# Getting the mentioned User GID through Story API

**URL:** <https://forum.asana.com/t/getting-the-mentioned-user-gid-through-story-api/1019328>\
**Category:** Ask the Community\
**Tags:** activity-feed, users, tasks\
**Created:** [28 January 2025 18:00 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/getting-the-mentioned-user-gid-through-story-api/1019328 "2025-01-28T18:00:52Z")\
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**Post date:** [28 January 2025 23:26 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/getting-the-mentioned-user-gid-through-story-api/1019328/2 "2025-01-28T23:26:45Z")

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Hi @Riddhiman_Sherlekar,

If you get the contents of the `html_text` field in the Story object, the User’s `gid` will be in there. See [this forum post for more](https://forum.asana.com/t/how-to-match-user-id-and-profile-id/1013042/2).

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