privex.steemengine.SteemEngineToken.SteemEngineToken.account_exists

SteemEngineToken.account_exists(user) → bool

Helper function to verify if a given user exists on Steem.

Example:

>>> st = SteemEngineToken()
>>> if st.account_exists('someguy123'):
...     print('someguy123 exists')
someguy123 exists

Parameters

user (str) – Steem username to lookup

Return bool exists

True if the user exists, False if they don’t