Getting Automagic for Android messages back to Node-RED

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10Jun20 - Edited the thread title to more accurate reflect its contents

I've just discovered Automagic for Android and want to use it to forward WhatApp alerts from phone to Node-RED

So chose email as method of sending from phone and tried setting up email node with my gmail account but ran into all the issues over less secure apps/2FA/App passwords

Plus it pollutes my gmail inbox

So I'm thinking - someone else must have just set up a separate email provider for this sort of IoT use and could recommend one?

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Couldn't you use telegram instead of email?

Just an idea.

you can always create another gmail account?

EDIT...

If you put a plus in the email you can set rules in gmail to auto delete emails

e.g suppose your gmail address is simon@gmáil.com you can use simon+automagic@gmáil.com and it still comes to you BUT its identifiable an automated email that you can auto tag / auto delete etc.

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I just created a separate gmail account for NR, setup with an app password. When sending mail, I found if the from- and to-accounts are both the same, the mail appears in your sent folder, but not in your inbox.

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Never used automagic, I use Automate app for this. Automagic can send http request straight to node red

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That might be better :+1: than my suggestions haha

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I'd really hope that nothing can send an HTTP request to any of my Node-RED instances :slight_smile:

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Http request requires it to be reachable from the outside. I’ve an http-to-mqtt cloud proxy set up for that.

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of course. brain not in gear yet :slight_smile:

EDIT...
so introducing telegram might be a reasonable workaround?

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Thats why i use Automate as it has a cloud message receive so it can receive messages from the web to using https

I run a local Automate app to forward any received cloud messages to where ever i wish (after screening messages)
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Example messages -

[["launch", "org.xbmc.kodi"]] - open Media player
[["webhook", "ifttt open_rear_door"]] -send webhook to iftt 
[["launch", "org.mozilla.firefox|org.mozilla.gecko.LauncherActivity|android.intent.action.VIEW|192.168.1.1"]] - open firefox at a web page.
[["webhook", "vera_on 8 0|vera_on 31 0|vera_on 19 0|vera_on 38 0|vera_on 43 0|vera_on 82 0|vera_on 41 0|vera_on 106 1|vera_on 85 1|node_routine_off TV_off 171"], ["speak", "good night|sleep well|see you tomorrow|100|en_GB|0|0x3|0x3"]] - send multiple webhook requests and a speak command.
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No, but i could send an email to your node-red email account. Also how many servers will your unencrypted email pass through?
If you want to encrypt your emails use ProtonMail

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I'm hoping that gmail from my phone IS encrypted

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Have you told it to send encrypted?

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Not explicitly - I just assumed that sort of thing came as standard nowadays

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As a pre-caution, you can check sender and have a specific (generated) token be part of the subject/as subject.

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Only between you and google - they then decrypt it so they can target the right Ads at you.

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That's what I thought - as long as they don't pass on my secret sedition activities to the authorities - I'm happy :slight_smile:

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AutoMagic can send mqtt messages, I use it to send my tablet's battery state, the display state, dream time etc.

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mmm- that could work for me when phone is at home and connected to my LAN - got a link on how to do that as I didn't see it as one of the options in the app

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I use AutoMagic Premium and I have been using the mqtt publisher plugin for at least 2 years without issue.

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well - only to the US ones... though the adverts you get may give your game away....

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