How To Get A User By Email Address In Yammer Using PowerShell

In this blog, you will see how to get a user by email address in Yammer using PowerShell.

In this blog, you will see how to get a user by their email address in Yammer using PowerShell.

Prerequisites

Go to https://www.yammer.com/client_applications and register an app.

Once the app is registered, generate a developer token.

Copy the below script and paste it in a Notepad. Save the file as GetUserByEmail.ps1.

# Input Parameters
$developerToken = "461-*****YOkutfuKoWUEmWPg"
$userEmail="[email protected]"
$headers = @{ Authorization=("Bearer " + $developerToken) }
$uri="https://www.yammer.com/api/v1/users/by_email.json?email="+$userEmail


Function GetUserByEmail
{
    # Invoke Web Request
    $webRequest = Invoke-WebRequest –Uri $uri –Method Get -Headers $headers

    # Check whether the status code is 200
    if ($webRequest.StatusCode -eq 200) {

        # Converts a JSON-formatted string to a custom object or a hash table.
        $user = $webRequest.Content | ConvertFrom-Json

        write-host -ForegroundColor Green "Full Name: " $user.full_name  " - Location: " $user.Location
    }
    else {
        Write-Host -ForegroundColor Yellow "An error has occurred: " + $webRequest.StatusCode + " Description " + $webRequest.Status
    }
}

# Call the function
GetUserByEmail

Open PowerShell window and run the following command.

>cd "<folderlocation>"

folderlocation – GetUserByEmail.ps1 file location

Run the following command.

>.\GetUserByEmail.ps1

Reference

https://developer.yammer.com/docs/usersby_emailjsonemailuserdomaincom

Thus, in this blog, you saw how to get a user by email address in Yammer using PowerShell.