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Whatsapp (or other messenger) Node Red Integration

Pretty much the title, we have a few smart switches integrated into the Victron Node Red Environment at home and are looking for a way for the system to be able to notify when it has started a task or stopped one.

I have tried the existing pallets for whatsapp node red integration but they don't install, I am guessing they are too old possibly.


Does anyone have something similar up and running?

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matt1309 answered ·

Hi @Alexandra,

Not sure this is too useful for you but I use Nextcloud talk, has a api for sending messages (assuming you have a nextcloud server running):

https://help.nextcloud.com/t/how-to-send-talk-message-from-shellscript-via-curl/147645


Alternatively I have friend who uses Signal in node red, not sure if you can send messages to yourself though. That's just in general though not in venus os node red specifically.


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Alexandra avatar image Alexandra ♦ commented ·
Thank you, I will look into it.
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gerard-van-seventer answered ·

I use a Telegram bot. Works both ways (from and to NodeRed)

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Alexandra avatar image Alexandra ♦ commented ·
Thank you, how did you set it up?
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