Checks if the user specified exists in your namespace.
endpoint | /user/exists |
method | GET |
authentication | required |
user_url
required | URL of the user you wish to check. |
{ message_list: [ ], success: true, // always use this boolean to check if the request succeeded user_exists: true, user: { title: "Henry Ford", url: "http://www.en.wikipedia.org/henry_ford", avatar: "http://www.en.wikipedia.org/henry_ford_avatar.png", following_count: 5 }, }
user_exists
boolean | result of the exists request |
user
object | if the user exists, the api will return the user objcet as well |
// make sure you've initialized the library // before you make requests using it! // if you haven't, type in the following IdeaMelt.init({api_key: IDEAMELT_KEY}) // now you're ready for awesomeness! var data = { user_url: "http://www.en.wikipedia.org/henry_ford", } var success = function(r) { // everything went perfectly, do something awesome now! // remember, this will fire asynchronously } var fail = function(r) { // yikes! something didn't go right // console.log(r.message_list) to see messages from the server // ps. this will also fire asynchronously } // success and fail are optional parameters IdeaMelt.send('UserExists', data, success, fail);