/services/v2/user/getByUsername.json?username=[data]

You can use the following parameters in your Get User by Username request:

Specific: username

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Permissions & Notes:

You must have the View user's profile permission under Anonymous Roles in the Advanced Editor.

Do not place quotes around the username.

We added this request in version 1.6.3.

Sample Request

A GET get user by username request to get a user (username: dzone) sent to https://apidocs.cloud.answerhub.com using a human-readable Username/Password (answerhub/test123) would look like this:

curl 
-u answerhub:test123 
-H "Accept: application/json" 
-H "Content-type: application/json" 
-X GET "https://apidocs.cloud.answerhub.com/services/v2/user/getByUsername.json?username=dzone" -v

Sample Response

Successful Response:

HTTP Status 200 - OK

{
    "id": 7,
    "type": "user",
    "creationDate": 1542778947000,
    "creationDateFormatted": "11/21/2018 05:42 AM",
    "modificationDate": 1549289924000,
    "username": "dzone",
    "slug": "dzone",
    "gold": 0,
    "silver": 0,
    "bronze": 2,
    "reputation": 36,
    "moderator": false,
    "superuser": true,
    "avatar": "http://apidocs.cloud.answerhub.com/users/7/photo/view.html",
    "postCount": 10,
    "followerCount": 0,
    "followCount": 0,
    "userFollowCount": 0,
    "active": true,
    "suspended": false,
    "deactivated": false,
    "groups": [
        {
            "id": "5",
            "creationDate": 1542778947000,
            "creationDateFormatted": "11/21/2018 05:42 AM",
            "modificationDate": 1547066163000,
            "name": "Super Users"
        },
        {
            "id": "6",
            "creationDate": 1542778947000,
            "creationDateFormatted": "11/21/2018 05:42 AM",
            "modificationDate": 1547066174000,
            "name": "Network Administrators"
        }
    ]
}