username_exists.md

Username Exists Check API

This API is used to check if a username is valid or not.

Base URL

https://tools.wmflabs.org/commons-android-app/tool-commons-android-app

Endpoint

/username_exists.py

Request Type

GET

Response Type

JSON

Required Parameters

• user - This is username of the user, for example Syced (if username has whitespaces then replace them with _ )

Example Request

curl --location --request GET 'https://tools.wmflabs.org/commons-android-app/tool-commons-android-app/username_exists.py?user=Syced'

Example Responses

{
    "status": "200",
    "user": "Syced",
    "exists": true
}

{
    "status": "200",
    "user": "asdasdad1a5sd1a61s5d1a",
    "exists": false
}