Update User

Update an existing Slack user by overwriting values for specified attributes.

Options

Field Definition Type Required

Set Empty Field

  • YES: Input fields that are not selected will remain unchanged; input fields that are selected but left blank or filled in with a null value will clear the existing value in those fields.
  • NO: Input fields that are not selected, or selected but left blank or set to a null value, will be removed from the final request, so that these fields will remain unchanged after the update request.
Dropdown TRUE

The following fields can't be set to empty:

  • Primary Email
  • Secondary Email
  • Username
  • Nickname

The Primary Phone and Mobile Phone attributes can only be removed when together selected, and left blank or filled in with a null value.

The Address attribute will only be removed when all its sub-attributes are select, and left blank or filled in with a null value.

Sub-attributes can't be removed separately.

Input

Field Definition Type Required

Update by

Id

Unique Slack ID.

Tip

Use the Search User card to find a user's Slack ID by their username or email address.

Text TRUE

Email

Primary Email

User's primary email address.

Text FALSE

Secondary Name

User's secondary email address.

Text FALSE

Username

Username

Login username of the user.

Text FALSE

Nickname

User's nickname.

Text FALSE

Last Name

User's last name.

Text FALSE

First Name

User's first name.

Text FALSE

Display Name

Name of the user, suitable for display to end users.

Text FALSE

Honorific Prefix

User's honorific prefix or title.

Text FALSE

Phone

Primary Phone

User's primary phone number.

Text FALSE

Mobile Phone

User's mobile phone number.

Text FALSE

Address

Street Address

Full street address of the user.

Text FALSE

Locality

Locality of the user.

Text FALSE

Region

Region of the user.

Text FALSE

Postal Code

Zip or postal code of the user.

Text FALSE

Country

Country of the user.

Text FALSE

User Details

Profile Photo URL

URL for the user's profile photo.

Text FALSE

What I Do

Informal profile description of the user's role.

Text FALSE

User Type

Type of user.

Text FALSE

Role

User's role in their organization.

Text FALSE

Localization

Time Zone

User's time zone.

Dropdown FALSE

Preferred Language

User's preferred language.

Text FALSE

Locale

User's default location for purposes of localizing items like currency, date/time format, and numerical representations.

Text FALSE

Enterprise

Department

Name of user's department.

Text FALSE

Division

Name of user's division.

Text FALSE

Employee Number

User's organization- or company-assigned unique identifier.

Text FALSE

Organization

Name of user's organization.

Text FALSE

Cost Center

Name of the cost center assigned with the user.

Text FALSE

Manager ID

Unique identifier of the user's manager.

Text FALSE

Output

Field Definition Type

User

ID

User's unique identification.

Text