<p>I think the current solution is to implement some script to send notification. I followed <a href="https://developers.google.com/hangouts/chat/how-tos/webhooks" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this guide</a> and wrote a Python Cloud Function to do the notifications.</p>

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Yeah that's what I figured. It's really baffling to me that there is no proper support for this. Thanks for your help!
Vincent
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<p>I want to send monitoring notifications to Google Chat in Google Cloud Platform. Under Monitoring &gt; Alerting &gt; Edit notificaton channels, Google Chat is not listed (only the competitor Slack, interesting...).</p>
<p>If I try to use a Webhook, the message never arrives in Google Chat. This is because the webhook request sent by Google has the wrong format - it does not include a &quot;text&quot; key in the JSON body <a href="https://cloud.google.com/monitoring/support/notification-options#webhooks" rel="nofollow noreferrer">(see here for the format of the request sent by Google)</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Is it impossible to send monitoring notifications to Google Chat, even though the competitor Slack is available?</strong></p>

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How can I send monitoring notifications to Google Chat in Google Cloud Platform?
Vincent
# How can I send monitoring notifications to Google Chat in Google Cloud Platform?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-07-23)

I want to send monitoring notifications to Google Chat in Google Cloud Platform. Under Monitoring > Alerting > Edit notificaton channels, Google Chat is not listed (only the competitor Slack, interesting...).

If I try to use a Webhook, the message never arrives in Google Chat. This is because the webhook request sent by Google has the wrong format - it does not include a "text" key in the JSON body [(see here for the format of the request sent by Google)](https://cloud.google.com/monitoring/support/notification-options#webhooks).

**Is it impossible to send monitoring notifications to Google Chat, even though the competitor Slack is available?**

**Tags:** google-cloud-platform, google-apps


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2020-08-10. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

I think the current solution is to implement some script to send notification. I followed [this guide](https://developers.google.com/hangouts/chat/how-tos/webhooks) and wrote a Python Cloud Function to do the notifications.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Yeah that's what I figured. It's really baffling to me that there is no proper support for this. Thanks for your help!  

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