# Is accountID are the same as userID (return when request for AccessToken)?

**URL:** <https://community.tradovate.com/t/is-accountid-are-the-same-as-userid-return-when-request-for-accesstoken/4741>\
**Category:** API Developers\
**Created:** [May 28, 2022, 4:30am UTC](https://community.tradovate.com/t/is-accountid-are-the-same-as-userid-return-when-request-for-accesstoken/4741 "2022-05-28T04:30:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![son\_hoang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9bd4f/32.png) [@son\_hoang](https://community.tradovate.com/u/son_hoang)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2022, 4:30am UTC](https://community.tradovate.com/t/is-accountid-are-the-same-as-userid-return-when-request-for-accesstoken/4741/1 "2022-05-28T04:30:53Z")

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I’m newbie to Tradovate API. I see some fields are not conforming such as userID(return when request AccessToken), accountId (when place an order), AccountSpec, name. Is userId equivalent to accountId and AccountSpec is the same as Name field ?

Please help