Dummy notification service?

Configuration
1

The latest version of Uptime Kuma has added the ability to send a notification directly to home assistant. You specify a notification service and Uptime Kuma triggers a notification to that service. You can then use Event triggers to run an action based on that notification happening.

The problem I have is that this causes a notification, even though I just want to run the automation.

Is there a way of creating a dummy notification service that I can use with Uptime Kuma that doesn’t actually do anything - I just want to use it for automations.

Here’s the example from Uptime Kuma itself:

Trigger type: Event
Event type: call_service
Event data:

domain: notify
service: mobile_app_my_phone # change to your device name
service_data:
  title: Uptime Kuma
  data:
    status: 0 # 0=down 1=up
    # name: Optional Uptime Kuma Monitor Name to filter by
Then choose an action, for example switch the scene to where an RGB light is red.
2

If you install the HA integration it should expose each sensor as an entity that can then be used without the need to send a notification.

3

Thanks - I didn’t know there was an integration!
I’m having trouble adding it as a custom repo in HACS, but I’ll take that up elsewhere - thanks.

4

Check out this hack, you may be able to use it to create a notifier to use as a target for your Uptime Kuma.