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@ -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**. 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 ```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. 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. For more automation examples, see the [getting started with automation page](/getting-started/automation/) or the [configuration cookbook](/cookbook).
```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/).