get user id by username

def get_user_id_by_user(self, username):
        ''' get user id by username '''
        response, status_code = self.__pod__.Users.get_v2_user(
            sessionToken=self.__session__,
            username=username
        ).result()
        self.logger.debug('%s: %s' % (status_code, response))
        return status_code, response