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Nextcloud Receipe

  • Official Website: https://nextcloud.com
  • Icon Support: No
  • Message Format: Text
  • Message Limit: 4000 Characters per message

Account Setup​

The official Notifications app will need to be installed. An 'app password' (also referred to as 'device-specific' password/token) of the admin-user will need to be created, see the documentation for more information. Don't forget to disable file system access for this password.

Receipe​

Secure connections (via https) should be referenced using nclouds:// where as insecure connections (via http) should be referenced via ncloud://.

Valid receipes are as follows:

  • ncloud://{hostname}/{notify_user}
  • ncloud://{hostname}:{port}/{notify_user}
  • ncloud://{admin_user}:{password}@{hostname}/{notify_user}
  • ncloud://{admin_user}:{password}@{hostname}:{port}/{notify_user}
  • nclouds://{hostname}/{notify_user}
  • nclouds://{hostname}:{port}/{notify_user}
  • nclouds://{admin_user}:{password}@{hostname}/{notify_user}
  • nclouds://{admin_user}:{password}@{hostname}:{port}/{notify_user}

You can notify more then one user by simply chaining them at the end of the URL.

  • ncloud://{admin_user}:{password}@{hostname}:{port}/{notify_user1}/{notify_user2}/{notify_userN}
  • nclouds://{admin_user}:{password}@{hostname}:{port}/{notify_user1}/{notify_user2}/{notify_userN}

Parameter Breakdown​

VariableRequiredDescription
hostnameYesThe hostname of the server hosting your Nextcloud service.
admin_userYesThe administration user of the next cloud service you have set up.
passwordYesThe administrator password associated with the admin_user for your Nextcloud account.
notify_userYesOne or more users you wish to send your notification to.
toNoThis is an alias to the notify_user variable.