import requests import json def checkuser(path,username): url = 'https://'+path+'.gamepedia.com/api.php?action=query&list=users&ususers='+username+'&usprop=groups%7Cblockinfo%7Cregistration%7Ceditcount%7Cgender&format=json' q = requests.get(url) file = json.loads(q.text) if ('missing' in file['query']['users'][0]): return False else: return True