rbxjs-plus/lib/user/getIdFromUsername.js

A system allowing access to roblox functions.

// Includes
var http = require('../util/http.js').func;
var cache = require('../cache');

// Args
exports.required = ['username'];

// Define
function getIdFromUsername (username) {
  var httpOpt = {
    url: '//api.roblox.com/users/get-by-username?username=' + username
  };
  return http(httpOpt)
  .then(function (body) {
    var json = JSON.parse(body);
    var id = json.Id;
    var errorMessage = json.errorMessage;
    var message = json.message;
    if (id) {
      return id;
    } else if (errorMessage || message) {
      throw new Error(errorMessage || message);
    }
  });
}

exports.func = function (args) {
  var username = args.username;
  // Case does not affect the result and should not affect the cache
  return cache.wrap('IDFromName', username.toLowerCase(), function () {
    return getIdFromUsername(username);
  });
};