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page	MQTT Notifications	Instructions on how to add MQTT notifications to Home Assistant.	2016-02-01 08:00	true	false	true	true	mqtt.png	Notifications	Configurable	/components/notify.mqtt/

The MQTT notification support is different than the other notification platforms. It is a service. This means that you don't have to create a configuration entry but you need to provide more details when calling the service.

Call Service section from the Developer Tools allows you to send MQTT messages. Choose mqtt.publish from the list of Available services: and enter something like the sample below into the Service Data field and hit CALL SERVICE.

{"payload": "Test message from HA", "topic": "home/notification", "qos": 0, "retain": 0}

The same will work for automations.

Examples

REST API

Using the REST API to send a message to a given topic.

$ curl -X POST \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer ABCDEFGH" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{"payload": "Test message from HA", "topic": "home/notification"}' \
    http://IP_ADDRESS:8123/api/services/mqtt/publish

Automations

Use as script in automations.

{% raw %}

automation:
  alias: Send me a message when I get home
  trigger:
    platform: state
    entity_id: device_tracker.me
    to: 'home'
  action:
    service: script.notify_mqtt
    data:
      target: "me"
      message: "I'm home"

script:
  notify_mqtt:
    sequence:
      - service: mqtt.publish
        data_template:
          payload: "{{ message }}"
          topic: home/"{{ target }}"
          retain: true

{% endraw %}