<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Aug 7, 2024 at 3:56 PM Peter Bennett <<a href="mailto:pb.mythtv@gmail.com">pb.mythtv@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><u></u>
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<div>On 8/7/24 15:30, James Abernathy wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr"><font color="#1f1f1f" face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-contextual">I wanted to
branch off the original topic about event posting to talk
specifically about doing it with nfty.sh that Peter had
mentioned. </span></font>
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<div><font color="#1f1f1f" face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-contextual">On a test
mythtv FE/BE combo I installed the ntfy software package
and then the Android app on my phone. On my phone I used
the + button to subscribe to a topic whose name meant
something to me related to the mythtv-database-backup
systemd service I have running once a day. </span></font></div>
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<div><font color="#1f1f1f" face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-contextual">In the bash
shell script that the systemd service runs I just added
the command:</span></font></div>
<div><span style="font-family:monospace"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">curl -d "nucboxg3 mythconverg
Checked and Backed Up, RC=0" <a href="http://ntfy.sh/jfa-mythtv-database-backup" target="_blank">ntfy.sh/jfa-mythtv-database-backup</a></span><br>
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<div><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">This worked
and now I get the notifications on my phone instead of the
email that I used to get back when it was easier to add
external mail to a running program.</font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">Next I
tested the System Events in mythtv backend setup via the Web
App and put in a similar curl command and I picked the
Recording Started event. That worked as well.</font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">From what I
can figure out I'm using their service via their <a href="https://ntfy.sh" target="_blank">https://ntfy.sh</a> and I
don't have an account setup. So it's free. Their cheapest
fee plan is $5/month for an annual plan. That gives you a
lot of messages per day and a lot of other services I don't
need or want. I'm not sure what I want to do. They talk
about self hosting, but not sure why I'd need that. Maybe
just a donation to their project might be a way to support
this?</font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">Thought?</font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">Jim A</font></div>
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<p>I just use the free service. I could not see anywhere on the site
what restrictions there may be on free accounts.</p>
<p>Peter</p></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Thanks for your opinion. I forgot to mention that I wondered if there was anything to be concerned about by using this service? They mentioned the topic names were public, but I don't care if someone sees that my mythtv-database got backed up.</div></div></div>