Mentioned users not notified

[wadewegner]

When using postMessageToChannel and @ mentioning someone they aren't receiving a notification.

[wadewegner]

I've also tried <@wadewegner> in the message, and while that sends me a notification it also doesn't render properly:

[wadewegner]

And if I use <@wadewegner|WadeWegner> I get no notification.

[wadewegner]

Marginal improvement. Passing in link_names: 'true' as params ...

const params = {
  link_names: 'true'
};

... and the following <@wadewegner|Wade Wegner> results in a linked username for me ...

... but still isn't formatted correctly.

[wadewegner]

Also, it's interesting to note that the following two formats work correctly for channel:

<!channel>
<!channel|channel>

[wadewegner]

Okay ... so, looks like turning link_names to true makes the standard @wadewegner work. Huh. That was quite the journey.

[wadewegner]

Okay, maybe not.

Here's some sample text: const message = 'I found a :neutral_face: [excitement (99.7%)] tweet! (FYI @wadewegner.)';

Now it's not notifying me.

[wadewegner]

If I change the sample text to const message = 'I found a :neutral_face: [excitement (99.7%)] tweet! (FYI @wadewegner .)'; (notice the space after @wadewegner) it works.

[digas]

Thanks @wadewegner for all debug ;) just what i was looking for ehehhe

[govi218]

@wadewegner does it still work? I used your solution but it isn't working for me

[codewithtyler]

Passing link_names: true worked for me. The bot wasn't able to create links to other channels until I added that like so:

bot.postMessage( event.channel, response, {
    as_user: true,
    link_names: true
} );