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The clickatell
platform uses Clickatell to deliver SMS notifications from Home Assistant.
Get your Clickatell API Credentials
Go to your Clickatell SMS Platform Portal section and create a new SMS integration. There are three screens of information required to creater an integration. Please ensure the following:
- Give the new Integration an identification name
- ensure it is set for 'production' use
- select 'HTTP' as your API type
- Ensure that the you select for the messaging type to be 'one way messaging'
- Be aware of the international number format option as this impacts the structure of the phone numbers you provide
- Once you have completed entering your details an API key is generated. Copy the API key
Configuration
To add Clickatell to your installation, add the following to your Home Assistant configuration.yaml
file:
notify:
- platform: clickatell
name: USER_DEFINED_NAME
api_key: CLICKATELL_API_KEY
recipient: PHONE_NO
Configuration variables:
- name (Optional): Setting the optional parameter name allows multiple notifiers to be created. The default value is
Clickatell
. The notifier will bind to the service notify.NOTIFIER_NAME. - api_key (Required): Your
API Key
. - recipient (Required): Your phone no. This is where you want to send your notification SMS messages. eg:
61444333444
To use notifications, please see the getting started with automation page.