Slack Notification¶

Class: SlackNotificationBlockV1

Source: inference.core.workflows.core_steps.sinks.slack.notification.v1.SlackNotificationBlockV1

The Slack Notification block 📩 enables sending notifications via Slack, with customizable messages, attachments, and cooldown mechanisms.

The block requires Slack setup - this article may help you configuring everything properly.

✨ Key Features¶

📢 Send Messages: Deliver notifications to specified Slack channels.
🔗 Dynamic Content: Craft notifications based on outputs from other Workflow steps.
📎 Attach Files: Share reports, predictions or visualizations.
🕒 Cooldown Control: Prevent duplicate notifications within a set time frame.
⚙️ Flexible Execution: Execute in the background or block Workflow execution for debugging.

Type identifier¶

Use the following identifier in step "type" field: roboflow_core/slack_notification@v1to add the block as as step in your workflow.

Properties¶

Name	Type	Description	Refs
`name`	`str`	Enter a unique identifier for this step..	❌
`slack_token`	`str`	View the Roboflow Blog or Slack Documentation to learn how to generate a Slack API token..	✅
`channel`	`str`	Identifier of Slack channel..	✅
`message`	`str`	Content of the message to be sent..	❌
`message_parameters`	`Dict[str, Union[bool, float, int, str]]`	Data to be used in the message content..	✅
`message_parameters_operations`	Dict[str, List[Union[ClassificationPropertyExtract, ConvertDictionaryToJSON, ConvertImageToBase64, ConvertImageToJPEG, DetectionsFilter, DetectionsOffset, DetectionsPropertyExtract, DetectionsRename, DetectionsSelection, DetectionsShift, DetectionsToDictionary, Divide, ExtractDetectionProperty, ExtractFrameMetadata, ExtractImageProperty, LookupTable, Multiply, NumberRound, NumericSequenceAggregate, PickDetectionsByParentClass, RandomNumber, SequenceAggregate, SequenceApply, SequenceElementsCount, SequenceLength, SequenceMap, SortDetections, StringMatches, StringSubSequence, StringToLowerCase, StringToUpperCase, TimestampToISOFormat, ToBoolean, ToNumber, ToString]]]	Preprocessing operations to be performed on message parameters..	❌
`fire_and_forget`	`bool`	Boolean flag to run the block asynchronously (True) for faster workflows or synchronously (False) for debugging and error handling..	✅
`disable_sink`	`bool`	Boolean flag to disable block execution..	✅
`cooldown_seconds`	`int`	Number of seconds until a follow-up notification can be sent. Maximum value: 900 seconds (15 minutes).	✅
`cooldown_session_key`	`str`	Unique key used internally to implement cooldown. Must be unique for each step in your Workflow..	❌

The Refs column marks possibility to parametrise the property with dynamic values available in workflow runtime. See Bindings for more info.

Available Connections¶

Compatible Blocks

Check what blocks you can connect to Slack Notification in version v1.

Input and Output Bindings¶

The available connections depend on its binding kinds. Check what binding kinds Slack Notification in version v1 has.

Bindings

input
- slack_token (Union[string, secret]): View the Roboflow Blog or Slack Documentation to learn how to generate a Slack API token..
- channel (string): Identifier of Slack channel..
- message_parameters (*): Data to be used in the message content..
- attachments (Union[string, bytes]): Attachments to be sent in the message, such as a csv file or jpg image..
- fire_and_forget (boolean): Boolean flag to run the block asynchronously (True) for faster workflows or synchronously (False) for debugging and error handling..
- disable_sink (boolean): Boolean flag to disable block execution..
- cooldown_seconds (integer): Number of seconds until a follow-up notification can be sent. Maximum value: 900 seconds (15 minutes).
output
- error_status (boolean): Boolean flag.
- throttling_status (boolean): Boolean flag.
- message (string): String value.

Example JSON definition of step Slack Notification in version v1

{
    "name": "<your_step_name_here>",
    "type": "roboflow_core/slack_notification@v1",
    "slack_token": "$inputs.slack_token",
    "channel": "$inputs.slack_channel_id",
    "message": "During last 5 minutes detected {{ $parameters.num_instances }} instances",
    "message_parameters": {
        "predictions": "$steps.model.predictions",
        "reference": "$inputs.reference_class_names"
    },
    "message_parameters_operations": {
        "predictions": [
            {
                "property_name": "class_name",
                "type": "DetectionsPropertyExtract"
            }
        ]
    },
    "attachments": {
        "report.csv": "$steps.csv_formatter.csv_content"
    },
    "fire_and_forget": "$inputs.fire_and_forget",
    "disable_sink": false,
    "cooldown_seconds": "$inputs.cooldown_seconds",
    "cooldown_session_key": "session-1v73kdhfse"
}