Retrieve user data from Discord's API
Create a bot on Discord's Developer Application Portal (opens in a new tab) and retrieve a bot token.
Below is an example of how to use Discord's API with curl but it may be different depending on how you send the HTTP GET request. Replace BOT_TOKEN_HERE with the bot token you just created and fill in the user ID:
curl -H "Authorization: Bot BOT_TOKEN_HERE" https://discord.com/api/v10/users/USER_ID_HERESuccessful response example:
{"id":"276497429396979713","username":"zinidia","avatar":"a_c83937661373d4c411e484a7a41c693b","discriminator":"0","public_flags":4194432,"flags":4194432,"banner":"8dea04078246aa7e3e2be2182cbd2a33","accent_color":null,"global_name":"Mortal","avatar_decoration_data":null,"banner_color":null}Error response example:
{"message": "Unknown User", "code": 10013}