slack

CLI based Ingestion

Install the Plugin

pip install 'acryl-datahub[slack]'

Config Details

Options

Note that a . is used to denote nested fields in the YAML recipe.

Field	Description
bot_token ✅ string(password)	Bot token for the Slack workspace. Needs users:read, users:read.email and users.profile:read scopes.
api_requests_per_min integer	Number of API requests per minute. Low-level config. Do not tweak unless you are facing any issues. Default: 10
channel_min_members integer	Ingest channels with at least this many members. Default: 2
channels_iteration_limit integer	Limit the number of channels to be ingested in a iteration. Low-level config. Do not tweak unless you are facing any issues. Default: 200
enrich_user_metadata boolean	Whether to enrich user metadata. Default: True
ingest_public_channels boolean	Whether to ingest public channels. If set to true needs channels:read scope. Default: False
should_ingest_archived_channels boolean	Whether to ingest archived channels. Default: False

Schema

The JSONSchema for this configuration is inlined below.

{
  "title": "SlackSourceConfig",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "bot_token": {
      "title": "Bot Token",
      "description": "Bot token for the Slack workspace. Needs `users:read`, `users:read.email` and `users.profile:read` scopes.",
      "type": "string",
      "writeOnly": true,
      "format": "password"
    },
    "enrich_user_metadata": {
      "title": "Enrich User Metadata",
      "description": "Whether to enrich user metadata.",
      "default": true,
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "api_requests_per_min": {
      "title": "Api Requests Per Min",
      "description": "Number of API requests per minute. Low-level config. Do not tweak unless you are facing any issues.",
      "default": 10,
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "ingest_public_channels": {
      "title": "Ingest Public Channels",
      "description": "Whether to ingest public channels. If set to true needs `channels:read` scope.",
      "default": false,
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "channels_iteration_limit": {
      "title": "Channels Iteration Limit",
      "description": "Limit the number of channels to be ingested in a iteration. Low-level config. Do not tweak unless you are facing any issues.",
      "default": 200,
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "channel_min_members": {
      "title": "Channel Min Members",
      "description": "Ingest channels with at least this many members.",
      "default": 2,
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "should_ingest_archived_channels": {
      "title": "Should Ingest Archived Channels",
      "description": "Whether to ingest archived channels.",
      "default": false,
      "type": "boolean"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "bot_token"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Code Coordinates

• Class Name: datahub.ingestion.source.slack.slack.SlackSource
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Questions

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