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How do I get my user ID from Node Red?

Hi Everyone

I can easily log into VRM and create users, bearer tokens and use Node Red without being on site. But how do I get my user ID from within Node Red?

I'm trying to get some data from the VRM API using the "http" node but it fails to authenticate probably because the user ID is wrong.

Fideri

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I have since tried the URL https://vrmapi.victronenergy.com/v2/auth/login using the POST command of Postman with my VRM username and password get my user ID but I get the same "invalid credentials" error. The demo link works as expected.
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Dirk-Jan Faber (Victron Energy) answered ·

Using the https://flows.nodered.org/node/victron-vrm-api node, you can query basic user info for your site. It will return a payload containing user id, name, mail address and such (https://vrm-api-docs.victronenergy.com/#/operations/users/me)
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@Dirk-Jan Faber (Victron Energy)

Brilliant. That worked perfectly. I now have my user ID.

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