Update notification settings

This endpoint is used to edit the user's global notification settings. See this endpoint for per-stream notification settings.

PATCH https://chat.allmytech.pk/api/v1/settings/notifications

Usage examples

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import zulip

# Pass the path to your zuliprc file here.
client = zulip.Client(config_file="~/zuliprc")

# Enable push notifications even when online
request = {
    "enable_offline_push_notifications": True,
    "enable_online_push_notifications": True,
}
result = client.update_notification_settings(request)
print(result)

curl -sSX PATCH https://chat.allmytech.pk/api/v1/settings/notifications \
    -u BOT_EMAIL_ADDRESS:BOT_API_KEY \
    --data-urlencode enable_offline_push_notifications=true \
    --data-urlencode enable_online_push_notifications=true

Parameters

enable_stream_desktop_notifications boolean optional

Example: true

Enable visual desktop notifications for stream messages.


enable_stream_email_notifications boolean optional

Example: true

Enable email notifications for stream messages.


enable_stream_push_notifications boolean optional

Example: true

Enable mobile notifications for stream messages.


enable_stream_audible_notifications boolean optional

Example: true

Enable audible desktop notifications for stream messages.


notification_sound string optional

Example: "ding"

Notification sound name.

Changes: Removed unnecessary JSON-encoding of parameter in Zulip 4.0 (feature level 63).


enable_desktop_notifications boolean optional

Example: true

Enable visual desktop notifications for private messages and @-mentions.


enable_sounds boolean optional

Example: true

Enable audible desktop notifications for private messages and @-mentions.


enable_offline_email_notifications boolean optional

Example: true

Enable email notifications for private messages and @-mentions received when the user is offline.


enable_offline_push_notifications boolean optional

Example: true

Enable mobile notification for private messages and @-mentions received when the user is offline.


enable_online_push_notifications boolean optional

Example: true

Enable mobile notification for private messages and @-mentions received when the user is online.


enable_digest_emails boolean optional

Example: true

Enable digest emails when the user is away.


enable_marketing_emails boolean optional

Example: true

Enable marketing emails. Has no function outside Zulip Cloud.


enable_login_emails boolean optional

Example: true

Enable email notifications for new logins to account.


message_content_in_email_notifications boolean optional

Example: true

Include the message's content in email notifications for new messages.


pm_content_in_desktop_notifications boolean optional

Example: true

Include content of private messages in desktop notifications.


wildcard_mentions_notify boolean optional

Example: true

Whether wildcard mentions (E.g. @all) should send notifications like a personal mention.


desktop_icon_count_display integer optional

Example: 1

Unread count summary (appears in desktop sidebar and browser tab)

  • 1 - All unreads
  • 2 - Private messages and mentions
  • 3 - None

realm_name_in_notifications boolean optional

Example: true

Include organization name in subject of message notification emails.


presence_enabled boolean optional

Example: true

Display the presence status to other users when online.


Response

Return values

The server will return the settings that have been changed after the request, with their new value. Please note that this doesn't necessarily mean that it will return all the settings passed as parameters in the request, but only those ones that were different than the already existing setting.

Example response

A typical successful JSON response may look like:

{
    "enable_offline_push_notifications": true,
    "enable_online_push_notifications": true,
    "msg": "",
    "result": "success"
}