def get_user( self, uid, disabled=False ):
        ''' given a uid, returns
        {
        first_name (string): User's first name,
        image1 (string): User's profile image,
        email (string): User's email address,
        create_date (string): The creation date,
        last_name (string): User's last name,
        uid (string): User's UID
        }

        You can pass disabled=True if you'd like to get the user even if the user has been disabled.
        '''
        path = "/api/v3/publisher/user/get"

        data = {
            'api_token': self.api_token,
            'aid': self.app_id,
            'uid': uid,
            'disabled': disabled,
        }

        r = requests.get( self.base_url + path, data=data )

        if r.status_code == 2:
            raise ValueError( path + ":" + r.reason )  # An Auth issue

        if r.status_code == 2004:
            return None # no user found

        res = json.loads( r.content )

        # great the error could be in the json
        if res.has_key( 'code' ):
            if res['code'] != 0:
                # 403 == auth error, 2004 = not found, 2 = access denied
                if res['code'] == 2:
                    raise ValueError( path + ":" + res['message'] )  # An Auth issue
                print res
                return None

        return res['user']
given a uid, returns
        {
        first_name (string): User's first name,
        image1 (string): User's profile image,
        email (string): User's email address,
        create_date (string): The creation date,
        last_name (string): User's last name,
        uid (string): User's UID
        }

        You can pass disabled=True if you'd like to get the user even if the user has been disabled.