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Find User by Email and Direct Message Them

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Recipe · 3 steps

Find User by Email and Direct Message Them

with Slack

Resolve an email to a user, open a DM, and post a message.

  1. Resolve the supplied email address to a Slack user record so the direct message channel can be opened.
  2. Open (or reuse) a one to one direct message channel with the resolved user.
  3. Post the supplied message text into the direct message channel.
What you'll need to have ready
  • email: The email address of the user to message.
  • text: The message text to send in the direct message.
For your developer

Arazzo workflow slack:find-user-dm-message, 3 operations: getUsersLookupbyemail → postConversationsOpen → postChatPostmessage. Specs on APIs.io.

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