After 2.5 years a feature on top of my wishlist is finally coming to #ntfy 🎉
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Update/delete notifications · Issue #303 · binwiederhier/ntfy
A similar issue was open a while ago, but it didn't get traction for some reason. The ability to update notifications is so far the only feature th...
ntfy will soon provide the ability to update and delete notifications.
This solves many use-cases that so far forced me to piggyback on non-open solutions like Tasker on Android, or implement my own Java intents:
- Notifications with progress statuses (the same notification can soon be updated with the new state, rather than creating a new one)
- Media notifications that change when the track or the playback state changes (but the impementation of Android media notifications is still missing from ntfy, I'll probably take a look into it at some point)
- Notifications that can be automatically dismissed when they no longer apply
The discussion has been very productive and has gone a long way since my initial proposal.
The proposed implementation exposes updateable notifications as sequence IDs on a given topic:
```
# Create a notification with sequence number 1 on $topic
curl -d "created"
https://ntfy.sh/$topic/1
# Update the previously created notification with a new value
curl -d "updated"
https://ntfy.sh/$topic/1
# Delete the notification
curl -X DELETE
https://ntfy.sh/$topic/1
```
The custom `X-Sequence-ID` request header is also supported.
If you want to test the new API (note that it may be still unstable and subject to change) you can compile ntfy from the `303-update-notifications` branch.
If you would like to join the discussion, feel free to comment on the issue.
