How to integrate Slack Notifications with Airflow? [Tested 2023]

A Step-by-Step Guide to Setting Up Slack Notifications with Your Airflow System using SlackWebhookHook

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In this tutorial, we delve into the practical process of integrating Slack notifications with your Airflow system using SlackWebhookHook. This guide is designed to be simple and easy-to-follow, aiming to provide a clear understanding of each step. We cover everything from setting up a Slack Webhook URL to creating an Airflow connection, crafting a Slack Notifier utility, and incorporating it into your DAG, with advances in messaging as a bonus.

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Table of contents:

· Step 1: Generate Slack Webhook URL
· Step 2: Install apache-airflow-providers-slack
· Step 3: Create Airflow Connection
· Step 3: Write Slack notifier utility
· Step 4: Use the Slack Notifier utility in DAG
· Advance Messaging
· Troubleshooting
· Conclusion