Is WhatsApp as Option for notification?

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Hi,
I found this site: WhatsApp- notification over Rpi
Is it possible to integrate the WhatsApp- function in Pimatic?

@Thrusty Have you tried the client? Please give it a try and let us know about your findings.

Integration to pimatic should be possible (possibly using pimatic-shell-execute rather than developing a new plugin). However, the problem with these WhatsApp client tools is that they easily break as WhatsApp keeps on changing its proprietary protocol and services without notice. Thus the list of WhatsApp tools is endless. It should also be noted that various ISVs and even OS developers have been approached for copyright & trademark infringement according to the DCMA.

very interesting!!

i agree with @mwittig. imno this could be used as shell execute in rules to avoid copyright violation. Remember what happened to “WhapsApp Plus” ? I personally wouldn’t take the risk of beeing hunted by the WhatsApp attorneys at all.

yowsup has a cli client, so you can use it similar as this here for example "IF $some.temperature > 25 THEN execute “sudo python yowsup-cli demos --config ~/yowsup/config --send PHONENUMBER “it is getting warm””

if it works, this is quite easy to send information to any phone number.

Another way is to buy the pushover app (5€). Without all the problems mentioned above but with same possibility to send/receive notifications.
Have a nice day.
dk00000

@dk00000 Good point! Another option which may be worthwhile investigating is the use of an public XMPP server and one of the free XMPP Client for Android and IOS. This would require XMPP support in Pimatic, however.

For a list of free Jabber (= XMPP) Servers see https://list.jabber.at/
Personally, I am using “alpha-labs.net” which is a server located in Germany.

Before going further down to the details of XMPP I would trial the pushover-app first! You can install the app at no cost and try it for 7 days. After the trial period you have the option for an in-app purchase. The app looks nice and it is perhaps worth spending the 5 Euros.

i’m already using the pushover notifications with pimatic and i can tell you it’s worth the money!
the only thing that needs to be fixed is to be able to send emergency messages with priority 2.
i’m thinking of smoke alerts or maybe some other security reason.

learn more about the pushover plugin here https://github.com/pimatic/pimatic-pushover

I had the hope that I can send different messages to different devices via WhatsApp .

Currently, you can notify by Pimatic and Pushover only one device.
You can create a Group Key via the group setting to the Pushover homepage. So you can send a notification to multiple devices. But you can not differentiate.
Example: Message 1 to device 1, message 2 to device 2

@Thrusty
ok, good point!

@Thrusty said:

I had the hope that I can send different messages to different devices via WhatsApp .
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Well, I guess it can be done if the pimatic-pushover plugin will be able to handle multiple Pushover accounts, e.g. by having multiple pushover devices which you can configure individually. However, this is not the case with implementation as is and it will probably not changed as using a single account seems to be the common case for most users.

Alternatively, using SMS or XMPP might be an option. Such plugins do not exist today, however. Regarding SMS you probably can do this with pimatic-shell-execute - see post on Twilio in http://forum.pimatic.org/topic/359/pimatic-sms-plugin/8

EDIT: Sorry for mixing up pullover and pushover in the first sentence. Btw. pimatic-pullover may also be an option, but I haven’t tried this yet.

@mwittig said:

EDIT: Sorry for mixing up pullover and pushover in the first sentence. Btw. pimatic-pullover may also be an option, but I haven’t tried this yet.

guess you mean the pushbullet plugin : http://www.pimatic.org/plugins/pimatic-pushbullet/