def post(self):
    try:
      conn = None
      parser = reqparse.RequestParser()
      parser.add_argument('username', type = str)

      args = parser.parse_args()
      name = args['username'][0]

      return name
    except Exception as e:
        x = str(e)
        x.replace('n', '')
        return {'status' : 'failed', 'message' : str(x)}
    finally:
        if conn is not None:
            conn.close()