diff --git a/include/matrix/roomcxn.hpp b/include/matrix/roomcxn.hpp
index 8382680..4b9cb1d 100644
--- a/include/matrix/roomcxn.hpp
+++ b/include/matrix/roomcxn.hpp
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 #include "raii/rjp_string.hpp"
 #include "matrix/room_url_list.hpp"
 
+#include <vector>
+
 namespace matrix{
 
 	class roomcxn : public connection
@@ -44,15 +46,16 @@ namespace matrix{
 		roomcxn& operator=(const roomcxn&) = default;
 		roomcxn& operator=(roomcxn&&) = default;
 
+		//membership
 		bool join_room(void)const;
 		bool leave_room(void)const;
-
 		[[deprecated("Use client::join_room instead")]]
 		bool accept_invite(void)const;
 		[[deprecated("Use client::leave_room instead")]]
 		bool reject_invite(void)const;
+		std::vector<raii::rjp_string> members(void)const;
 
-
+		//sending events
 		raii::rjp_string send_custom_event(const raii::string_base& event, const raii::string_base& eventtype)const;
 		raii::rjp_string send_message(const raii::string_base& text)const;
 		raii::rjp_string send_file(const file_info& file)const;
@@ -65,6 +68,8 @@ namespace matrix{
 		raii::rjp_string redact_event(const raii::string_base& eventid, const raii::string_base& reason)const;
 		raii::rjp_string redact_event(const raii::string_base& eventid)const;
 
+
+		//meta stuff
 		void regenerate_urls(void);
 
 	private:
diff --git a/src/matrix/roomcxn.cpp b/src/matrix/roomcxn.cpp
index a2ff454..94e5100 100644
--- a/src/matrix/roomcxn.cpp
+++ b/src/matrix/roomcxn.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include "raii/rjp_ptr.hpp"
 #include <utility> //move
 
+#include <map>
 
 namespace matrix{
 
@@ -46,6 +47,75 @@ namespace matrix{
 		return leave_room();
 	}
 
+	enum class membership_event_type{
+		leave,
+		join,
+		invite,
+		inval
+	};
+	static membership_event_type str_to_membership_event(const char* str){
+		if(!strcmp(str, "leave"))
+			return membership_event_type::leave;
+		else if(!strcmp(str, "join"))
+			return membership_event_type::join;
+		else if(!strcmp(str, "invite"))
+			return membership_event_type::invite;
+		else
+			return membership_event_type::inval;
+	}
+	std::vector<raii::rjp_string> roomcxn::members(void)const{
+		struct user_info{
+			RJP_int age;
+			membership_event_type op;
+		};
+		struct string_comp{
+			bool operator()(const raii::rjp_string& a, const raii::rjp_string& b)const{
+				return strcmp(a, b);
+			}
+		};
+		std::vector<raii::rjp_string> retval;
+		std::map<raii::rjp_string,user_info,string_comp> users;
+
+		raii::string resp = _get_curl(m_urls.room_members());
+		if(!resp) return {};
+		raii::rjp_ptr root(rjp_parse(resp.get()));
+		if(!root) return {};
+		RJP_search_res res = rjp_search_member(root.get(), "chunk", 0);
+		if(!res.value) return{};
+
+		for(RJP_value* elem = rjp_get_element(res.value);elem;elem = rjp_next_element(elem)){
+			raii::rjp_string userid;
+			RJP_int age = 0;
+			membership_event_type op = membership_event_type::inval;
+			for(RJP_value* mem = rjp_get_member(elem);mem;mem = rjp_next_member(mem)){
+				if(!strcmp(rjp_member_name(mem), "state_key")){
+					userid = mem;
+				}else if(!strcmp(rjp_member_name(mem), "age")){
+					age = rjp_value_integer(mem);
+				}else if(!strcmp(rjp_member_name(mem), "content")){
+					res = rjp_search_member(mem, "membership", 0);
+					if(!res.value) continue;
+					op = str_to_membership_event(rjp_value_string(res.value));
+				}
+				if(age && userid && op != membership_event_type::inval){
+					auto entry = users.find(userid);
+					if(entry != users.end() && entry->second.age > age){
+						entry->second.age = age;
+						entry->second.op = op;
+					}else if(entry == users.end()){
+						users.emplace(std::make_pair(raii::string(userid), user_info{age, op}));
+					}
+					break;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		for(auto it = users.begin();it != users.end();++it){
+			if(it->second.op == membership_event_type::join)
+				retval.push_back(std::move(it->first));
+		}
+		return retval;
+	}
+
 	raii::rjp_string roomcxn::send_custom_event(const raii::string_base& event, const raii::string_base& eventtype)const{
 		return _post_and_find(
 			event,