Pushover Custom Connector

You will need:

• iPhone or Android device
• Pushover app from Appstore/Google Play (approx. 5 USD)
• Pushover account
• Pushover application (API token and User key)
• Claris Connect
• mvPushover JSON code (download)

Download Pushover to your device

Go to AppStore or Google Play, purchase and download the app Pushover.

Create an Pushover app

Create an account at Pushover.net, and connect your device. Please make note of your User key, you will need it when sending push notifications.

The next step is to create one or more apps in Pushover. Enter a name and a short description for the app. You can also upload an icon. The icon will be displayed on all push notifications.

For every app you will get an API token. Please make note of it.

Create a custom connector for Pushover

Since Pushover is not among the default connectors from Claris you will need to do a custom connector in Claris Connect. In your Claris Connect workspace there is a menu option to make your own custom connector. Or, if you find a custom connector online, copy/paste the connector code to create your own connector.

A custom connector is created by writing JSON code defined by a schema specifying a custom connector.

Download the JSON code for the Pushover custom connector here: Download JSON. The JSON code is opened in a new window. Select all the JSON code (often Ctrl+A) and copy the code (often Ctrl+C).

Log in to your dashboard in Claris Connect and click the Custom connector tab, then click Create a new connector. In a large text field, "JSON input", you will find an example JSON code. You are not going to use the example code. Instead select all the code in the field (Ctrl+A) and paste the code for the Pushover custom connector (Ctrl+V).

Click the button Save & Test at the bottom right. If it is disabled there are some problems with the code, try copy and paste it again.

To test the custom connector you have to authorise it. Click the button "Sign in" to the right. A dialog displays.

Paste the API token and User key in respectively field, and then click "Test". You should immediately get a notification on your device saying "Test from Claris Connect".

Click Create Connector at bottom right to finish the custom connector. The connector is created and you will now be able to use the Pushover custom connector in your flows.

Use the custom connector in a flow

In your Claris Connect flow you add an action. Select the Pushover connector in the Custom Connectors section.

Click Continue. Claris Connect will ask for authentication. Once again copy/paste your User key and API token from your Pushover account to respectively field in Claris Connect. This need to be done once per project, if you use the custom connector in another flow in the same project the same authentication is used.

After signing in with the Pushover credentials you will once more get a test push notification to your device.

The last step before using it in a flow is to define the header and the message of the push. Select an appropriate sound for your push and save. As with any other flow step you can also select any data from previous steps in the flow.

The resulting push is displayed in the image below (delivered with a "magic" sound).