How to get person id by screen_name?

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The essence of the question is how to get the person id for a NodeJS team using screen_name or, more simply, mention (@durov)

Answer 1

The VC API method utils.resolveScreenName() takes a single parameter screen_nameand returns two fields:
typeobject type:

• user - user;
  
• group - community;
  
• application - application.
  

and object_id(integer) is the object identifier.

Answer 2

https://vk.com/dev/users.get