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warning: DO NOT CHANGE THIS MANUALLY, THIS IS GENERATED BY https://github.com/duckdb/community-extensions repository, check README there
title: slack_msg
excerpt: |
  DuckDB Community Extensions
  Post Slack messages and structured notifications from DuckDB

extension:
  name: slack_msg
  description: Post Slack messages and structured notifications from DuckDB
  version: 0.1.0
  language: C++
  build: cmake
  license: MIT
  maintainers:
    - mattmartin14

repo:
  github: mattmartin14/duckdb_slack
  ref: 2b3f305ce2b895ed38e04aba7edbbdde61c3e477

docs:
  hello_world: |
    CREATE SECRET slack_test (
      TYPE slack,
      WEBHOOK_URL 'https://hooks.slack.com/services/your/workspace/webhook'
    );
    CALL slack_post(secret_name => 'slack_test', msg => 'Hello from DuckDB!');
  extended_description: |
    Post plain-text messages or structured notification cards to Slack using
    an incoming webhook stored in DuckDB's Secrets Manager. The existing
    [duckdb-slack](https://github.com/dentiny/duckdb-slack) extension searches
    Slack messages; slack_msg posts them.

extension_star_count: 0
extension_star_count_pretty: 0
extension_download_count: 22
extension_download_count_pretty: 22
image: '/images/community_extensions/social_preview/preview_community_extension_slack_msg.png'
layout: community_extension_doc
---
### Compatibility Matrix

This table covers all DuckDB releases that have not reached [end-of-life](https://duckdb.org/release_calendar), including LTS releases, and shows the 2 most recent patch releases of each. Older patch releases are not listed, but the extension may be available for them as well.

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| Platform | 1.4.4 | 1.4.5 | 1.5.5 | 1.5.6 | 2.0.0 |
| :--- | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: |
| Linux AMD64 | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Linux ARM64 | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| macOS AMD64 | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| macOS ARM64 | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Windows AMD64 | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Windows ARM64 | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| WebAssembly | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |

### Installing and Loading
```sql
INSTALL {{ page.extension.name }} FROM community;
LOAD {{ page.extension.name }};
```

{% if page.docs.hello_world %}
### Example
```sql
{{ page.docs.hello_world }}```
{% endif %}

{% if page.docs.extended_description %}
### About {{ page.extension.name }}
{{ page.docs.extended_description }}
{% endif %}
### Added Functions

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| function_name | function_type | description | comment | examples |
|---------------|---------------|-------------|---------|----------|
| slack_post    | table         | NULL        | NULL    |          |

### Overloaded Functions

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This extension does not add any function overloads.

### Added Types

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This extension does not add any types.

### Added Settings

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|      name      |                       description                       | input_type | scope  | aliases | typed_value |
|----------------|---------------------------------------------------------|------------|--------|---------|-------------|
| temp_directory | Set the directory to which temporary files are written. | VARCHAR    | GLOBAL | []      | post.db.tmp |