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# Getting started
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ntfy lets you **send push notifications to your phone or desktop via scripts from any computer**, using simple HTTP PUT
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or POST requests. I use it to notify myself when scripts fail, or long-running commands complete.
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## Step 1: Get the app
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<a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.heckel.ntfy"><img src="../../static/img/badge-googleplay.png"></a>
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<a href="https://f-droid.org/en/packages/io.heckel.ntfy/"><img src="../../static/img/badge-fdroid.png"></a>
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<a href="https://github.com/binwiederhier/ntfy/issues/4"><img src="../../static/img/badge-appstore.png"></a>
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To [receive notifications on your phone](subscribe/phone.md), install the app, either via Google Play or F-Droid.
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Once installed, open it and subscribe to a topic of your choosing. Topics don't have to explicitly be created, so just
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pick a name and use it later when you [publish a message](publish.md). Note that **topic names are public, so it's wise
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to choose something that cannot be guessed easily.**
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For this guide, we'll just use `mytopic` as our topic name:
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<figure markdown>
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{ width=500 }
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<figcaption>Creating/adding your first topic</figcaption>
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</figure>
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That's it. After you tap "Subscribe", the app is listening for new messages on that topic.
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## Step 2: Send a message
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Now let's [send a message](publish.md) to our topic. It's easy in every language, since we're just using HTTP PUT or POST. The message
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is in the request body. Here's an example showing how to publish a simple message using a POST request:
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=== "Command line (curl)"
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```
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curl -d "Backup successful 😀" ntfy.sh/mytopic
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```
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=== "HTTP"
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``` http
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POST /mytopic HTTP/1.1
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Host: ntfy.sh
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Backup successful 😀
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```
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=== "JavaScript"
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``` javascript
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fetch('https://ntfy.sh/mytopic', {
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method: 'POST', // PUT works too
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body: 'Backup successful 😀'
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})
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```
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=== "Go"
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``` go
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http.Post("https://ntfy.sh/mytopic", "text/plain",
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strings.NewReader("Backup successful 😀"))
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```
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=== "PHP"
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``` php-inline
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file_get_contents('https://ntfy.sh/mytopic', false, stream_context_create([
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'http' => [
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'method' => 'POST', // PUT also works
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'header' => 'Content-Type: text/plain',
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'content' => 'Backup successful 😀'
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]
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]));
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```
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This will create a notification that looks like this:
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<figure markdown>
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{ width=500 }
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<figcaption>Android notification</figcaption>
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</figure>
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That's it. You're all set. Go play and read the rest of the docs. I highly recommend reading at least the page on
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[publishing messages](publish.md), as well as the detailed page on the [Android app](subscribe/phone.md).
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Here's another video showing the entire process:
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<figure>
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<video controls muted autoplay loop width="650" src="static/img/overview.mp4"></video>
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<figcaption>Sending push notifications to your Android phone</figcaption>
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</figure>
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