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<function name="RequestPlayerInfo" parent="steamworks" type="libraryfunc"> <description>Requests information of the player with SteamID64 for later use with <page>steamworks.GetPlayerName</page>.</description> <realm>Client and Menu</realm> <args> <arg name="steamID64" type="string">The 64bit Steam ID of player.</arg> <arg name="callback" type="function">A callback function with only 1 argument - <page>string</page> name.</arg>⤶ <arg name="callback" type="function">A callback function with the data when it arrives.<callback>⤶ <arg type="string" name="name">The player's name.</arg>⤶ </callback>⤶ </arg>⤶ </args> </function> <example> <description>Gets and prints the steam name of the local player.</description> <code> steamworks.RequestPlayerInfo( LocalPlayer():SteamID64(), function( steamName ) print( steamName ) end ) </code> <output>The local player's name.</output> </example>