GitLab is one of the best sites where to store your source repositories. If you are a GitLab user, you will be pleased to know that EZAlert.me offers a webhook that it can call every time something happens on one of your repositories, and the best is that the configuration is a piece of cake!
First of all you need to own a channel on EZAlert.me, so if you have not, register on EZAlert.me and create one. Then navigate to channel details and click on the "Show API Keys" button to make the modal appear.
Copy the URL in the GitLab webhook section, then go to GitLab, select your repository, then click on Settings and Integrations.
Paste the URL you copied in the URL field.
To complete the configuration click Add webhook button.
Now subscribe the EZAlert.me channel via one of its bots (Skype, Telegram, Facebook Messenger) and get GitLab notifications directly on your mobile phone.
If you are a GitHub user, you will be pleased to know that EZAlert.me offers a webhook that can be called every time something happens on one of your GitHub repositories, and the best part is that the configuration is super easy.
First of all you need to own a channel on EZAlert.me, so if you have not, register on EZAlert.me and create one. Then navigate to channel details and click on the "Show API Keys" button to make the modal appear.
Copy the URL in the GitHub webhook section, then go to GitHub, select your repository. click on Options button and then select Webhooks".
Click on Add webhook then paste the URL you copied in the Payload URL field.
Once you complete the configuration, just subscribe the EZAlert.me channel via one of its bots (Skype bot, Telegram bot, Facebook Messenger bot) and get GitHub notifications directly on your mobile phone.
So your main instant message at work is Skype and you would like your Apps or devices can reach you with alerts using Skype.
Well, there are good news for you: with EZalert.me you can do it in few minutes.
Create an EZAlert.me channel
If you haven't it yet, you need to create a free account on EZAlert.me from here. Once you registered and confirmed your account, you can login and go to your EZAlert.me channel details.
On the channel page note your start code.
Subscribe to your channel
Now use the link (or QRCode) on the right box to add EZAlert.me Skype Bot to your Skype friends list. Then send a message to it with the following text:
start YOUR_START_CODE_HERE
The bot should say you subscribed the channel.
Get your API Key
Now, go back to EZAlert.me user area, enter channel details and click on the "Show API keys" button to get the API key. A modal window will pop up where you can find your channel API Key.
Copy your API key and start playing with CURL. For example you can try the following command:
curl -X POST 'https://ezalert.me/v1/sendAlert' \
--data-urlencode 'apikey=YY-YYYYYYYYYYYY' \
--data-urlencode 'text=This is a test alert'
Just note that you must replace YY-YYYYYYYYYYYY with the actual channel API key you got.
Here you go.
And the best part is that you can use the same channel to send yourself or your coworkers alerts also via Telegram or via Facebook Messenger.
EZAlert.me can send alerts to Skype
EZAlert.me is a simple service that can send alerts and messages from your software to your favorite istant messaging platforms, including Skype. And it does it in a simple and effective way.
Follow this step by step guide to configure EZAlert.me.
Get your channel start code
Within EZAlert.me system you can create one or more channels. Each channel has an ID named "start code".
If you have not yet registered to EZAlert.me you can register here. It's free!
Log-in EZAlert.me and select one of your channels, you can see its start code.
You use start code to say to EZAlert.me bot wich channel you want to receive alerts from.
Add EZAlert.me Skype bot to your friends list
Now that you have your channel start code, you need to add EZAlert.me Skype bot to your Skype buddies list.
You can do it by searching Skype contacts for "EZAlert.me".
Or you can add it clicking this link: EZAlert.me Skype bot
Tell bot about your channel
Once you connected EZAlert.me Skype bot, just send it a message containing the word start followed by your start code to let it know which is your channel.
You are done: every alert sent to your EZAlert.me channel will now be forwarded to your Skype account!
Have a look at EZAlert.me API documentation to get info about how to use the API to send instant messages through your EZAlert.me channel.