mirror of
https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant.io.git
synced 2025-05-31 15:26:49 +00:00
1833c32a2c
* Sets front matter defaults * Removes default front matter from section templates/pages * Removes default front matter from addon pages * Removes default front matter from integration pages * Removes default front matter from posts * Removes default front matter from docs pages * Removes default front matter from other pages * Fixes blog category pages
59 lines
1.6 KiB
Markdown
59 lines
1.6 KiB
Markdown
---
|
|
title: "MessageBird"
|
|
description: "Instructions on how to add user notifications to Home Assistant."
|
|
logo: message_bird.png
|
|
ha_category:
|
|
- Notifications
|
|
ha_release: 0.16
|
|
redirect_from:
|
|
- /components/notify.message_bird/
|
|
---
|
|
|
|
The `MessageBird` notification platform sends notifications as SMS messages using [MessageBird](https://www.messagebird.com/) to your mobile phone.
|
|
|
|
## Setup
|
|
|
|
Go to https://www.messagebird.com/ to retrieve your API key.
|
|
|
|
## Configuration
|
|
|
|
To enable MessageBird notifications in your installation, add the following to your `configuration.yaml` file:
|
|
|
|
```yaml
|
|
# Example configuration.yaml entry
|
|
notify:
|
|
- name: NOTIFIER_NAME
|
|
platform: message_bird
|
|
api_key: YOUR_API_KEY
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
{% configuration %}
|
|
api_key:
|
|
description: Your MessageBird API key.
|
|
required: true
|
|
type: string
|
|
name:
|
|
description: Setting the optional parameter `name` allows multiple notifiers to be created. The notifier will bind to the service `notify.NOTIFIER_NAME`.
|
|
required: false
|
|
default: notify
|
|
type: string
|
|
sender:
|
|
description: Setting the optional parameter `sender`. This will be the sender of the SMS. It may be either a telephone number (e.g., `+4915112345678`) or a text with a maximum length of 11 characters.
|
|
required: false
|
|
default: HA
|
|
type: string
|
|
{% endconfiguration %}
|
|
|
|
### Usage
|
|
|
|
MessageBird is a notify platform and thus can be controlled by calling the notify service [as described here](/components/notify/). It will send a notification to the specified mobile phone number(s).
|
|
|
|
#### Example service payload
|
|
|
|
```json
|
|
{
|
|
"message": "A message for many people",
|
|
"target": [ "+49123456789", "+43123456789" ]
|
|
}
|
|
```
|