Simon 5 is coming soon!
Simon version 5 is currently in beta testing. It is a massive update, introducing a much-requested feature: syncing the Simon data between multiple Macs, plus a Simon Status service, a Link Checker filter, improved Find filter, iMessage and Speak Error notifiers, a new app icon, and much more.
Important: please note that Simon 5 requires a minimum of macOS 10.12 (Sierra), and will be a paid upgrade from Simon 4 after the beta. Purchasers since September 1, 2020 automatically get a version 5 license (that also works in previous versions).
Re: Notifications to Slack or Discord Webhook
I haven't looked into it, but if they have a URL you can send to via GET or POST, you should be able to use the Web notifier kind to send that. See the Post to Simon Wall built-in notifier for an example.
If they require authentication, that might complicate things.
Re: Notifications to Slack or Discord Webhook
Thanks for the input, I did a little research/try and error and now its working. In case someone else has the same problem: I use this PHP script to send the message to the Discord Webhook: https://github.com/AuroraAri/Discord-Webhooks-PHP
Re: Notifications to Slack or Discord Webhook
Thanks for sharing your solution!
Re: Notifications to Slack or Discord Webhook
Uhm okay after 1 day of trying with the script, I got some serious problems with the Simon App. I don't know whats the problem, but the program is freezing. In the beginning it happened after a few hours, now right after the start. I'm not able to change or do anything. I re-installed the app, deleted all files, but its happening again :-(
Re: Notifications to Slack or Discord Webhook
This is the whole script (from the github link) I used btw - can you have a look if there is any potentially source of error?
<?php
namespace DiscordWebhooks;
class Client
{
/*
* The URL generated by Discord to receive webhooks
* @var string $url The URL generated by Discord to receive webhooks
*/
protected $url = null;
/*
* (Optional) The name that should be shown as the user sending the message
* @var string $name The name that should be shown as the user sending the message
*/
protected $name = null;
/*
* (Optional) The image to be used as the avatar for the user sending the message
* @var string $avatar The image to be used as the avatar for the user sending the message
*/
protected $avatar = null;
/*
* The message to be sent to Discord
* @var string $message The message to be sent to Discord
*/
protected $message = null;
/*
* Set up the class
* @param string $url The URL generated by Discord to receive webhooks
*/
public function __construct($url) {
$this->url = $url;
}
/*
* (Optional) Set the name of the user sending the message; if not set, uses the name set in Discord
* @param string $name The name that should be shown as the user sending the message
*/
public function name($name) {
$this->name = $name;
}
/*
* (Optional) Set the avatar of the user sending the message; if not set, uses the avatar set in Discord
* @param string $avatar The image to be used as the avatar for the user sending the message
*/
public function avatar($avatar) {
$this->avatar = $avatar;
}
/*
* (Optional) Set the message to be sent to Discord
* @param string $message The message to be sent to Discord
*/
public function message($message) {
$this->message = $message;
}
/*
* Sends a message through the webhook
* @param string $message The message to send through the webhook
*/
public function send($message = null) {
$message = isset($message) ? $message : $this->message;
$url = $this->url;
$data = array(
'content' => $message,
'name' => $this->name,
'avatar_url' => $this->avatar,
);
$data_string = json_encode($data);
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array('Content-Type: application/json'));
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, false);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $data_string);
$output = curl_exec($curl);
$output = json_decode($output, true);
if (curl_getinfo($curl, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE) != 204) {
throw new Exception($output['message']);
}
curl_close($curl);
return true;
}
}
use \DiscordWebhooks\Client as DiscordWebhook;
$discord = new DiscordWebhook('https://discordapp.com/api/webhooks/**********');
$discord->message('Hi, Discord!'); // Optionally, set the message to be sent here. If not set, uses the message in $this->send().
$discord->send('**{TestName}** {TestStatusPhrase} {TestChangeDifferenceWithHTML} - {TestURL} '); // If the message wasn't set in $this->message, it must be set here. This method sends the message.
?>
Re: Notifications to Slack or Discord Webhook
I tried it, though perhaps didn't have a third-party dependency set properly.
Anyway, I didn't notice any issues. If Simon freezes again, try launching Activity Monitor (from /Applications/Utilities) and do a Sample of Simon while frozen, and send me that. It might provide a clue.
Another option could be to put the PHP script in an external file, either on a local or remote web server, and call it as a web page with the Web (HTTP) service, passing the parameters and getting them via
$_GET['testname']etc in the script.