# slack – Send Slack notifications

- Synopsis
- Parameters
- Examples
- Status

## Synopsis

- The `slack` module sends notifications to http://slack.com via the Incoming WebHook integration

## Parameters

Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments
--- | --- | ---
attachments - |  | Define a list of attachments. This list mirrors the Slack JSON API. For more information, see also in the (https://api.slack.com/docs/attachments).
channel - |  | Channel to send the message to. If absent, the message goes to the channel selected for the token.
color - | Default: "normal" | Allow text to use default colors - use the default of 'normal' to not send a custom color bar at the start of the message. Allowed values for color can be one of 'normal', 'good', 'warning', 'danger', any valid 3 digit or 6 digit hex color value. Specifying value in hex is supported from version 2.8.
domain - |  | Slack (sub)domain for your environment without protocol. (i.e. `example.slack.com`) In 1.8 and beyond, this is deprecated and may be ignored. See token documentation for information.
icon_emoji - |  | Emoji for the message sender. See Slack documentation for options. (if icon_emoji is set, icon_url will not be used)
icon_url - |  | Url for the message sender's icon (default `https://www.ansible.com/favicon.ico`)

link_names
-

Choices:
- 1 ←
- 0

Automatically create links for channels and usernames in msg.

msg - |  | Message to send. Note that the module does not handle escaping characters. Plain-text angle brackets and ampersands should be converted to HTML entities (e.g. & to &amp;) before sending. See Slack's documentation (https://api.slack.com/docs/message-formatting) for more.

parse
-

Choices:
- full
- none

Setting for the message parser at Slack

thread_id - added in 2.8 |  | Optional. Timestamp of message to thread this message to as a float. https://api.slack.com/docs/message-threading

token
- / required

Slack integration token. This authenticates you to the slack service. Prior to 1.8, a token looked like `3Ffe373sfhRE6y42Fg3rvf4GlK`. In 1.8 and above, ansible adapts to the new slack API where tokens look like `G922VJP24/D921DW937/3Ffe373sfhRE6y42Fg3rvf4GlK`. If tokens are in the new format then slack will ignore any value of domain. If the token is in the old format the domain is required. Ansible has no control of when slack will get rid of the old API. When slack does that the old format will stop working. ** Please keep in mind the tokens are not the API tokens but are the webhook tokens. In slack these are found in the webhook URL which are obtained under the apps and integrations. The incoming webhooks can be added in that area. In some cases this may be locked by your Slack admin and you must request access. It is there that the incoming webhooks can be added. The key is on the end of the URL given to you in that section.

username - | Default: "Ansible" | This is the sender of the message.

validate_certs
boolean

Choices:
- no
- yes ←

If `no`, SSL certificates will not be validated. This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.

## Examples

    - name: Send notification message via Slack
      slack:
        token: thetoken/generatedby/slack
        msg: '{{ inventory_hostname }} completed'
      delegate_to: localhost

    - name: Send notification message via Slack all options
      slack:
        token: thetoken/generatedby/slack
        msg: '{{ inventory_hostname }} completed'
        channel: '#ansible'
        thread_id: 1539917263.000100
        username: 'Ansible on {{ inventory_hostname }}'
        icon_url: http://www.example.com/some-image-file.png
        link_names: 0
        parse: 'none'
      delegate_to: localhost

    - name: insert a color bar in front of the message for visibility purposes and use the default webhook icon and name configured in Slack
      slack:
        token: thetoken/generatedby/slack
        msg: '{{ inventory_hostname }} is alive!'
        color: good
        username: ''
        icon_url: ''

    - name: insert a color bar in front of the message with valid hex color value
      slack:
        token: thetoken/generatedby/slack
        msg: 'This message uses color in hex value'
        color: '#00aacc'
        username: ''
        icon_url: ''

    - name: Use the attachments API
      slack:
        token: thetoken/generatedby/slack
        attachments:
          - text: Display my system load on host A and B
            color: '#ff00dd'
            title: System load
            fields:
              - title: System A
                value: "load average: 0,74, 0,66, 0,63"
                short: True
              - title: System B
                value: 'load average: 5,16, 4,64, 2,43'
                short: True

    - name: Send a message with a link using Slack markup
      slack:
        token: thetoken/generatedby/slack
        msg: We sent this message using <https://www.ansible.com|Ansible>!

    - name: Send a message with angle brackets and ampersands
      slack:
        token: thetoken/generatedby/slack
        msg: This message has &lt;brackets&gt; &amp; ampersands in plain text.

## Status

- This module is guaranteed to have backward compatible interface changes going forward. [stableinterface]
- This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

### Authors

- Ramon de la Fuente (@ramondelafuente)

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