Pushover Notification Sounds

[OSU_BuckeyesFan]

I used the thread below as a guide to set up Pushover well over a year ago and it has been working flawlessly. I want to take it one step further and set up a custom notification sound for one of my zones/areas and I can't figure out how to do so. Through the Pushover webpage, I can push different sounds as a test to my devices but I can't figure out how to write a script to do so. Is this possible? If so, any guidance on how to do so?

J

Thread 'Send Pushover notifications with pictures and hyperlinks'

Sep 21, 2021

I've figured out how to send Pushover notifications with pictures and hyperlinks from Blue Iris Actions without using external scripts.

This approach uses curl and the Pushover API, and provides functionality similar to that recently described for Telegram <link>.

EDIT (5/16/2022) - For those who prefer a TLDR version of this thread, I’ve appended a copy-paste-ready API Reference section, and a Testing section to the end of this post. I’ve also added links to key topic posts that have appeared later (e.g., custom sounds, emergency...

• jaydeel
• Replies: 712
• Forum: Customizing

• 
• 

 

[jaydeel]

The cited post discusses the sound argument...



NOTE: To use Blue Iris sounds they first must be uploaded as custom sounds to your Pushover Dashboard.
See this post and this post.

 

[OSU_BuckeyesFan]

Here is the script I use to push images of the notification, where do I insert the sound? I am fine using a tone from Pushover, as long as it's different than the default one.

https://api.pushover.net/1/messages.json

-s --form-string "token=MY TOKEN" --form-string "user=MY USER" --form-string "message=&CAM/ &MEMO" -F "attachment=@C:\BlueIris\Alerts\&ALERT_PATH"

 

[jaydeel]

where do I insert the sound?

literally anywhere; the API is agnostic on the position.

try this...

https://api.pushover.net/1/messages.json -s --form-string "token=MY TOKEN" --form-string "user=MY USER" --form-string "message=&CAM/ &MEMO" --form-string "sound=YOUR_PUSHOVER_SOUND_HERE" -F "attachment=@C:\BlueIris\Alerts\&ALERT_PATH"

 

[jaydeel]

The list of built-in sounds can be found here: pushover sounds.
Clicking the link provides the opportunity to sample the sound in your browser.

Screenshot:

 

[OSU_BuckeyesFan]

literally anywhere; the API is agnostic on the position.

try this...

https://api.pushover.net/1/messages.json -s --form-string "token=MY TOKEN" --form-string "user=MY USER" --form-string "message=&CAM/ &MEMO" --form-string "sound=YOUR_PUSHOVER_SOUND_HERE" -F "attachment=@C:\BlueIris\Alerts\&ALERT_PATH"

I thought it had to go in a certain order, thanks for the info. I just tested it with a built-in pushover sound and it works! Thanks for taking the time to explain and help out!