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Re: Ntfy.sh – Send push notifications to your phone via PUT/POST

#32
post #17

When I was making my IoT washing machine sensor, I used Blynk.io to push notifications to my phone but of course that service became commercialised and is no longer free. I could not find any nice easy to use alternative except for Telegram which is what I use now. This service looks exactly like what I would need and I appreciate the promise to keep it open source.

https://pushover.net/ Has existed for several years. It works great for me.

Additionally they support "Critical Alerts" on iOS for when you really need to get a notification regardless of whether or not you've muted your device. Probably something similar is possible on Android as well?

Re: Ntfy.sh – Send push notifications to your phone via PUT/POST

#33
post #11

I love it! Is it possible to subscribe without downloading the app? For example by visiting a special page with some confirm button?

There are various ways to subscribe with or without the app. Deep links to subscribe are supported: https://ntfy.sh/docs/subscribe/phone/#ntfy-links -- not sure if that's what you meant.

If this doesn't work for you, you can always create a ticket or make your own app or website using the subscription API: https://ntfy.sh/docs/subscribe/api/

Re: Ntfy.sh – Send push notifications to your phone via PUT/POST

#38
post #29

cool. e2e encryption would be great..

End to end encryption is already fully designed and partially implemented. I just had a baby and have no time to do it recently: https://github.com/binwiederhier/ntfy/issues/69

will check. congratulations.

Re: Ntfy.sh – Send push notifications to your phone via PUT/POST

#39
post #11

I love it! Is it possible to subscribe without downloading the app? For example by visiting a special page with some confirm button?

I'm not in a position to try ATM, I thought the same question, but could you not just use the web app and have the mobile browser post notifications as happens on the desktop version? There might be different limitations wrt delivery latency between the app and sit though, particularly when your device is in low power mode to conserve battery between periods of activity.

Re: Ntfy.sh – Send push notifications to your phone via PUT/POST

#40

Hey cool, this is my project. Happy to answer questions. Edit: I am also looking for a new opportunity. If you need a good Staff/Principal Engineer, check out my resume here: https://heckel.io/resume.pdf

Neat project. Where does the funding come from?
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