---
title: ClickSend SMS
description: Instructions on how to add ClickSend notifications to Home Assistant.
ha_category:
  - Notifications
ha_release: 0.48
ha_domain: clicksend
---

The `clicksend` platform uses [ClickSend](https://clicksend.com) to deliver notifications from Home Assistant.

## Prerequisites

Go to your [ClickSend Dashboard](https://dashboard.clicksend.com) section and create your new project. After creating your project, you should now be able to obtain your `username` and `api_key`.

## Configuration

To add ClickSend to your installation, add the following to your Home Assistant `configuration.yaml` file:

```yaml
# Example configuration.yaml entry
notify:
  - platform: clicksend
    name: ClickSend
    username: CLICKSEND_USERNAME
    api_key: CLICKSEND_API_KEY
    recipient: PHONE_NO
    
# Multiple recipients
notify:
  - platform: clicksend
    name: ClickSend
    username: CLICKSEND_USERNAME
    api_key: CLICKSEND_API_KEY
    recipient: [PHONE_NO1, PHONE_NO2]
```

{% configuration %}
name:
  description: "Setting the optional parameter name allows multiple notifiers to be created. The default value is `ClickSend`. The notifier will bind to the service `notify.NOTIFIER_NAME`."
  required: false
  type: string
username:
  description: Your Clicksend username.
  required: true
  type: string
api_key:
  description: Your Clicksend API Key.
  required: true
  type: string
recipient:
  description: "A single or multiple phone numbers. This is where you want to send your SMS notification messages, e.g., `09171234567` or `[09171234567, 09177654321]`."
  required: true
  type: [string, list]
sender:
  description: The name or number of the sender.
  required: false
  type: string
  default: 'hass'
{% endconfiguration %}

To use notifications, please see the [getting started with automation page](/getting-started/automation/).
