print(link_soup)

    @staticmethod
    def user_id_and_name_from_link(link_soup):
        print(link_soup)
        user_name = link_soup.text
        user_id = int(link_soup['href'].split('/')[2])
        return user_id, user_name

<a href="/users/146720/bytebot" title="ByteBOT">ByteBOT</a>

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "zalgo.py", line 14, in <module>
    me = client.get_me()
  File "build\bdist.win32\egg\chatexchange\client.py", line 125, in get_me
  File "build\bdist.win32\egg\chatexchange\_utils.py", line 78, in __get__
  File "build\bdist.win32\egg\chatexchange\browser.py", line 235, in _update_chat_fkey_and_user
  File "build\bdist.win32\egg\chatexchange\browser.py", line 218, in _load_user
  File "build\bdist.win32\egg\chatexchange\browser.py", line 226, in user_id_and_name_from_link

import logging
import time
import random

import sys
if sys.version_info.major < 3:
    input = raw_input

import chatexchange6

logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)

email, password = "########", "########"

client = chatexchange6.Client('stackexchange.com', email, password)
me = client.get_me()
sandbox = client.get_room(1)
sandbox.send_message("debugging, random number %d" % random.randint(1, 100))

time.sleep(2)