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Any way to get a guid of a user just from their username?

Is there any way to get the guid of a user without them authorizing the application? Say I am not john@yahoo.com, but I would like to know the guid of john@yahoo.com. Is there any way for me to figure that out?

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  • Hi Wesley,

    YQL has a table to be able to convert a YID (those e-mail identifiers) over to a GUID. Here's a link to the console to run that query: http://y.ahoo.it/p+zl/MIK (Just hit test).

    - Jon
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  • Can this be automated?  Meaning, I just want to find out uid of a Yahoo email within my program (not web based).  Do I still have to go through OAuth?  If yes, can I do OAuth without requiring user login?  I have been trying to get this to work for a while without any success.  Any help will be greatly appreciated.

    Thanks,
     - Hiren
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