Get a user by external_id

//native

type Discourse = {

  apiKey: string;

  defaultHost: string;

  apiUsername: string;

};

/**

 * Get a user by external_id

 *

 */

export async function main(

  auth: Discourse,

  external_id: string,

) {

  const url = new URL(

    `https://${auth.defaultHost}/u/by-external/${external_id}.json`,

  );

  const response = await fetch(url, {

    method: "GET",

    headers: {

      "API-KEY": auth.apiKey,

      "API-USERNAME": auth.apiUsername,

    },

    body: undefined,

  });

  if (!response.ok) {

    const text = await response.text();

    throw new Error(`${response.status} ${text}`);

  }

  return await response.json();

}