialite Providers, which is based on v1. Now, I’m trying to build it again by using patreon-php and keep failing miserably, but I think I should create a new topic for my current issue.

Thanks.

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**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:** [January 19, 2021, 5:37pm UTC](https://www.patreondevelopers.com/t/i-cant-get-a-members-details/4033/8 "2021-01-19T17:37:47Z")

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What particular problem are you encountering with patreon-php?
