---
layout: component
title: "Instapush"
description: "Instructions how to add Instapush notifications to Home Assistant."
date: 2015-05-01 18:00
sidebar: true
comments: false
sharing: true
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logo: instapush.png
ha_category: Notifications
---


The instapush platform uses [Instapush](https://instapush.im) to delivery notifications from Home Assistant to your Android or iOS device.

The Instapush [Getting Started page](https://instapush.im/home/start/) will guide through the process of creating the required items.

```yaml
# Example configuration.yaml entry
notify:
  name: NOTIFIER_NAME
  platform: instapush
  api_key: ABCDEFGHJKLMNOPQRSTUVXYZ
  app_secret: ABCDEFGHJKLMNOPQRSTUVXYZ
  event: ABCDEFGHJKLMNOPQRSTUVXYZ
  tracker: ABCDEFGHJKLMNOPQRSTUVXYZ
```

Configuration variables:

- **name** (*Optional*): Setting the optional parameter `name` allows multiple notifiers to be created. The default value is `notify`. The notifier will bind to the service `notify.NOTIFIER_NAME`.
- **api_key** (*Required*): Your API key for Instapush.
- **app_secret** (*Required*): The secret for your created application.
- **event** (*Required*): TThe event
- **tracker** (*Required*): The name of tracker inside Instapush.

To retrieve those values for existing settings, log into your account at https://instapush.im and go to your **Dashboard**. Then click **APPS** tab, choose an app, and check the **Basic Info** section. The *Application ID* is the ``api_key`` and ``app_secret`` is the *Application Secret*.

It's easy to test your Instapush setup outside of Home Assistant. Assuming you have an event *notification* and a tracker *home-assistant*, just fire a request and check the Instapush dashboard for a new entry.

```bash
curl -X POST \
    -H "x-instapush-appid: YOUR_APP_KEY" \
    -H "x-instapush-appsecret: YOUR_APP_SECRET" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
      -d '{"event":"notification","trackers":{"home-assistant":"Switch 1"}}' \
    https://api.instapush.im/v1/post
```
For further details, please check the [API](https://instapush.im/developer/rest).

To use notifications, please see the [getting started with automation page]({{site_root}}/components/automation/).