Fixed the ability to search for a user by ID

slackclient/_util.py

@@ -18,6 +18,13 @@ def find(self, name):
 
 
 class SearchDict(dict):
-
-    def find(self, name):
-        return self.get(name)
+    def find(self, search_string):
+        # Find the user by name
+        user = self.get(search_string)
+        if user:
+            return user
+        else:
+            # If the user can't be found by name, try searching by ID
+            for name, user in self.items():
+                if str(user.id) == search_string:
+                    return user

tests/test_server.py

@@ -29,10 +29,18 @@ def test_Server_parse_channel_data(server, login_fixture):
 
 def test_Server_parse_user_data(server, login_fixture):
     server.parse_user_data(login_fixture["users"])
-    fakeuser = server.users.find('fakeuser')
-    assert type(fakeuser) == User
-    assert fakeuser == "fakeuser"
-    assert fakeuser != "someotheruser"
+    # Find user by Name
+    userbyname = server.users.find('fakeuser')
+    assert type(userbyname) == User
+    assert userbyname == "fakeuser"
+    assert userbyname != "someotheruser"
+    # Find user by ID
+    userbyid = server.users.find('U10CX1234')
+    assert type(userbyid) == User
+    assert userbyid == "fakeuser"
+    # Don't find invalid user
+    userbyid = server.users.find('invaliduser')
+    assert type(userbyid) != User
 
 
 def test_Server_cantconnect(server):