# getUserByUserID always returns nil

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/getuserbyuserid-always-returns-nil/18971>\
**Category:** macOS\
**Created:** [May 25, 2020, 12:22pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/getuserbyuserid-always-returns-nil/18971 "2020-05-25T12:22:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![dmiskiew](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/dmiskiew/32/8026_2.png) [@dmiskiew](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/dmiskiew)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2020, 1:06pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/getuserbyuserid-always-returns-nil/18971/3 "2020-05-26T13:06:10Z")

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Hey @dmytro,

thanks for your suggestions!

Unfortunately getting user inside the `func onUserInfoUpdate( _ userID: UInt32) ` doesn’t work - it returns nil.

And getParticipantsList() return’s nil too…

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