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---
layout: page
title: "Rocket.Chat"
description: "Instructions on how to add Rocket.Chat notifications to Home Assistant."
date: 2017-09-23 20:00
sidebar: true
comments: false
sharing: true
footer: true
logo: rocketchat.png
ha_category: Notifications
ha_release: 0.56
---
The `rocketchat` notify platform allows you to send messages to your [Rocket.Chat](https://rocket.chat/) instance from Home Assistant.
## {% linkable_title Configuration %}
To add Rocket.Chat to your installation, add the following to your `configuration.yaml` file:
```yaml
# Example configuration.yaml entry
notify:
- platform: rocketchat
name: NOTIFIER_NAME
url: https://rocketchat.example.com
username: YOUR_USERNAME
password: YOUR_PASSWORD
room: YOUR_ROOM_NAME
```
- **name** (*Optional*): Name displayed in the frontend. The notifier will bind to the service `notify.NOTIFIER_NAME`.
- **url** (*Required*): The URL of your Rocket.Chat instance.
- **username** (*Required*): The Rocket.Chat username.
- **password** (*Required*): The Rocker.Chat password.
- **room** (*Required*): The chat room name to send messages to.
### {% linkable_title script.yaml example %}
```yaml
rocketchat_notification:
sequence:
- service: notify.NOTIFIER_NAME
data:
message: "Message to Rocket.Chat from Home Assistant!"
data:
emoji: ":smirk:"
```
#### {% linkable_title Message variables %}
- **message** (*Required*): Message to be displayed.
- **data** (*Optional*): Dictionary containing any of the variables defined in the [Rocket.Chat docs](https://rocket.chat/docs/developer-guides/rest-api/chat/postmessage#message-object-example)
To use notifications, please see the [getting started with automation page](/getting-started/automation/).