Hi, I'm using the Publish API to create a system, which shows up on the dashboard. I then send a notification using curl:

 

https://api.pulseway.com/v1/publish -H Content-Type:application/json -u <user;key> -X POST -d '{"instance_id":"v7black","title":"Test error","message":"Running out of disk space","priority":"critical"}'

which gets a valid response: {"response_code":200,"error_message":null}

 

But I can't see any notification on the dashboard/mobile

The name/description/group I used in publish seems to have been lost

 

I put the publish again, and the group/description is back... however once the 'refresh interval' expires it greys out but there is no notification.

 

thanks for any pointers...

 

 

 

Hey there,

 

It seems to me that you are using the wrong endpoint: https://api.pulseway.com/v1/publish should only be used for Publish and https://api.pulseway.com/v1/notify should be used for Notify.

 

I believe that the reason you are getting a successful response (HTTP 200) is because they are allowing you to publish with empty contents. So if you specify a valid instance_id the publish will succeed. (@Pulseway: correct me if I'm wrong).

 

I just tested your request with the correct endpoint and it seems to be working here.

 

Paul

Thanks Paul - yes, I didn't notice that but it works fine now! 

 

Do you know about notifications if the refresh-interval expires?

An offline notification will be sent, please set the notify_when_offline to true as specified here:

http://www.pulseway.com/restapi/#publish

 

Once the instance goes offline it could take up to 15 minutes for the notification to be fired.

 

Marius

A couple more queries...

 

If I send a notification I can't see the title in the dashboard/mobile (but it does show on the email subject). On the dashboard I see the date/time and no reference to the title text at all.

If I send HTML tags they are ignored (or rather the tags are shown as text) in the description of the dashboard/mobile, but are interpreted as tags in my gmail - I'm guessing this is gmail's doing - but having some sort of text highlighting would be useful - is there any I can use?

You cannot send HTML tags - this is a push notification(s) limit and cannot be changed.

An offline notification will be sent, please set the notify_when_offline to true as specified here:

http://www.pulseway.com/restapi/#publish

 

Once the instance goes offline it could take up to 15 minutes for the notification to be fired.

 

Marius

 

 

Thanks but I can't see any mention of that - just this:

 

"next_refresh_interval_minutes": 5

Try refreshing the web page, we've just updated the documentation.

Perfect... thanks.

 

Re. the title of the notification - is that meant to appear on the dashboard notification?

Title is used for push notifications and email subject only.

 

Please use the message field as well for a more detailed description of the notification. This is the one that will appear on the Dashboard.