get_userdata() function is an alias of get_user_by('ID') function. Use this code:
$username="your user name";
$user = get_user_by('login', $username);
It will return WP_User object on success, or false on failure. See Codex.
REST API: http://example.com/wp-json/wp/v2/users/<id>
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