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exports.getUserId = function(name) {
  userName = name;
	requestURL = config.apiServer+'user.json/'+userName + '?api_key='+config.apiKey;
	request(requestURL, function (error, response, body) {
		if (!error && response.statusCode == 200) {
		  	userResult = JSON.parse(response.body);
		  	userID = userResult.id;
		  	console.log(userResult.id);
		  	console.log(userID);
		  	return userID;
		} else {
			console.log(error);
		}
	});
}