kafka-connect-slack

A kafka-connect sink connector, for formatting, and sending messages to Slack

🔌 Installation

Download the latest jar and place it in your kafka-connect plugins folder.

🛠️ Configuration

resource "kafka-connect_connector" "slack_sink" {
  name = "slack_sink"

  config = {
    "name"             = "slack_sink"
    "connector.class"  = "net.mongey.kafka.connect.SlackSinkConnector"
    "topics"           = "paid-orders"
    "slack.token"      = "${var.slack_token}"
    "slack.channel"    = "shipping-requests"
    "message.template" = "${customer.firstname} created a new order"
  }
}

• slack.token is the slack token for the connector to use.
• slack.channel defines what channel to send the message into. (Optional)
• slack.username defines the user to send the message to. (Optional)
• message.template defines the template to use for the message.

📝 message.template

Interpolate fields from the message using ${field_name}. Nested fields are accessible using a . e.g. ${customer.address.city}