code: def get_user(self, username="~"):
          
          url = self._build_url("users/%s/" % username, _prepend_namespace=False)
          response = self._get(url)
          check_response(response)
          return response
docs: get info about user (if no user specified, use the one initiating request)
  
          :param username: str, name of user to get info about, default="~"
          :return: dict