Apprise Docs

Contributing to Apprise Documentation

We welcome documentation improvements! Please follow the guidelines below to help us review and merge your contributions smoothly.

Retrieve from GitHub

# Acquire the documentation source from it's official resting spot on GitHub
git clone git@github.com:caronc/apprise-docs.git

Repository Layout

All documentation lives under the locales/ directory.

Each locale mirrors the same structure so navigation remains predictable across languages.

locales/
  <locale>/
    index.md
    getting-started/
    guides/
    services/
      <service>/
        index.md
    config/
    qa/
    dev/
    contributing/
    assets/

Directory Guide

Getting Started (getting-started/)
Introductory material for new users
Guides (guides/)
How-to articles, workflows, best practices, and troubleshooting patterns
Config (config/)
Configuration syntax and reference material
QA (qa/)
Troubleshooting, diagnostics, and FAQs
Dev (dev/)
Developer-focused documentation and internals
Contributing (contributing/)
How to help improve Apprise and its ecosystem
Services (services/)
Documentation specific to a notification service, including URL syntax, configuration options, and examples

Getting Started as a Contributor

Prerequisites

Node.js (LTS recommended)
pnpm (version pinned in package.json)
Git

Quick Start

Install dependencies:
Terminal window
```
pnpm install
```
Make your documentation changes
Add, edit, or improve any Markdown file.
Run validation:
Terminal window
```
pnpm lint
```
Most formatting issues can be fixed automatically with:
Terminal window
```
pnpm lint:fix
```
Open a pull request 🎉

If linting fails, it will tell you exactly what needs attention.

Adding or Improving a Service

Each service lives at:

locales/<locale>/services/<service>/index.md

Optionally, a service may include an images/ directory for logos or diagrams.

services/<service>/
├── index.md
└── images/
    └── logo.svg

Service Logos

Service logos are optional, but encouraged when an official logo is available.

Supported formats: .svg, .png, .jpg, .jpeg
Raster images should not exceed:
- 200px height
- 440px width

If present, logos are automatically rendered on the service page.

Service Page Template

Each service page starts with a frontmatter block that describes its capabilities.

This metadata is used to generate the Overview section automatically on the site.

A minimal example:

---
title: "Example Notifications"
description: "Send notifications using Example"
sidebar:
  label: "Example"

source: https://example.com
group: general

schemas:
  - example://

sample_urls:
  - example://{token}/
  - example://{token}/{target}
---

<!-- SERVICE:DETAILS -->

## Account Setup

How to get set up with Example

## Syntax

Valid syntax is as follows:

- `example://{token}`
- `example://{token}/{target}`

## Parameter Breakdown

| Variable | Required | Description                                                                                    |
| -------- | -------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| token    | yes      | Token to access the example server                                                             |
| target   | no       | The target you wish to notify. If no target is specified, we send a notification to ourselves. |

### Global Parameters

| Variable | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| overflow | This parameter can be set to either `split`, `truncate`, or `upstream`. This determines how Apprise delivers the message you pass it. By default this is set to `upstream` <br/> 👉 `upstream`: Do nothing at all; pass the message exactly as you received it to the service.<br/> 👉 `truncate`: Ensure that the message will fit within the service's documented upstream message limit. If more information was passed then the defined limit, the overhead information is truncated.<br/> 👉 `split`: similar to truncate except if the message doesn't fit within the service's documented upstream message limit, it is split into smaller chunks and they are all delivered sequentially there-after. |
| format   | This parameter can be set to either `text`, `html`, or `markdown`. Some services support the ability to post content by several different means. The default of this varies (it can be one of the 3 mentioned at any time depending on which service you choose). You can optionally force this setting to stray from the defaults if you wish. If the service doesn't support different types of transmission formats, then this field is ignored.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| verify   | External requests made to secure locations (such as through the use of `https`) will have certificates associated with them. By default, Apprise will verify that these certificates are valid; if they are not then no notification will be sent to the source. In some occasions, a user might not have a certificate authority to verify the key against or they trust the source; in this case you will want to set this flag to `no`. By default it is set to `yes`.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| cto      | This stands for Socket Connect Timeout. This is the number of seconds Requests will wait for your client to establish a connection to a remote machine (corresponding to the _connect()_) call on the socket. The default value is 4.0 seconds.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| rto      | This stands for Socket Read Timeout. This is the number of seconds the client will wait for the server to send a response. The default value is 4.0 seconds.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| emojis   | Enable Emoji support (such as providing `:+1:` would translate to 👍). By default this is set to `no`. <br/>**Note:** Depending on server side settings, the administrator has the power to disable emoji support at a global level; but default this is not the case.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| tz       | Identify the IANA Time Zone Database you wish to operate as. By default this is detected based on the configuration the server hosting Apprise is running on. You can set this to things like `America/Toronto`, or any other properly formated Timezone describing your area.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |

## Example

Send a Example notification:

```bash
apprise -vv -t "My Title" -b "Message Body" \
   "example://my-token/target"
```

The markers such as  are intentional and must be left in place.
They are replaced automatically when the documentation is rendered.

Localization and Translations

Each language lives under locales/<locale>/
English (en) is the default
Translations may be partial and incremental

Even partial translations are welcome.

Linting and Validation

This repository uses automated checks to ensure:

Consistent Markdown formatting
Supported frontmatter keys and structure
Predictable rendering on the website

Linting exists to help contributors, not to block them. Most failures are formatting or unsupported metadata issues and are easy to fix.

How You Can Help

Improve documentation for a service you use
Clarify confusing sections
Add examples
Fix typos or formatting issues
Translate content into another language

If you are unsure where something belongs, open an issue and ask.