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Create and send, without writing code

Build a push notification, a Live Activity, a Lock Screen widget or a Home Screen widget, host an image and get a permanent link, then send it to your own device to see it land. Take the generated code if you want it. Everything runs in your browser.

lockAuthentication

Device / Group ID * No iPhone? Get a Device ID in your browser at web.getnotifyapp.com.

Token *

edit_noteContent

Title

Thread / Group Type

Message *

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account_circleIcon small sender avatar

Icon URL (HTTPS) Nowhere to host it? , and the link drops straight into this field.

imageHero Image rendered inside the expanded notification

Image URL (HTTPS)

JPEG, PNG, or GIF, must be HTTPS, up to 10 MB. Host on any static URL (S3, CDN, your own server).

edit_noteLive Activity content

Title * The only required field. A start without one is rejected.

Body

SF Symbol

Any SF Symbol name. Press Start to see the real glyph on your device.

Tint #RRGGBB or #AARRGGBB.

timelapseProgress a bar, a countdown, or neither

Progress (0 to 100) Costs one request per change.

Countdown (seconds from now) Seconds, never a timestamp. iOS ticks it locally, so a countdown costs ONE request no matter how long it runs.

Status

Trailing text Shown where a timer would otherwise be.

Stages (2 to 20) Turns the bar into stage segments.

Stages done 3 of 5 lights the first three.

Button label A tappable button on the Live Activity. Needs the URL too.

Button URL (https) Opens as a link instead of firing a webhook

Metrics (one per line, Label: Value) A small dashboard on the Live Activity, up to six values. JSON body only: this one has no URL spelling, so the URL tab notes it and the other tabs carry it.

warning Always end your Live Activity. Without an explicit end, iOS leaves the finished Live Activity on the Lock Screen for up to four hours, so a script that simply stops calling strands a frozen percentage in front of the user. Every code sample below finishes with the end call.

What each layout looks like

Same endpoint, same Live Activity; the fields pick the layout, and they combine. Set the form above to match any card and Start it on your own device.

A Photo Backup Live Activity, iCloud to Synology, with a blue progress bar about two thirds along — **Progress** A value-driven bar. Send `progress`.

An EV Charge Live Activity counting down from 44:56 in green — **Countdown** Ticks on its own. Send `endsIn`.

A Coffee Roast Live Activity showing 3 of 4 stages, three segments lit in amber — **Segmented steps** Stages lit as they finish. Send `steps` and `step`.

A Greenhouse Live Activity with an amber TEMP 74F chip and a blue HUMIDITY 61% chip showing a mini pill-bar — **Metrics** Colored chips; percentages grow a mini bar. Send `metrics`.

A Pricing Page Live Activity reading 3 changes since 9:02, with the status word Changed and no bar — **Status** No bar, just words. Send `status`.

A 3D Print Live Activity printing benchy.gcode with a pink progress bar and a Pause button — **Button** Your phone fires the URL. Send `button`.

A Grafana Live Activity reading 3 panels firing, with a full-width amber Open Dashboard button filling the bottom of the card — **Button-first** No bar, so the button becomes the tile. Add `open` to open the link instead.

widgetsLock Screen widget content

A widget is one value on your Lock Screen that your scripts keep fresh: a temperature, a queue depth, a stock level. Nothing is pushed; the phone checks for new values about every 15 minutes, so it suits numbers that drift, not alerts. A widget stays until you delete it, and a device holds up to 10.

Title * The only required field, and the one field an update cannot clear: the title is the widget's name in the phone's picker.

Value Display text you pre-format ("$1,024", "OPEN"). A bare JSON number is accepted too and stored as its string.

Unit Shown small beside the value.

Detail A quieter line under the value.

SF Symbol Any SF Symbol name, e.g. thermometer.medium.

Tint #RRGGBB or #AARRGGBB.

Progress (0 to 100) An optional gauge under the value. Out-of-range numbers are clamped, never rejected.

What it looks like

Each screenshot is one widget wearing both of its Lock Screen faces, the rectangle and the circle, side by side. The JSON under a card is the exact create body that produced it. Set the form above to match a card and the example code fills in below.

The CPU Load widget's rectangular and circular faces on the Lock Screen — **The gauge** `progress` drives the bar on the rectangle and the ring on the circle.

The Sales Today widget's rectangular and circular faces on the Lock Screen — **The number** Pre-formatted display text, currency and all.

The Greenhouse widget's rectangular and circular faces on the Lock Screen — **The reading** A value with its unit and a quiet detail line.

After you add the widget (touch and hold the Lock Screen, Customize, pick Notify!), tap the widget while still in customize mode to choose which of your widgets it shows.

The Edit Widget sheet with the widget picker open

space_dashboardHome Screen widget content

A Home Screen widget is a tile (small, medium or large) on your iPhone's or iPad's Home Screen that shows what a Live Activity shows: a title and body, an icon, a progress bar or a countdown, stages, a small metrics grid, a button. The difference is that it stays: a Live Activity appears when a job starts and goes away when it ends, and a Home Screen widget is always there with the latest thing you stored, until you delete it. Nothing is pushed; the phone checks for new content about every 15 minutes, and a device holds up to 10. The tile arrived with the September 2026 update of Notify!, where you manage them under Settings > Home Screen Widgets. In the API they are called screen widgets, at /screenwidgets.

Title * The only required field, and the one field an update cannot clear: the title is the tile's name in the phone's picker.

Body

SF Symbol Any SF Symbol name, e.g. server.rack.

Tint #RRGGBB or #AARRGGBB.

timelapseProgress a bar, a countdown, or neither

Progress (0 to 100) Costs one request per change. Out-of-range numbers are clamped, never rejected.

Countdown (seconds from now) Seconds, never a timestamp. iOS ticks it on the tile, so a countdown costs ONE request. When it finishes, the tile shows the trailing text, the stages, or the status instead.

Status

Trailing text Shown where a timer would otherwise be.

Stages (2 to 20) Turns the bar into stage segments.

Stages done 3 of 5 lights the first three. Needs the stages count on a create.

Button label A tappable button on the tile. Your phone fires the URL when it is tapped, never Notify's servers. Needs the URL too.

Button URL (https) Opens as a link instead of firing a webhook

Metrics (one per line, Label: Value) A small dashboard on the tile, up to six values. JSON body only: this one has no URL spelling, so the URL tab notes it and the other tabs carry it.

What it looks like

Screenshots of the tile are on the way. Until then, the Live Activity tab's gallery is the preview: every card there is a valid Home Screen widget body, unchanged, because the two share one content contract. Set those same fields here and the code fills in below.

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