ntfy.md

ntfy

ntfy is a simple pub/sub server for sending notifications to your devices. If you are connecting to the public instance, I suggest using a random string for the topic name as well as enabling encryption. If you are using a self-hosted instance, I suggest creating a new user solely for clipshift that is separate from any other user accounts.

clipshift config

Use clipshift config add-backend to be guided through the configuration options or you can manually edit ~/.clipshift/config.yaml and add the following:

• Using the public server

  backends:
    - type: ntfy
      host: https://ntfy.sh
      topic: some-random-string-here
      action: sync
      encryptionkey: some-key-here # optional, but recommended for the public instance

• Using a self-hosted instance

  backends:
    - type: ntfy
      host: https://ntfy.example.com
      user: some-user
      pass: some-password
      topic: clipshift
      action: sync
      encryptionkey: # optional, leave blank for no encryption

Android

Note: encryption is currently not supported

Google, instead of making clipboard monitoring access a permission, has made it super locked down. So, unless Google changes course, there will probably never be an official clipshift app. But clipshift still works great with the offical ntfy app (Play Store, F-Droid) and Tasker.

Install both apps and subscribe to the topic you configured in your clipshift client(s) in the ntfy app.

Ntfy reactor Tasker profile

This will be triggered when a ntfy message is receive and will set the clipboard accordingly.

1. Open Tasker, if this is your first time using the app make sure you enable full Tasker and not TaskerNet (or whatever the beginner mode is called)
2. Create a profile and name it whatever you want (I named mine ntfy reactor)
3. For the trigger select Event > System > Intent Received
4. In the Action field put io.heckel.ntfy.MESSAGE_RECEIVED
5. Set both Cat fields to Default
6. Select the back arrow, and then New Task and you don't have to give it a name
7. In the Task Edit screen, hit the action button to add a step, select Task > If
8. For the Condition, make the left box %topic and the right box clipshift (change accordingly if you're using a different topic name)
9. Hit the + button to add a second condition and make the fields %title and %DEVMOD (device model), then hit the button with the ~ for that condition and change it to Doesn't Match which will change the button to !~
10. Hit the back arrow to save the step
11. Select the action button to add a step and select System > Set Clipboard
12. In the Text box put %message and select the back button to save the step.
13. Finally, we need to close the if statement so add a Task > End If step and then hit the back button to save the Task.
14. Select the checkmark on the Tasker top bar to save your work.

Sending your clipboard to clipshift

On the latest versions of Android a share menu will appear when the clipboard is set, when it appears just share to ntfy and select the clipshift topic.

There is a very advanced way to have Tasker monitor your clipboard but it requires some hacky stuff, I'll type up some instructions if people ask for it.