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layout: page
title: "Notifications"
description: "Instructions how to add user notifications to Home Assistant."
date: 2015-01-20 22:36
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The `notify` component makes it possible to send notifications to a wide variety of platforms. Please check the sidebar for a full list of platforms that are supported.
## {% linkable_title Configuration %}
```yaml
# Example configuration.yaml entry
notify:
- platform: pushbullet
name: paulus
api_key: ABCDEFG
```
The **name** parameter is optional but needed if you want to use multiple platforms. The platform will be exposed as service `notify/<name>`. The name will default to `notify` if not supplied.
### {% linkable_title Service %}
Once loaded, the `notify` platform will expose a service that can be called to send notifications.
| Service data attribute | Optional | Description |
| ---------------------- | -------- | ----------- |
| `message` | no | Body of the notification.
| `title` | yes | Title of the notification. Default is `Home Assistant`.
| `target` | yes | Some platforms will allow specifying a recipient that will receive the notification. See your platform page if it is supported.
| `data` | yes | On platforms who have extended functionality. See your platform page if it is supported.
The notification component supports specifying [templates](/topics/templating/) with `data_template`. This will allow you to use the current state of Home Assistant in your notifications.
In an [action](https://home-assistant.io/getting-started/automation-action/) of your [automation setup](/getting-started/automation/) it could look like this with a customized subject.
```yaml
action:
service: notify.notify
data:
message: "Your message goes here"
title: "Custom subject"
```
### {% linkable_title Test if it works %}
A simple way to test if you have set up your notify platform correctly is to use <img src='/images/screenshots/developer-tool-services-icon.png' alt='service developer tool icon' class="no-shadow" height="38" /> **Services** 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
{
"message": "The sun is {% raw %}{% if is_state('sun.sun', 'above_horizon') %}up{% else %}down{% endif %}{% endraw %}!"
}
```
For services which have support for sending images.
```json
{ "message": "Test plugin",
"data": {
"photo": {
"url": "http://www.gbsun.de/gbpics/berge/berge106.jpg"
}
}
}
```
If the service support sending the location, the data from this sample can be used.
```json
{ "message": "Test plugin",
"data": {
"location": {
"latitude": 7.3284,
"longitude": 46.38234
}
}
}
```