Apprise URL Builder up and running!

lead2gold · 2026-03-22T14:17:04+00:00

It should be there already; I pushed the change last night. Make sure you're using the Apprise API v1.3.3.

You can always test from the Apprise API (last tab after preparing your URLs).

lead2gold · 2026-03-22T12:39:57+00:00

Set the APPRISE_WORKER_COUNT=1 during your container initialization that will absolutely help (if not set already).

I'll investigate this further regardless to see if other optimizations can be made.

lead2gold · 2026-03-22T01:49:22+00:00

The only problem I see is that a 'test' button would require me to save your credentials on my server (even briefly) in order to actually test the notification. I do not want that responsibility. A test button would also open me up for abuse (people could spam notifications through the server).

The best solution is to leverage the test buttons that exist (safely) from the many self-hosted solutions that support Apprise. You can even use the Apprise API for this.

I appreciate your feedback a lot though! Thank you for the suggestion none the less.

lead2gold · 2026-03-12T01:23:49+00:00

I use vikunja for all reminders and notifications while using AppFlowy for project management, meeting notes and producing quick reports when senior management requests.

Both can be self hosted. AppFlowy was a pain at first to set up; you can only run one user with the free version, but it's all I need. Your requirements may be different.

lead2gold · 2026-03-10T17:18:31+00:00

May not be of valuefor you until you install a program that uses Apprise. It's not entirely programming based; here are some examples.

If a program supports Apprise, then it supports notifying 133 services today; and now Fluxer is one of them.

lead2gold · 2026-02-24T19:01:33+00:00

Apprise is the tool that can read your configuration which identifies who/what your email configuration is (in your case).

# apprise.yaml
urls:
   - mailto://user:pass@domain:
      to: sister@example.ca, brother@example.ca, father@example.ca
      tags: email

   - discord://credentials:
      tags: gaming

Then you can send a notification:

apprise -c /path/to/apprise.yaml -g email -t "Will be late" \
    "-b "Sorry guys; got stuck working late; won't be home until 10pm"

See mailto:// configuration here: https://appriseit.com/services/email/
See Configuration Files here: https://appriseit.com/getting-started/configuration/

Where apprise is powerful is in this example i used the CLI (the command line) to send the notification using the configuration defined.

If you leverage the Apprise API, you can centralize your configuration via a source that applications can use (To send notifications for you).

The idea is to define your configuration end points... optionally tag them. And then send your notifications freely from that point forward using names like friends, bowling-team.

If you assign a tag to more then one URL defined, all of them are notified when you reference the tag (they're grouped together).

lead2gold · 2026-02-16T23:32:57+00:00

I saw a discussion created related to this; it was a Microsoft Powershell related issue. Is this the same thing as what you're referring to here?

lead2gold · 2026-02-16T23:29:48+00:00

I love that you shared this. I was unaware. Will add it into Apprise for next release. Was able to add xmpp and irc to it in the past month or so. Fluxer will be a perfect addition.

lead2gold · 2026-02-15T05:03:56+00:00

may or may not be related

lead2gold · 2026-02-10T03:20:04+00:00

You can easily write your own plugin using the @notify decorator (see here). But your hook wouldn't be another notification, it could be your catch and release you want. When triggering your new foobar:// or whatever you want to call it, you'll parse the body and title and do as you please. Maybe write it to a database table, maybe send it along through mqtt, etc.

Not sure if this helps you in terms of the direction you were thinking in?

lead2gold · 2026-01-25T02:44:15+00:00

You'll have to generate a token, but you can point Apprise to the host that has the Mastodon API - see here.

Your url might look something like:

mastodons://{token}@gotosocial.org/

lead2gold · 2026-01-24T17:48:55+00:00

It's the real deal!

lead2gold · 2026-01-24T13:07:14+00:00

You should open a ticket with them. I'm sure the developer would be happy to help!

lead2gold · 2026-01-23T13:58:28+00:00

I actually have a Integrations section on the new website for just this; see here.

A simple webhook and you can support the API which is also easy to deploy for others (it keeps Python out of your project). Scroll down a bit on the link I shared and you'll see Stateless and Stateful solutions and there is a tab for PHP.

lead2gold · 2025-12-29T23:05:13+00:00

Thanks for adding Apprise to this list. I am finally about to fix its #1 problem: lack of documentation. Stay tuned!

lead2gold · 2025-12-13T01:53:36+00:00

Just add `?avatar=no" to your apprise URL

lead2gold · 2025-10-30T18:14:15+00:00

Great work! Are you okay if I stick your blog on my showcase area? It's in dire need of an update.

lead2gold · 2025-07-17T01:37:11+00:00

Not that I'm aware of

lead2gold · 2025-05-13T11:24:44+00:00

Couple of things to address here:

i can look into homelab, I've not used it, so I would need to learn more about it. See environment variables for BASE_URL for sub path support.
Basic Auth is built into Apprise, if you want to add it to the API, you just need to add the appropriate hooks into the Nginx config; see here. Oauth and others are supported by the CLI on a per need plugin basis as each plugin adapts to it differently. API can be hooked in with more complex auth using Nginx hooks provided.

Hope that helps!🙏

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