dropbox/securitybot

Slack User lookup from email?

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#12 opened on Mar 1, 2017

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Description

Have alerts with actions assigned as email addresses currently, any way to do a lookup on the tool side to map email to slack users?

Could do a lookup in splunk but rather not have to maintain a CSV :)

Cheers, AB

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Tech stack
pythonrest api
Domain
backendapi
Issue type
feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
half day
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
stale
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
needs investigation
Prerequisites
Slack API basicsPython bot frameworkAuthentication token managementBasic understanding of securitybot
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
30
Research direction
Examine the existing Slack integration in securitybot, likely in files like slack.py or similar. Look for how alerts are sent to Slack and whether there's any existing user lookup. Investigate Slack API's users.lookupByEmail endpoint. Check the bot's authentication method and see how tokens are managed. Review any related issues or pull requests that might have attempted this feature.