Enable Users API to show an individual user by username
Description
Related to https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/43842
Various operations on individual users via the API requires that the user's ID be specified. Right now, it's not easy to determine the ID for a user as there are no endpoints to retrieve a user's info by username.
Proposal
Allow the GET /users/:id/ endpoint to accept a username as well as an ID
Links / references
Users API endpoints requiring an ID: