diff --git a/appinfo/routes.php b/appinfo/routes.php
index 90b0f6f7dc545425dc526abda9d83bb6b85c4f74..30d2e37b8d9468e4f5992766b722e1e55946116a 100644
--- a/appinfo/routes.php
+++ b/appinfo/routes.php
@@ -31,5 +31,6 @@ return ['routes' => [
 	['name' => 'account#captcha', 'url' => '/accounts/captcha', 'verb' => 'GET'],
 	['name' => 'account#verify_captcha', 'url' => '/accounts/verify_captcha', 'verb' => 'POST'],
 	['name' => 'account#validate_fields', 'url' => '/accounts/validate_fields', 'verb' => 'POST'],
+	['name' => 'account#temp_api_check', 'url' => '/accounts/temp_api_check', 'verb' => 'GET'],
 
 ]];
diff --git a/lib/Controller/AccountController.php b/lib/Controller/AccountController.php
index 835841997babe6a602ae65d1d179243ffebee884..05a3096a9fd4b3ca87079cba6d7c1cffc2ce7ecf 100644
--- a/lib/Controller/AccountController.php
+++ b/lib/Controller/AccountController.php
@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@ class AccountController extends Controller {
 		}
 		return $response;
 	}
-	
 	/**
 	 * @NoAdminRequired
 	 * @PublicPage
@@ -267,6 +266,29 @@ class AccountController extends Controller {
 	 * @PublicPage
 	 * @NoCSRFRequired
 	 *
+	 *
+	 */
+	public function tempApiCheck() {
+		try {
+			$usernames = ['ronakp1', 'ronakp2', 'ronakp3'];
+			foreach ($usernames as $username) {
+				if ($this->userService->isUsernameTaken($username)) {
+					echo $username . ' username taken<br>';
+				} else {
+					echo $username . ' username is not taken<br>';
+				}
+			}
+		} catch (Exception $e) {
+			echo 'Username exception issue: ' . $e->getMessage();
+		}
+	}
+	/**
+	 * Check if a username is available.
+	 *
+	 * @NoAdminRequired
+	 * @PublicPage
+	 * @NoCSRFRequired
+	 *
 	 * @param string $username The username to check.
 	 * @param string $displayname The displayname to check.
 	 *