Adding a custom function to Airflow is quite simple. First, we have do define a function in Python, for example, this one:
def do_something_with_execution_date(execution_date):
# Imagine that there is some useful code ;)
...
When the function is ready, we use the user_defined_macros parameter of the DAG object to pass a dictionary of custom functions:
dag = DAG(
...,
user_defined_macros={
'custom_function': do_something_with_execution_date,
}
)
Now, we can use the custom function in any place that supports Airflow templates. Of course, only in the DAGs that have access to the functions.
{{ custom_function(execution_date) }};
Note that, I can pass parameters to the function and rename it by using a different name as the dictionary key.
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