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Pushover

Pushover is a simple push notification service that delivers real-time notifications to phones, tablets, desktops, and watches from servers, scripts, and applications. The Pushover Message API accepts HTTPS POSTs with an application token and user/group key to send formatted messages with priorities, sounds, images, and supplementary URLs. Additional APIs exist for groups, subscriptions, licensing, receipts, and Open Client.

Pushover publishes 6 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Open Client API, Apps API, Messages.json API, and 3 more. Tagged areas include Notifications, Push Notifications, Messaging, Alerts, and Monitoring.

Pushover’s developer surface includes documentation, pricing, signup flow, FAQ, support, engineering blog, and 5 more developer resources.

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27.2/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 24/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
6 APIs
NotificationsPush NotificationsMessagingAlertsMonitoring

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Composite quality — 27.2/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 15.2 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 3.0 / 20
Commercial Clarity 2.1 / 20
Operational Transparency 2.7 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 7.4 / 10
Agent readiness — 24/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 6 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 6

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Pushover Open Client API

Real-time client API for Pushover. Combines a WebSocket channel at wss://client.pushover.net/push that streams single-byte control frames (`#` keepalive, `!` new message, `R` re...

Pushover Apps API

The Apps API from Pushover — 1 operation(s) for apps.

Pushover Messages.json API

The Messages.json API from Pushover — 1 operation(s) for messages.json.

Pushover Receipts API

The Receipts API from Pushover — 2 operation(s) for receipts.

Pushover Sounds.json API

The Sounds.json API from Pushover — 1 operation(s) for sounds.json.

Pushover Users API

The Users API from Pushover — 1 operation(s) for users.

Open Collections 2

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

Pushover Open Client API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pushover Message API

OPEN COLLECTION

Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Pushover Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Pushover Agentic Access

6 operations · 3 acting

6 operations · 3 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Signup
Signup

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

FAQ
FAQ
 Support
Support
 StatusPage
StatusPage

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing
Pricing

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: pushover
name: Pushover
description: Pushover is a simple push notification service that delivers real-time notifications to phones, tablets, desktops,
  and watches from servers, scripts, and applications. The Pushover Message API accepts HTTPS POSTs with an application token
  and user/group key to send formatted messages with priorities, sounds, images, and supplementary URLs. Additional APIs exist
  for groups, subscriptions, licensing, receipts, and Open Client.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/pushover.png
tags:
- Notifications
- Push Notifications
- Messaging
- Alerts
- Monitoring
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/pushover/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-05-11'
modified: '2026-05-30'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: pushover:open-client-api
  name: Pushover Open Client API
  description: Real-time client API for Pushover. Combines a WebSocket channel at wss://client.pushover.net/push that streams
    single-byte control frames (`#` keepalive, `!` new message, `R` reload, `E` permanent error, `A` session closed) with
    REST channels for user login, device registration, message download, deletion, and emergency-priority acknowledgement.
  humanURL: https://pushover.net/api/client
  baseURL: https://client.pushover.net
  tags:
  - Notifications
  - Push Notifications
  - WebSocket
  - Real-Time
  - Streaming
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://pushover.net/api/client
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/pushover/refs/heads/main/openapi/pushover-asyncapi.yml
- aid: pushover:pushover-apps-api
  name: Pushover Apps API
  description: The Apps API from Pushover — 1 operation(s) for apps.
  humanURL: https://pushover.net/api
  baseURL: https://api.pushover.net/1
  tags:
  - Apps
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/pushover-apps-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://pushover.net/api
  - type: Groups API
    url: https://pushover.net/api/groups
  - type: Subscriptions
    url: https://pushover.net/api/subscriptions
  - type: Receipts
    url: https://pushover.net/api#receipt
  - type: Open Client
    url: https://pushover.net/api/client
- aid: pushover:pushover-messages-json-api
  name: Pushover Messages.json API
  description: The Messages.json API from Pushover — 1 operation(s) for messages.json.
  humanURL: https://pushover.net/api
  baseURL: https://api.pushover.net/1
  tags:
  - Messages.json
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/pushover-messages-json-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://pushover.net/api
  - type: Groups API
    url: https://pushover.net/api/groups
  - type: Subscriptions
    url: https://pushover.net/api/subscriptions
  - type: Receipts
    url: https://pushover.net/api#receipt
  - type: Open Client
    url: https://pushover.net/api/client
- aid: pushover:pushover-receipts-api
  name: Pushover Receipts API
  description: The Receipts API from Pushover — 2 operation(s) for receipts.
  humanURL: https://pushover.net/api
  baseURL: https://api.pushover.net/1
  tags:
  - Receipts
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/pushover-receipts-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://pushover.net/api
  - type: Groups API
    url: https://pushover.net/api/groups
  - type: Subscriptions
    url: https://pushover.net/api/subscriptions
  - type: Receipts
    url: https://pushover.net/api#receipt
  - type: Open Client
    url: https://pushover.net/api/client
- aid: pushover:pushover-sounds-json-api
  name: Pushover Sounds.json API
  description: The Sounds.json API from Pushover — 1 operation(s) for sounds.json.
  humanURL: https://pushover.net/api
  baseURL: https://api.pushover.net/1
  tags:
  - Sounds.json
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/pushover-sounds-json-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://pushover.net/api
  - type: Groups API
    url: https://pushover.net/api/groups
  - type: Subscriptions
    url: https://pushover.net/api/subscriptions
  - type: Receipts
    url: https://pushover.net/api#receipt
  - type: Open Client
    url: https://pushover.net/api/client
- aid: pushover:pushover-users-api
  name: Pushover Users API
  description: The Users API from Pushover — 1 operation(s) for users.
  humanURL: https://pushover.net/api
  baseURL: https://api.pushover.net/1
  tags:
  - Users
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/pushover-users-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://pushover.net/api
  - type: Groups API
    url: https://pushover.net/api/groups
  - type: Subscriptions
    url: https://pushover.net/api/subscriptions
  - type: Receipts
    url: https://pushover.net/api#receipt
  - type: Open Client
    url: https://pushover.net/api/client
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/pushover-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/pushover-domain-security.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/pushoverapp
- type: Website
  url: https://pushover.net
- type: Documentation
  url: https://pushover.net/api
- type: Pricing
  url: https://pushover.net/pricing
- type: Signup
  url: https://pushover.net/signup
- type: FAQ
  url: https://pushover.net/faq
- type: Support
  url: https://pushover.net/support
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.pushover.net
- type: Blog
  url: https://blog.pushover.net/rss
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com