code: def account_search(self, q, limit=None, following=False):
          
          params = self.__generate_params(locals())
          
          if params["following"] == False:
              del params["following"]
              
          return self.__api_request('GET', '/api/v1/accounts/search', params)
docs: Fetch matching accounts. Will lookup an account remotely if the search term is
          in the username@domain format and not yet in the database. Set `following` to
          True to limit the search to users the logged-in user follows.
  
          Returns a list of `user dicts`_.