ParkPow Notifications Setup Guide

ParkPow offers the functionality to send alert notifications and alerts based on different triggers.
This guide describes how to setup the notifications for:

1. Pushbullet (Windows machine)
2. Slack
3. Telegram
4. Discord
5. Microsoft Teams
6. Google Chat

Installation

Step 1: Get a Webhook URL

1. Pushbullet (Windows machine)
   1. Sign up to Pushbullet.
   2. After creating your account and you are able to sign in to your account, install the Windows Pushbullet app and login with your Google account.
   3. Create your Pushbullet API token. Go to your account's settings, to the "Access Tokens" section and create a new token. Copy this token and store it in a safe place. Do not share it with anyone.
2. Slack
   1. Create an incoming webhook by following the Slack Guide here
3. Telegram
   1. Get a Bot token from https://t.me/BotFather.
   2. You can get your chat ID by sending a message to the bot and going to this URL to view the chat_id:

      https://api.telegram.org/bot<Insert_Token_Here>/getUpdates
   3. The webhook URL for Telegram would be either of the following:
      1. If prefers alerts without image, use:

      https://api.telegram.org/bot<Insert_Token_Here>/sendMessage
      1. If with image, use:

      https://api.telegram.org/bot<Insert_Token_Here>/sendPhoto
4. Discord
   1. Create a channel webhook by following the Discord Guide here
5. Microsoft Teams
   1. Create an incoming webhook by following the Microsoft Teams Guide here
6. Google Chat
   1. Create and register an incoming webhook by following the Google Guide here

Step 2: Add Webhook ParkPow

Create a new Webhook in ParkPow and add the url from the previous step.

Pushbullet

Make sure you use the following settings as shown in the image below, replacing <your_access_token_here> with the Pushbullet API token value that you used in the prior steps.

Url: https://api.pushbullet.com/v2/pushes
Headers:
{
  "Authorization": "Bearer <your_access_token_here>"
}

Telegram

Make sure to also add a Telegram chat ID

Step 3: Create a ParkPow Alert

Create a new ParkPow alert. Make sure you select the webhook that you have just created at the previous step from the Webhooks drop-down menu and include any details particular to the vehicles that you would like to be alerted about.

You are done! The next time a vehicle matching the details filled in the alert page will be detected, you will receive a notification.

Here is an example of how a notification would look like for Pushbullet:

Troubleshooting/FAQs

How do I change the location where my notifications show up?

1. In the Pushbullet Windows app, go to Settings.
2. Set Notification location according to your needs (by default, it is Bottom right).

How do I see all the notifications that were sent to my computer?

In the Pushbullet Windows app, go to People and you will find all the notifications sent.