PLT-3762 - Add API call to get a user by their username (#4611)

* PLT-3762 - Add API call to get a user by their username

* fix lint

* update rote

* update per code review

* update per code review

* remove first/last name is not used in this test

2 files changed, 24 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/webapp/client/client.jsx b/webapp/client/client.jsx
index 538e82a72..092c2da4a 100644
--- a/webapp/client/client.jsx
+++ b/webapp/client/client.jsx
@@ -921,6 +921,15 @@ export default class Client {
             end(this.handleResponse.bind(this, 'getUser', success, error));
     }
 
+    getByUsername(userName, success, error) {
+        request.
+            get(`${this.getUsersRoute()}/name/${userName}`).
+            set(this.defaultHeaders).
+            type('application/json').
+            accept('application/json').
+            end(this.handleResponse.bind(this, 'getByUsername', success, error));
+    }
+
     login(loginId, password, mfaToken, success, error) {
         this.doLogin({login_id: loginId, password, token: mfaToken}, success, error);
 
diff --git a/webapp/tests/client_user.test.jsx b/webapp/tests/client_user.test.jsx
index 5e70c5c3e..2e5b80dd7 100644
--- a/webapp/tests/client_user.test.jsx
+++ b/webapp/tests/client_user.test.jsx
@@ -36,6 +36,21 @@ describe('Client.User', function() {
         });
     });
 
+    it('getByUsername', function(done) {
+        TestHelper.initBasic(() => {
+            TestHelper.basicClient().getByUsername(
+                TestHelper.basicUser().username,
+                function(data) {
+                    assert.equal(data.username, TestHelper.basicUser().username);
+                    done();
+                },
+                function(err) {
+                    done(new Error(err.message));
+                }
+            );
+        });
+    });
+
     it('getInitialLoad', function(done) {
         TestHelper.initBasic(() => {
             TestHelper.basicClient().getInitialLoad(