Differentiate between a nonexistant account and a banned/deleted one

[cbt]

If I wanted to get the channel information of an account that exists using the API, I would get this response:
{'data': [{'id': '23936415', 'login': 'jerma985', 'display_name': 'Jerma985', 'type': '', 'broadcaster_type': 'partner', 'description': 'Just hanging out, you?', 'profile_image_url': 'https://static-cdn.jtvnw.net/jtv_user_pictures/225cee6d-2afc-4e0d-bdeb-ebc863ae9f40-profile_image-300x300.png', 'offline_image_url': 'https://static-cdn.jtvnw.net/jtv_user_pictures/206ea45f-ffa6-4e78-a055-e5a2f2481e9b-channel_offline_image-1920x1080.png', 'view_count': 0, 'created_at': '2011-08-08T05:13:16Z'}]}

If the channel never existed, I would get this response:
{'data': []}

However, if the channel did exist at some point, but was subsequently deleted or banned, I would get the same response as before.
Is there any way to get information of whether an account existed and one point or never did using the API?

[Dist]

@cbt

Is there any way to get information of whether an account existed and one point or never did using the API?

No. The API treats a non-existent user the same as a deactivated account, the same as a suspended account, the same as an otherwise reserved/unusable user login, and there’s no supported way to differentiate between them.

[cbt]

Ah, that sucks to hear. Thanks for the response, though!