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+# A small guide on getting started with Apprise notifications.
+
+
+## Standalone docker container: [linuxserver/apprise-api](https://hub.docker.com/r/linuxserver/apprise-api)
+
+Set up the docker compose as preferred:
+```yaml
+---
+version: "2.1"
+services:
+  apprise-api:
+    image: lscr.io/linuxserver/apprise-api:latest
+    container_name: apprise-api
+    environment:
+      - PUID=1000
+      - PGID=1000
+      - TZ=Etc/UTC
+    volumes:
+      - /path/to/apprise-api/config:/config
+    ports:
+      - 8000:8000
+    restart: unless-stopped
+```
+
+Then browse to the webui.
+![](apprise-ex1.png)
+Here you'll click **Configuration Manager**, read the overview and then click on **Configuration**.
+Under **Configuration** you'll craft/paste your notification config. 
+
+![](apprise-ex2.png)
+The simplest way is just paste the url's as is (like in the example above).    
+There are many ways to customize with tags, groups, json and more. Read [caronc/apprise-api](https://github.com/caronc/apprise-api) for more info!   
+
+Look at the [apprise wiki: Notification Services](https://github.com/caronc/apprise/wiki) for more info about how the url syntax for different services works.   
+
+
+You can also use the [caronc/apprise-api](https://github.com/caronc/apprise-api) to host the api as a frontend to an already existing **Apprise**-setup on the host.
+
+
+### Customize the **notify.sh** file.
+After you're done with the setup of the container and tried your notifications, you can copy the `notify_apprise.sh` file to `notify.sh` and start editing it.
+
+Comment out/remove the bare metal apprise-command (starting with `apprise -vv -t...`). 
+Uncomment and edit the `AppriseURL` variable and *curl* line
+It should look something like this when curling the API:
+```bash
+send_notification() {
+Updates=("$@")
+UpdToString=$( printf "%s\n" "${Updates[@]}" )
+FromHost=$(hostname)
+
+printf "\nSending Apprise notification\n"
+
+MessageTitle="$FromHost - updates available."
+# Setting the MessageBody variable here.
+read -d '\n' MessageBody << __EOF
+Containers on $FromHost with updates available:
+
+$UpdToString
+
+__EOF
+
+AppriseURL="http://IP.or.mydomain.tld:8000/notify/apprise"
+curl -X POST -F "title=$MessageTitle" -F "body=$MessageBody" -F "tags=all" $AppriseURL
+
+}
+```
+
+That's all!
+___
+___
+
+
+## On host installed **Apprise**
+Follow the official guide on [caronc/apprise](https://github.com/caronc/apprise)! 
+
+### A brief, basic "get started"
+
+- Install **apprise** 
+    - python package `pip install apprise`
+    - packaged in EPEL/Fedora `dnf install apprise`
+    - packaged in AUR `[yay/pikaur/paru/other] apprise`
+
+- Create a config file with your notification credentials (source of notifications):
+```ini
+mailto://user:password@yahoo.com
+slack://token_a/token_b/token_c
+kodi://example.com
+```
+Then either source the notifications with `-c=/path/to/config/apprise` or store them in *PATH* to skip referencing (`~/.apprise` or `~/.config/apprise`).
+
+- Test apprise with a single notification:
+    - `apprise -vv -t 'test title' -b 'test notification body' 'mailto://myemail:mypass@gmail.com'`
+- Set up your notification URL's and test them.
+    - Look at the [apprise wiki: Notification Services](https://github.com/caronc/apprise/wiki) for more info about how the url syntax for different services works.   
+
+### When done, customize the **notify.sh** file.
+After you're done with the setup of the container and tried your notifications, you can copy the `notify_apprise.sh` file to `notify.sh` and start editing it.
+
+Replace the url's corresponding to the services you've configured.
+```bash
+send_notification() {
+Updates=("$@")
+UpdToString=$( printf "%s\n" "${Updates[@]}" )
+FromHost=$(hostname)
+
+printf "\nSending Apprise notification\n"
+
+MessageTitle="$FromHost - updates available."
+# Setting the MessageBody variable here.
+read -d '\n' MessageBody << __EOF
+Containers on $FromHost with updates available:
+
+$UpdToString
+
+__EOF
+
+# Modify to fit your setup:
+apprise -vv -t "$MessageTitle" -b "$MessageBody" \
+   mailto://myemail:mypass@gmail.com \
+   mastodons://{token}@{host} \
+   pbul://o.gn5kj6nfhv736I7jC3cj3QLRiyhgl98b \
+   tgram://{bot_token}/{chat_id}/
+
+}
+```
+
+That's all!
+___
+___