From b5d341716705b5a17002de53c4d21f821b8527dd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Emmet Young <death-droid@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2016 22:56:45 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] Allow listing a user by both ID and email. Useful for
 checking if a user exists by its email.

---
 app/Http/Controllers/API/UserController.php | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/API/UserController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/API/UserController.php
index 3b657bf02..0f645a7b7 100755
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/API/UserController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/API/UserController.php
@@ -75,7 +75,11 @@ class UserController extends BaseController
      */
     public function view(Request $request, $id)
     {
-        $query = Models\User::where('id', $id);
+        if(is_numeric($id)) {
+            $query = Models\User::where('id', $id);
+        } else {
+            $query = Models\User::where('email', $id);
+        }
 
         if (! is_null($request->input('fields'))) {
             foreach (explode(',', $request->input('fields')) as $field) {