Question: Is there a way to get the user id so I can use the method /users/{id}

I guess that for security you cannot asked the API give the id of a user with this openid Identification but is there another way? 

I suppose that I can use the /users with a filter by name and then in my app select the user that I want but is there a better way?

Answer: 
Currently there is only one version alive at a time (0.8). While in beta, I'm guessing this will be the norm. 

Once out of beta, there will probably be an upgrade period for minor versions ("1.1 is released! Update your 1.0 apps!"). However, for major versions there will be two api's running at the same time (1.0 and 2.0).

From the [original API announcement](http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/03/stack-overflow-api-private-beta-starts/):

> 
> **3.** If you build to our API, we will support you. We will be ultra responsive to your feedback during this private beta. And once the API is released, we vow to support version 1.0 of the API for a long time — and if there is a version 2.0, it will be supported in parallel with 1.0 for as long as we can. We’re honored you would write code against our API and we plan to return the favor by not breaking your code a year down the line.
> 
> 
>
Well /stats indicates (current) API version

```
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      "total_comments": 135925,
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      "total_badges": 61312,
      "total_users": 37454,
      "questions_per_minute": 0.08,
      "answers_per_minute": 0.16,
      "badges_per_minute": 0.10,
      "api_version": {
        "version": "0.8",
        "revision": "1.0.1234.5678"
      }
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}

```