Getting the user id of a username via plugin

[orweinberger]

I'm currently working on an example plugin and I would like to basically know the userid of a given mentioned username.

So for example, if a user comments and says 'Hey @someusername how are you?' I would like to find out the userid of 'someusername' via my plugin.

I can't seem to find any relevant method under User that will allow me to get this info.

Any ideas?

[Giggiux]

User.getUidByUsername here

@orweinberger

[orweinberger]

Thank you! @Giggiux