def get_remote_id(self, identity_provider, username):
return self._get_results(identity_provider, '<STR_LIT:username>', username, '<STR_LIT>')<EOL>
Retrieve the remote identifier for the given username.

Args:
* ``identity_provider`` (str): identifier slug for the third-party authentication service used during SSO.
* ``username`` (str): The username ID identifying the user for which to retrieve the remote name.

Returns:
    string or None: the remote name of the given user.  None if not found.