How to get the specific userId for communication between a bot and a particular user

Question

A microsoft teams bot uses a specific user id for communication between bot and a user. This ID is unique for communication between these two. I am trying to get this ID for proactive messaging. I have seen many samples where we get this ID from a particular team channel or between a group chat. But, the problem is i want to get the userID of a user who is not a part of this chat.

Example -: If an employee submits a request using bot then his manager should be notified about that request proactively by the bot. How can i achieve that using the Application scope.

The bot is installed for bot employee and manager.

I couldn't find any example where i can send a message from bot to user of AD or any teams user for that matter even if the bot is installed for them.

Answer 1

Hey,
If the bot is installed for both of them already, then you will need conversationId to send notification. You can get the conversation Id from turnContext.Activity.Conversation.Id and store it. You can get this when user install the bot (using OnConversationUpdateActivity)or when user interacts with the bot.

You can get user details from turnContext when user install the bot. If using OnConversationUpdateActivity then you can get it by turnContext.Activity.From. (have a look at available properties)
Thanks,

Hunaid Hanfee

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