jpdhas / cloudwatch_alarm_to_slack

A python library to send cloudwatch alarm events from sns to slack

Cloudwatch Alarm to Slack Notifier

A python library to send cloudwatch alarm notifications to Slack.

Usage

• Install the package.

pip install cloudwatch_alarm_to_slack

• It is expected this will be used as a part of a lambda.

from cloudwatch_alarm_to_slack.entrypoint import CloudwatchAlarmNotifier

def lambda_handler(event, context):
    CloudwatchAlarmNotifier.handle_event(event)

• It is required the following environment variable be set:

  • SLACK_BOT_TOKEN: Bot token of the slack app which should have the chat:write permissions.
  • SLACK_CHANNEL: ID of the Slack channel to which notification should be sent to.

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If there is another usecase, please open an issue and let me know :)