Send a push notification to your phone with one HTTP request

July 14, 2026 · 4 min read

Push notifications used to mean building an app: FCM configuration, APNs certificates, device tokens. If all you want is “my phone should buzz when X happens”, there is a much shorter path – a personal URL that turns any HTTP POST into a push.

The 3-step setup

Install Webhooky (Android / iOS).
Create an endpoint – give it a name and pick one of 40 notification sounds.
Copy your URL: https://api.webhooky.app/YOUR_KEY

That URL is now the address of your phone. No account keys, no SDK, no OAuth – the long random key in the URL is the credential.

Send your first push

curl -X POST "https://api.webhooky.app/YOUR_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"title": "Hello 👋", "message": "Sent from my terminal"}'

Your phone buzzes about a second later. The same call in Python and JavaScript:

# Python
import requests
requests.post("https://api.webhooky.app/YOUR_KEY",
              json={"title": "Hello", "message": "from Python"})

// JavaScript (Node 18+, browsers, Deno, Bun)
await fetch("https://api.webhooky.app/YOUR_KEY", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
  body: JSON.stringify({ title: "Hello", message: "from JS" }),
});

Control the notification per request

Four optional JSON fields override the endpoint's defaults: title, message, sound (one of 40 ids like cash_register or error_1) and vibrate. Everything else in the body is ignored for display – so you can point existing webhooks at the URL, too. Details in the API docs.

What people build with it

“My script is done” alerts for ML trainings and render jobs
Server error alarms from any catch block
Raspberry Pi and ESP32 projects
Cha-ching notifications for shop orders

Security in one paragraph

Treat the URL like a password: whoever has it can notify you (and nothing more). If it ever leaks, delete the endpoint in the app – the URL dies instantly – and create a new one. The first 100 notifications are free; unlimited costs €4.99/month.

Get Webhooky

Free for your first 100 notifications – set up your endpoint in two minutes.