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Async User Lookup: Resolve Email to Jira Account ID

Your external system has a customer email but needs the Jira account ID. Send a webhook and Notis looks it up asynchronously.

Trigger

Webhook received

Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.

Action

Find Users

Searches for jira users by email, display name, or username to find account ids; essential for assigning issues, adding watchers, and other user-related operations.

Why this helps

An external system needs to know someone's Jira account ID to assign issues, but direct Jira API access isn't available. Manual lookup is slow and error-prone.

  • External systems can resolve user accounts without direct Jira access
  • No need for custom API integrations or credentials
  • Reliable, async lookup that doesn't block external systems
  • Maintains security by keeping Jira creds private

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Set up Jira in Notis and create a webhook-triggered automation with 'Find Users' as the action.
  • 2Instruct Notis: 'When a webhook arrives with an email address, look up the Jira user and return their account ID.'
  • 3Notis generates a webhook URL. Use this endpoint from your external system, sending email in the payload.
  • 4Test by sending a webhook with a known user email and verify Notis returns the account ID.

Questions about this workflow

How does the external system get the result?

Notis can post the result back to a callback URL you specify, send it via email, or add it to your notification channel.

What if the email doesn't exist in Jira?

Notis will report 'user not found' and suggest the closest matches so you can verify.

Can I look up by display name instead of email?

Yes. Your instruction can say 'lookup by email or display name depending on what the webhook sends.'

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

Supported Triggers and Actions

Notis builds workflows that link Whatsapp to Jira. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.

Whatsapp triggers

Jira actions

Message Status Updated

Triggers when a WhatsApp message status changes. IMPORTANT LIMITATION: WhatsApp Cloud API does not provide a native polling endpoint for message status. Status updates are ONLY delivered via webhooks in real-time. This trigger cannot directly poll the WhatsApp API for status updates. This trigger will return empty results as WhatsApp does not support this operation. To track message status updates, you must: 1. Set up a webhook endpoint to receive status notifications from WhatsApp 2. Store the webhook data in your own database 3. Use a different mechanism to query your stored webhook data For more information, see: - https://developers.facebook.com/docs/whatsapp/cloud-api/webhooks

TriggerPolling

Add Attachment

Uploads and attaches a file to a jira issue.

ActionInstant

New Message Received

Triggered in real time when your WhatsApp Business number receives an inbound message from a customer (text, media, location, or contact). Delivered via the Cloud API webhook.

TriggerInstant

Add Comment

Adds a comment using atlassian document format (adf) for rich text to an existing jira issue.

ActionInstant

Interactive Reply Received

Triggered when a customer taps a quick-reply button or selects an option from an interactive list message you sent.

TriggerInstant

Add Watcher to Issue

Adds a user to an issue's watcher list by account id.

ActionInstant

Message Template Status Update

Triggered when the review status of a WhatsApp message template changes — for example approved, rejected, or flagged — on your WhatsApp Business Account.

TriggerInstant

Assign Issue

Assigns a jira issue to a user, default assignee, or unassigns; supports email/name lookup.

ActionInstant

Bulk Create Issues

Creates multiple jira issues (up to 50 per call) with full feature support including markdown, assignee resolution, and priority handling.

ActionInstant

Create Issue

Creates a new jira issue (e.g., bug, task, story) in a specified project.

ActionInstant

Link Issues

Links two jira issues using a specified link type with optional comment.

ActionInstant

Create Project

Creates a new jira project with required lead, template, and type configuration.

ActionInstant

Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.

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