# Random and Unique IDs

**URL:** <https://community.feathery.io/t/random-and-unique-ids/174>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [October 13, 2023, 10:58am UTC](https://community.feathery.io/t/random-and-unique-ids/174 "2023-10-13T10:58:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Beplace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Beplace](https://community.feathery.io/u/Beplace)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2023, 10:58am UTC](https://community.feathery.io/t/random-and-unique-ids/174/1 "2023-10-13T10:58:47Z")

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Is there a field I can add that assigns a random and unique ID to each form session that would be sent with each form submission?

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**Author:** ![peter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.feathery.io/peter/32/7_2.png) [@peter](https://community.feathery.io/u/peter)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2023, 4:12pm UTC](https://community.feathery.io/t/random-and-unique-ids/174/2 "2023-10-13T16:12:57Z")

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Feathery will automatically generate a random and unique ID per submission (the user id). This is accessible via integrations like the email integration. I believe the helper text on the email integration config describes how you can insert the user ID into the email

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**Author:** ![Beplace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Beplace](https://community.feathery.io/u/Beplace)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2023, 4:32pm UTC](https://community.feathery.io/t/random-and-unique-ids/174/3 "2023-10-13T16:32:10Z")

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I thought the “user id” was something else entirely - so I suppose I can use that for the Update Criteria in the Google Sheets integration?

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**Author:** ![peter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.feathery.io/peter/32/7_2.png) [@peter](https://community.feathery.io/u/peter)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2023, 5:07pm UTC](https://community.feathery.io/t/random-and-unique-ids/174/4 "2023-10-13T17:07:21Z")

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yes, that’s fine if you’re populating the user id into the sheet

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**Author:** ![ez-up](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bb73d2/32.png) [@ez-up](https://community.feathery.io/u/ez-up)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 2:23pm UTC](https://community.feathery.io/t/random-and-unique-ids/174/5 "2024-07-10T14:23:23Z")

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Hi Peter, I found this thread when trying to pass the feathery user ID to my CRM.  
Following the instructions on the email integration I am using the ‘{{Feathery User ID}}’ variable in the body of my API connector, but it is not recognizing it:  
 ![Screenshot 2024-07-10 at 16.21.57](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/feathery/original/1X/07fea7de938572dba64047c3c7814f582f8d5797.png)

![Screenshot 2024-07-10 at 16.21.33](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/feathery/original/1X/7e50ed8ee3e89c4fae1ac0470c0f49e528fc0763.png)

Has the variable name changed? Is there another way to pass this?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![peter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.feathery.io/peter/32/7_2.png) [@peter](https://community.feathery.io/u/peter)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 7:56pm UTC](https://community.feathery.io/t/random-and-unique-ids/174/6 "2024-07-10T19:56:33Z")

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You should be able to use the feathery\_user\_id variable in half an hour: [Connect to API Action | Feathery Docs](https://docs.feathery.io/platform/build-forms/logic/advanced/visual-rule-builder/connect-to-api-action#variables)

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**Author:** ![ez-up](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bb73d2/32.png) [@ez-up](https://community.feathery.io/u/ez-up)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2024, 1:20pm UTC](https://community.feathery.io/t/random-and-unique-ids/174/7 "2024-07-11T13:20:19Z")

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This is now working. Thanks for that.