slack.endpoint() function

The slack.endpoint() function sends a message to Slack that includes output data.

Function type: Output

import "slack"

slack.endpoint(
  url: "https://slack.com/api/chat.postMessage",
  token: "mySuPerSecRetTokEn"
)

Parameters

url

The Slack API URL. Defaults to https://slack.com/api/chat.postMessage.

Data type: String

token

The Slack API token used to interact with Slack. Defaults to "".

Data type: String

Usage

slack.endpoint is a factory function that outputs another function. The output function requires a mapFn parameter.

mapFn

(Required) A function that builds the record used to generate the POST request. Requires an r parameter.

Data type: Function

mapFn accepts a table row (r) and returns a record that must include the following fields:

• channel
• text
• color

For more information, see slack.message()

Examples

Send critical statuses to a Slack endpoint

import "slack"
import "influxdata/influxdb/secrets"

token = secrets.get(key: "SLACK_TOKEN")
toSlack = slack.endpoint(token: token)

crit_statuses = from(bucket: "example-bucket")
  |> range(start: -1m)
  |> filter(fn: (r) => r._measurement == "statuses" and r.status == "crit")

crit_statuses
  |> toSlack(mapFn: (r) => ({
      channel: "Alerts",
      text: r._message,
      color: "danger",
    })
  )()