diff --git a/source/_components/notify.markdown b/source/_components/notify.markdown index abc80e8631c..17ca4f6345b 100644 --- a/source/_components/notify.markdown +++ b/source/_components/notify.markdown @@ -16,28 +16,15 @@ Home Assistant currently supports a wide range of services for notifications. Pl If your are running into troubles with your notification platform, a simple way to test it is to use **Call Service** from the **Developer Tools**. Choose your service (*notify/xyz*) from the list of **Available services:** and enter something like the sample below into the **Service Data** field and hit **CALL SERVICE**. ```json -{"title":"Test", "message":"A simple test message from HA."} +{"message":"A simple test message from HA."} ``` This will send a single message to your notification platform configured in your `configuration.yaml` file. -## {% linkable_title Examples %} +| Service data attribute | Optional | Description | +| ---------------------- | -------- | ----------- | +| `title` | yes | Can be used to set a title for the message. The default is `Home Assistant`. +| `message` | no | Message to send to recipient. -### {% linkable_title Automation %} -Notifications are great to be used within Home Automation. Below is a an example configuration that you can add to your `configuration.yaml` file to be notified when the sun sets. - -```yaml -automation: - alias: Sun set notification - - platform: state - state_entity_id: sun.sun - state_from: above_horizon - state_to: below_horizon - - execute_service: notify.NOTIFIER_NAME - service_data: {"message":"YAY"} -``` - -For more automation examples, see the [getting started with automation page]({{site_root}}/components/automation/). +For more automation examples, see the [getting started with automation page](/getting-started/automation/) or the [configuration cookbook](/cookbook).