Add Client.get_user_info to retrieve a User from ID.

2 files changed, 30 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/discord/client.py b/discord/client.py
index 74a417cd..f304be24 100644
--- a/discord/client.py
+++ b/discord/client.py
@@ -2795,4 +2795,31 @@ class Client:
                        description=data['description'], icon=data['icon'],
                        owner=User(**data['owner']))
 
+    @asyncio.coroutine
+    def get_user_info(self, user_id):
+        """|coro|
+
+        Retrieves a :class:`User` based on their ID. This can only
+        be used by bot accounts. You do not have to share any servers
+        with the user to get this information, however many operations
+        do require that you do.
+
+        Parameters
+        -----------
+        user_id: str
+            The user's ID to fetch from.
+
+        Returns
+        --------
+        :class:`User`
+            The user you requested.
 
+        Raises
+        -------
+        NotFound
+            A user with this ID does not exist.
+        HTTPException
+            Fetching the user failed.
+        """
+        data = yield from self.http.get_user_info(user_id)
+        return User(**data)
diff --git a/discord/http.py b/discord/http.py
index c7ffa4c0..dd7c1f43 100644
--- a/discord/http.py
+++ b/discord/http.py
@@ -515,3 +515,6 @@ class HTTPClient:
         except HTTPException as e:
             raise GatewayNotFound() from e
         return data.get('url') + '?encoding=json&v=6'
+
+    def get_user_info(self, user_id):
+        return self.get('{0.USERS}/{1}'.format(self, user_id), bucket=_func_())