Updated 4/19/23
You'll find various IDs in the platform, documentation, and analytics. Here's an overview of what they all mean.
- Badge Template ID (badge_template_id): Identifies the badge template you've created. A unique string of characters is generated by the Credly platform for each template, and you can find the full list of badge template IDs in the Developers > Template IDs tab.
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Earner Badge ID (earner_badge_id or badge_id): Identifies the unique badge issued to an earner. In other words, each badge an earner receives will have a different Earner Badge ID. The Earner Badge ID can be found in Column D of the Detailed Analytics Export. (This is sometimes referred to as simply "badge_id" in our API documentation.)
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Issuer Earner ID (issuer_earner_id): An optional unique identifier for the earner from your own database (e.g., student, employee, or customer ID number). This is a field you can choose to add when issuing a badge to more easily map your own data with the data in Credly. If included, the Issuer Earner ID appears in Column E of the Detailed Analytics Export.
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User ID (user_id): Identifies an individual's Credly account (aka a Credly account ID). You can get this value using the API.
- Organization ID: The unique identifier for your issuing organization. You'll need this to configure an API integration. You can find this value in the Developers > Authorization Tokens tab
