Usually, you'll want to run this method only once, in order to get the IDs of referenced users. You should not store usernames in your database, it is much safer to reference them by their IDs.

username

required

Name of the user (case insensitive).

fields

required

Same as in the services/users/user method. Pipe-separated list of field names which you are interested with. See services/users/user method for a list available values.

format

optional

Standard common formatting argument.

callback

optional

Standard common formatting argument.

Plus required consumer_key argument, assigned for your application.

Returned value:

A dictionary of fields you have selected.

If given user does not exist, the method will respond with an HTTP 400 error.

Find single user, by his/her username :: services/users/by_username method

Find single user, by his/her username
:: services/users/by_username method