Get a Slack notification when Apify Actor finishes running
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2 ready-made Apify and Slack Applets
Turn one on, or build your own. Apify can start an automation with "Actor run finished", and IFTTT can then run "Post to channel" on Slack.
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Create your own Apify and Slack workflow
Create custom workflows effortlessly by selecting triggers, queries, and actions. With IFTTT, it's simple: “If this” trigger happens, “then that” action follows. Streamline tasks and save time with automated workflows that work for you.
8 triggers, queries, and actions
Actor run finished
Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every hour on Free, every 15 minutes on Starter, and every 5 minutes on Pro and Pro+.
This trigger fires when an Apify Actor run reaches a terminal state (succeeded, failed, timed out, or aborted).
Task run finished
Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every hour on Free, every 15 minutes on Starter, and every 5 minutes on Pro and Pro+.
This trigger fires when an Apify Actor task run reaches a terminal state (succeeded, failed, timed out, or aborted).
Get dataset items
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns items from an Apify dataset.
Get key-value store record
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns a record from an Apify key-value store.
Scrape single URL
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns extracted text content after deep crawling web pages. It is useful for downloading data from websites such as documentation, knowledge bases, help sites, or blogs.
Post to channel
Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This Action will post a message to the channel you choose in Slack.
Run actor
Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action will run an Apify Actor with a specified configuration.
Run task
Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action will run an Apify task with specified configuration.
Actor run finished
Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every hour on Free, every 15 minutes on Starter, and every 5 minutes on Pro and Pro+.
This trigger fires when an Apify Actor run reaches a terminal state (succeeded, failed, timed out, or aborted).
Get dataset items
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns items from an Apify dataset.
Get key-value store record
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns a record from an Apify key-value store.
Post to channel
Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This Action will post a message to the channel you choose in Slack.
Run actor
Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action will run an Apify Actor with a specified configuration.
Run task
Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action will run an Apify task with specified configuration.
Scrape single URL
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns extracted text content after deep crawling web pages. It is useful for downloading data from websites such as documentation, knowledge bases, help sites, or blogs.
Task run finished
Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every hour on Free, every 15 minutes on Starter, and every 5 minutes on Pro and Pro+.
This trigger fires when an Apify Actor task run reaches a terminal state (succeeded, failed, timed out, or aborted).
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If
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Actor run finished
Task run finished
Then
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Post to channel
Run actor
Run task
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About Apify
Apify is the largest ecosystem where developers build, deploy, and publish web scrapers, AI agents, and automation tools called Actors. Apify Store has over 5,000 Actors for you to connect. Get data from Instagram, Google Maps, Facebook, Google Search, TikTok, and many more popular sites. You can learn more about Apify's IFTTT integration here.
About Slack
Slack brings all your team communication into one place. Turn on Applets to bring important information into channels, quickly share photos, automate reminders, and much more.