[GH-ISSUE #465] Clarification on example in iOS instant notifications #356

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opened 2026-05-07 00:23:27 +02:00 by BreizhHardware · 1 comment

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Originally created by @jpmens on GitHub (Nov 4, 2022).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/binwiederhier/ntfy/issues/465

The example of what is transferred to ntfy.sh in https://github.com/binwiederhier/ntfy/issues/300 is slightly confusing, and I hope you can clarify this for me.

The example shows what the self-hosted server forwards to the upstream server:

curl -X POST -H "X-Poll-ID: s4PdJozxM8na" https://ntfy.sh/6de73be8dfb7d69e32fb2c00c23fe7adbd8b5504406e3068c273aa24cef4055b
{"id":"4HsClFEuCIcs","time":1654087955,"event":"poll_request","topic":"6de73be8dfb7d69e32fb2c00c23fe7adbd8b5504406e3068c273aa24cef4055b","message":"New message","poll_id":"s4PdJozxM8na"}

Is the attribute message really contained in what is sent upstream? IMO that would defeat the actual purpose of hiding the published data.

Originally created by @jpmens on GitHub (Nov 4, 2022). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/binwiederhier/ntfy/issues/465 The example of what is transferred to `ntfy.sh` in https://github.com/binwiederhier/ntfy/issues/300 is slightly confusing, and I hope you can clarify this for me. The example shows what the self-hosted server forwards to the upstream server: ```console curl -X POST -H "X-Poll-ID: s4PdJozxM8na" https://ntfy.sh/6de73be8dfb7d69e32fb2c00c23fe7adbd8b5504406e3068c273aa24cef4055b {"id":"4HsClFEuCIcs","time":1654087955,"event":"poll_request","topic":"6de73be8dfb7d69e32fb2c00c23fe7adbd8b5504406e3068c273aa24cef4055b","message":"New message","poll_id":"s4PdJozxM8na"} ``` Is the attribute `message` really contained in what is sent upstream? IMO that would defeat the actual purpose of hiding the published data.

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@binwiederhier commented on GitHub (Nov 5, 2022):

It literally sends the message "New message" for every message. Even if your message is "Some other message", the message will always be "New message". This is so that if iOS cannot talk to the selfhosted server (in time, or at all), it'll show "New message" as a popup.

github.com/binwiederhier/ntfy@cbc912d1e3/server/server.go (L96)
github.com/binwiederhier/ntfy@cbc912d1e3/server/types.go (L116)
github.com/binwiederhier/ntfy@cbc912d1e3/server/server.go (L463)

@binwiederhier commented on GitHub (Nov 5, 2022): It literally sends the message "New message" for every message. Even if your message is "Some other message", the message will always be "New message". This is so that if iOS cannot talk to the selfhosted server (in time, or at all), it'll show "New message" as a popup. https://github.com/binwiederhier/ntfy/blob/cbc912d1e35f365116a96109cf0fc7ae28cd575d/server/server.go#L96 https://github.com/binwiederhier/ntfy/blob/cbc912d1e35f365116a96109cf0fc7ae28cd575d/server/types.go#L116 https://github.com/binwiederhier/ntfy/blob/cbc912d1e35f365116a96109cf0fc7ae28cd575d/server/server.go#L463

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