Uniqueness of Hub / Portal ID (vs User ID)

[PJMuller]

Hi all,

I've read https://community.hubspot.com/t5/APIs-Integrations/difference-between-user-id-and-hub-id/td-p/263633 but I'm still in doubt.

My question is whether I can use the Portal (a.k.a. Hub ID) as a unique identifier for someone who connected via oauth to our extension instead of User ID.

So far I had been using the user ID (from endpoint [GET] api.hubapi.com/oauth/v1/access-tokens/:accessToken)

but in webhooks we receive only the Portal ID...

Can someone shine some light (and maybe give an example) of what values to expect for Portal and User IDs?

Greetings!

[PJMuller]

@webdew , could check my follow up question please :)?

or anyone else willing to clarify? Would be greatly appreciated!

[PJMuller]

Hi @webdew , thanks for your answer, I don't fully understand it though (most likely because I'm new into hubspot).

A) Could you give an example that illustrates it.

B) From what I read this is what I understand, am I on the right track?
- the userID will be the same for all (oauth) apps he/she uses

- the portalID will be unique per (oauth) authorized app

[webdew]

Hi @PJMuller ,

yes you can use portal id as a unique identifier .By using portal id as a unique identifer you will create your app portal based which you can share with other users where as if you create your application based on user_id as uniques identifier then you will not be able to share your app between diiferent users by sharing your same portal.

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