New alert feature - adding notifiers

Configuration
1

Hi!

I am trying to setup the new alert feature and I dont understand the notifiers-option.
In automation, I add notifiers by adding it as an action, for example:
action:
service: notify.facebook
data:
message: ‘Good Evening’
target:
- +919784516314

If I add notifiers according to the alert example:

Example configuration.yaml entry

alert:
garage_door:
name: Garage is open
entity_id: input_boolean.garage_door
state: ‘on’ # Optional, ‘on’ is the default value
repeat:
- 60
notifiers:
- notify.facebook

How can I add target data for example? And payload (message)?

2

As I understand it the ‘name’ field is the message that is sent. It is literally an alert that a condition is met (and continues to be met for the repeating interval).

Anything more complicated requires a script.

I’m sure somebody will correct me if I’m wrong.

3

Ah, thank you!
But what about target[s]?

4

I don’t use the Facebook notification, but is the target not defined in the notify entry in configuration.yaml?

Like I use pushbullet, and the target is my pushbullet on my phone which is defined in configuration as

Notify:

  • platform: pushbullet
    Name: pushbullet_marc
    [my config for my phone]

Then if I wanted to notify you I would add an entry below that:

  • platform: pushbullet
    Name: pushbullet_bohz
    [config for your phone]

Then in my Alert if I wanted to notify me I would put

Notifiers:

  • notify.pushbullet_marc

If I wanted to notify you

  • notify.pushbullet_bohz

(sorry for syntax and spacing being off, replying from my phone)

5

So for anyone else who runs into this thread looking for the answer to this, check out notifier groups. You can create a notifier group with a single entry where parameters other than message can also be specified (such as target). You can then use this in an alert.

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