Notify.Events for Homebridge

This integration allows sending alerts and notifications from Smart Home and IoT devices connected to Homebridge via 40+ messengers and other communication tools.

Receive instant messages via Signal, Telegram, Discord, Signal., SMS, push, voice calls and more. Apply simple text formatting, level and priority to alerts, and filter by time to direct them to the desired family member.

See the full list of supported messengers here.

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Notify.Events configuration

1. Sign-up to the Notify.Events service.
2. Create a new channel.
3. Add Homebridge source to your channel.
4. Copy your token and save the integration.

Installation

Before installing this plugin, you should install Homebridge using the official instructions.

Installation via Homebridge Config UI X

1. Search for Notify.Events on the Plugins tag of Config UI X.
2. Install the Notify.Events plugin and use the form to enter your accessory configurations.

Manual installation

1. Install this plugin using: sudo npm install -g homebridge-notifyevents.
2. Edit config.json manually to add your notification. See below for instructions on that.

Configuration

Platform configuration

Parameter	Required	Description
action	yes	Action handler configuration
channels	yes	Channel list

Action handler configuration

All described Actions are becoming the buttons you will see under the notification message to take an action right from the chat.

After you pushing one of those buttons, Notify.Events will trigger an Action accessory in your Homebridge, which you can use as a trigger for your automations.

In order for Notify.Events to interact with Homebridge, you need to enable action support and set up a handler:

Parameter	Required	Description
enabled		Enable Actions
listen	yes (if enabled)	Listen host (To listen to all interfaces you can use "0.0.0.0" (IPv4) or "::" (IPv6))
port	yes (if enabled)	Listen port
host	yes (if enabled)	Your external host
path	yes (if enabled)	Action target path

Notice: Don't forget to make sure that your Homebridge instance is reachable from the web.

Channel configuration

Parameter	Required	Description
title	yes	Channel name
token	yes	Notify.Events channel token
messages	yes	Message list

Message (accessory) configuration

Parameter	Required	Description
name	yes	Accessory name
title		Message title
text	yes	Message text (allowed html-tags: <b>, <i>, <a href="">, <br>)
priority		Message priority (highest, high, normal, low, lowest)
level		Message level (verbose, info, notice, warning, error, success)
images		Image list
files		File list
actions		Action list

Image / File configuration

Parameter	Required	Description
filename	yes	Image/File filename

Action (accessory) configuration

Parameter	Required	Description
name	yes	Accessory name
title	yes	Action (button) title

Example config.json entry:

{
    "platforms": [
        {
            "platform": "NotifyEvents",
            "action": {
                "enabled": true,
                "listen": "0.0.0.0",
                "port": 53535,
                "host": "<your-homebridge-host>",
                "path": "/"
            },
            "channels": [
                {
                    "title": "My Channel",
                    "token": "<your-notifyevents-token>",
                    "messages": [
                        {
                            "name": "My Message",
                            "title": "My Message Title",
                            "text": "Hello <b>Dolly</b>",
                            "priority": "normal",
                            "level": "info",
                            "images": [
                                {
                                    "filename": "/tmp/1.jpg"
                                }
                            ],
                            "files": [
                                {
                                    "filename": "/tmp/1.txt"
                                }
                            ],
                            "actions": [
                                {
                                    "name": "My Action",
                                    "title": "Click Me"
                                }
                            ]
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}