InstagramScraper\Instagram::searchAccountsByUsername PHP Method

    public static function searchAccountsByUsername($username)
    {
        $response = Request::get(Endpoints::getGeneralSearchJsonLink($username));
        if ($response->code === 404) {
            throw new InstagramNotFoundException('Account with given username does not exist.');
        }
        if ($response->code !== 200) {
            throw new InstagramException('Response code is ' . $response->code . '. Body: ' . $response->body . ' Something went wrong. Please report issue.');
        }
        $jsonResponse = json_decode($response->raw_body, true);
        if (!isset($jsonResponse['status']) || $jsonResponse['status'] != 'ok') {
            throw new InstagramException('Response code is not equal 200. Something went wrong. Please report issue.');
        }
        if (!isset($jsonResponse['users']) || count($jsonResponse['users']) == 0) {
            return [];
        }
        $accounts = [];
        foreach ($jsonResponse['users'] as $jsonAccount) {
            $accounts[] = Account::fromSearchPage($jsonAccount['user']);
        }
        return $accounts;
    }