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+#! /usr/bin/env lua
+--
+-- get-user-info.lua
+-- Copyright (C) 2016 Adrian Perez <aperez@igalia.com>
+--
+-- Distributed under terms of the MIT license.
+--
+
+if #arg ~= 3 then
+   io.stderr:write(string.format("Usage: %s <homeserver-URL> <username> <password>\n", arg[0]))
+   os.exit(1)
+end
+
+local client = require "matrix" .client(arg[1])
+client:login_with_password(arg[2], arg[3])
+
+local user = client:get_user()
+print("User ID: " .. user.user_id)
+print("Display name: " .. user:get_display_name())
+print("Avatar URL: " .. user:get_avatar_url())
+
+client:logout()