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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 Notification, 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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27.4/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 20/100 agent aware Front door AI 1/6 silent saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-10-04 · rubric v0.23.0
1 published contract
NotificationPush NotificationsMessagingAlertsMonitoring

Kin Score

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scored 2026-10-04 · rubric v0.23.0
Composite quality — 27.4/100 · thin
Contract Quality 9.4 / 19
Developer Ergonomics 2.5 / 15
Access Clarity 3.6 / 15
Operational Transparency 1.8 / 10
Contract Governance 0.0 / 9
Discoverability 5.0 / 8
Regulatory Posture 0.9 / 15
Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10
Agent readiness — 20/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
Documented Reversibility 6 / 6
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
Delegated User Identity 0 / 6
Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5
Registration Without a Human 0 / 6
Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5
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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 8

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

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

Pushover Message Apps API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pushover Open Client API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pushover Message Apps Messages.json API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pushover Message Apps Receipts API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pushover Message Apps Sounds.json API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pushover Message Apps Users API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pushover Message API

OPEN COLLECTION

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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
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
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:
- Notification
- Push Notifications
- Messaging
- Alerts
- Monitoring
tags_raw:
- 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: '0.23'
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:
  - Notification
  - Push Notifications
  - WebSocket
  - Real-Time
  - Streaming
  tags_raw:
  - 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:
  - Application
  tags_raw:
  - 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:
  - User
  tags_raw:
  - 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

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