user
endpoint for getting users.
check if a user exists
GET
/user/{username}/exists
returns 200 OK if the user exists and 404 NOT FOUND if it doesn't.
get a user
GET
/user/{username}
returns the user if found. the user has to have a public profile enabled for it to be fetched through the api.
returned JSON body:
| field | type | description |
|---|---|---|
| _id | string | id of the user |
| username | string | username of the user |
| avatarUrl | string | url of their avatar image |
| defaultLang | string | the default language |
| publicProfile | bool | if they have a public profile |
| supporterLength | uint | how long has the user been a supporter for, 0 if not a supporter |
| contributor | bool | if the user is a contributor to pastemyst |