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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:

ProductInstructions
Pushbullet (Windows machine)Integration Steps
SlackIntegration Steps
TelegramIntegration Steps
DiscordIntegration Steps
Microsoft Power AutomateIntegration Steps
Microsoft TeamsIntegration Steps
Google ChatIntegration Steps

Installation​

Step 1: Get a Webhook URL​

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.

    Pushbullet Token

Slack​

Create an incoming webhook by following the Slack Guide here

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:
  4. If prefers alerts without image, use:
    https://api.telegram.org/bot<Insert_Token_Here>/sendMessage
  5. If with image, use:
    https://api.telegram.org/bot<Insert_Token_Here>/sendPhoto

Discord​

Create a channel webhook by following the Discord Guide here

Microsoft Power Automate​

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Some Teams plans like the free version lack this feature. It's available with Teams from Microsoft 365 for business plans such as "Microsoft 365 Business Basic"

Configuration from Power Automate​
  1. In power auto templates tab, search for "teams webhook", Select a template that matches your requirements

    automation-templates

  2. Connect your Microsoft Teams Account then click Continue

    connect teams

  3. Select the Teams' Team and Channel (or Chat for other templates) to post the alerts then click Create

    Teams Chat or Channel

  4. To View the URL, Click edit to load the designer, then Click the first item in the designer

    workflow details power automate designer

  5. Copy the URL to configure in ParkPow next step

Configuration from Teams​
  1. Click on the More options button of a chat or Channel then select Workflows

    more options workflows

  2. Search for "webhook" then select the desired option template

    search templates

  3. Update the name as desired then click "Next"

    template name

  4. Select the Teams' Team and Channel (or Chat for other templates) to post the alerts then click Add Workflow

    Teams Chat or Channel

  5. Copy the shown webhook URL then click Done

    copy webhook

  6. Add the URL to ParkPow and that's it. New ParkPow alerts will start being shown.

    sample alert

  7. To Edit the Workflow and view more info, click on the chat/channel More options > Workflows > Manage

    manage workflows

tip

Use the Run History of a Workflow to check if the ParkPow alerts are reaching Power Automate and if they are processing successfully

Microsoft Teams​

Create an incoming webhook by following the Microsoft Teams Guide here

Google Chat​

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>"
}

Webhook setup

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.

Alert setup

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:

Alert notification

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).

Change notifications location

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.

All notifications

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