Receive rich notifications about "new_devices", "down_devices" and "down_reconnected" via MQTT same way as with webhook #1339
Description
Is there an existing issue for this?
- I have searched the existing open and closed issues
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe
This is not a problem but a friendly feature request. Current solution can send rich webhook notification in JSON i.e.
"new_devices": [
{
"MAC": "xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx",
"Datetime": "2025-12-08 16:50:31+01:00",
"IP": "192.168.xx.xxx",
"Event Type": "New Device",
"Device name": "device.lan",
"Comments": ""
}
],
"new_devices_meta": {
"title": "🆕 New devices",
"columnNames": [
"MAC",
"Datetime",
"IP",
"Event Type",
"Device name",
"Comments"
]
},
"down_devices": [],
"down_devices_meta": {
"title": "🔴 Down devices",
"columnNames": []
},
"down_reconnected": [],
"down_reconnected_meta": {
"title": "🔁 Reconnected down devices",
"columnNames": []
},
"events": [],
"events_meta": {},
"plugins": [],
"plugins_meta": {}
}
Describe the solution you'd like
It would be good to have the same functionality but recieve such notifications via separate MQTT topic.
MQTT is quicker compared to webhooks.
Describe alternatives you've considered
Notification sent to home assistant via webhook, automatioin notification sent to mobile device via "notify.mobile_app_my_phone from this webhook.
Anything else?
HA Webhook automation for refference:
alias: Notify - NetAlertX Events
description: >
Sends notifications for NetAlertX events with de-duplication and
separate messages (only Name, IP, MAC).
triggers:
- trigger: webhook
webhook_id: your_webhook_id_here
allowed_methods:
- POST
- PUT
- HEAD
- GET
local_only: false
actions:
- variables:
payload: |
{% if trigger.json is defined
and trigger.json.attachments is defined
and trigger.json.attachments|length > 0
and trigger.json.attachments[0].text is defined %}
{% set parsed = trigger.json.attachments[0].text | from_json(default={}) %}
{% else %}
{% set parsed = {} %}
{% endif %}
{{ parsed }}
unique_new_devices: >
{{ payload.get('new_devices', []) | unique(attribute='MAC') | list }}
unique_down_devices: >
{{ payload.get('down_devices', []) | unique(attribute='MAC') | list }}
unique_reconnected_devices: >
{{ payload.get('down_reconnected', []) | unique(attribute='MAC') | list }}
#
# NEW DEVICES
#
- condition: template
value_template: "{{ unique_new_devices | length > 0 }}"
- repeat:
for_each: "{{ unique_new_devices }}"
sequence:
- action: notify.mobile_app_your_device_here
data:
title: "📶 New Device Detected"
message: |
Name: {{ repeat.item.get('Device name', 'Unknown') }}
IP: {{ repeat.item.IP }}
MAC: {{ repeat.item.MAC }}
#
# DEVICES DOWN
#
- condition: template
value_template: "{{ unique_down_devices | length > 0 }}"
- repeat:
for_each: "{{ unique_down_devices }}"
sequence:
- action: notify.mobile_app_your_device_here
data:
title: "🔴 Device Offline"
message: |
Name: {{ repeat.item.get('devName', 'Unknown') }}
IP: {{ repeat.item.get('eve_IP', 'Unknown') }}
MAC: {{ repeat.item.get('eve_MAC', 'Unknown') }}
#
# DEVICES RECONNECTED
#
- condition: template
value_template: "{{ unique_reconnected_devices | length > 0 }}"
- repeat:
for_each: "{{ unique_reconnected_devices }}"
sequence:
- action: notify.mobile_app_your_device_here
data:
title: "🟢 Device Reconnected"
message: |
Name: {{ repeat.item.get('devName', 'Unknown') }}
IP: {{ repeat.item.get('eve_IP', 'Unknown') }}
MAC: {{ repeat.item.get('eve_MAC', 'Unknown') }}
mode: queued
max: 10
Am I willing to test this? 🧪
- I will do my best to test this feature on the
netlertx-devimage when requested within 48h and report bugs to help deliver a great user experience for everyone and not to break existing installations.
Can I help implement this? 👩💻👨💻
- Yes
- No