PopcornNotify Notifications

Overview

• Source: https://popcornnotify.com
• Image Support: No
• Attachment Support: No
• Message Character Limits:
  • Body: 32768

Account Setup

Get yourself an API Key from their website and you’re already to use the service.

Syntax

Valid syntax is as follows:

• popcorn://{ApiKey}/{PhoneNo}/
• popcorn://{ApiKey}/{PhoneNo1}/{PhoneNo2}/{PhoneNoN}/
• popcorn://{ApiKey}/{Email}/
• popcorn://{ApiKey}/{Email1}/{Email2}/{EmailN}/

You can mix and match the information too:

• popcorn://{ApiKey}/{PhoneNo1}/{Email1}/{EmailN}/{PhoneNoN}

Parameter Breakdown

Variable	Required	Description
ApiKey	Yes	The Personal API Token associated with your account.
PhoneNo	No	A Phone Number you wish to notify (via SMS).
Email	No	The Email address you wish to notify
to	No	This is an alias to the Phone/Email variable.
batch	No	PopcornNotify allows a batch mode. If you identify more then one phone number and/or email, you can send all of these targets you identify on the URL in a single shot instead of the normal Apprise approach (which sends them one by one). Enabling batch mode has both it’s pro’s and cons. By default batch mode is disabled.

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 👉 upstream: Do nothing at all; pass the message exactly as you received it to the service. 👉 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. 👉 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. 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.

Examples

Send a PopcornNotify notification as an SMS:

# Assuming our {ApiKey} is abc123456
# Assuming our {PhoneNo} - is in the US somewhere making our country code +1
#                        - identifies as 800-555-1223
apprise -vv -t "Test Message Title" -b "Test Message Body" \
   popcorn:///abc123456/18005551223

# the following would also have worked (spaces, brackets,
# dashes are accepted in a phone no field):
apprise -vv -t "Test Message Title" -b "Test Message Body" \
   popcorn:///abc123456/1-(800) 555-1223

You can also send emails just as easily:

# Assuming our {ApiKey} is abc123456
# Assuming our {Email} is user@example.com
apprise -vv -t "Test Message Title" -b "Test Message Body" \
   popcorn:///abc123456/user@example.com