api for fetching user profile

client/src/lib/user.ts

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+import { API_URL } from "@/config";
+import type { User, Game } from "@chessu/types";
+
+export const getProfileData = async (name: string) => {
+    try {
+        // TODO: handle caching more efficiently?
+        const res = await fetch(`${API_URL}/v1/users/${name}`, {
+            next: { revalidate: 10 }
+        });
+
+        if (res && res.status === 200) {
+            const data: User & { recentGames: Game[] } = await res.json();
+            return data;
+        }
+    } catch (err) {
+        console.error(err);
+    }
+};