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Overview

To authenticate with Pushover, you need:
  1. API Token — the API token of a Pushover application you register, or a Team API token.
  2. User or Group Key — your Pushover user key, or the key of a delivery group.
This guide will show you how to get them.

Prerequisites

  • A Pushover account. Sign up if you don’t have one.

Step 1: Create an application

  1. Log in to Pushover and open Create New Application, or click Create an Application/API Token under Your Applications on your dashboard.
  2. Enter a Name for the application. Description, URL and Icon are optional.
  3. Tick the box to accept the Terms of Service and the API guidelines, then click Create Application.
Pushover Create New Application form with a name entered, the terms accepted and the Create Application button highlighted
  1. Copy the API Token shown on the application page.
Pushover application page with the API Token field highlighted
If you administer a Pushover for Teams team and want to call the Teams API, use your team’s Team API Token instead, found on your team settings page.

Step 2: Copy your user key

  1. Open your Pushover dashboard.
  2. Copy the key in the Your User Key box. To send messages to a delivery group instead, use that group’s key.

Step 3: Enter your credentials in the Connect UI

  1. Open the form where you need to authenticate with Pushover.
  2. Enter your API Token in the API Token field and your user or group key in the User or Group Key field.
  3. Submit the form, and you should be successfully authenticated.
Pushover Connect UI form with the API Token and User or Group Key fields You are now connected to Pushover.