API Reference
Arreya offers a REST style API. Our API has accepts URL encoded data, form-encoded request bodies, JSON formatted bodies, and uses standard HTTPS responses and authentication.
Authentication
Arreya's API uses API keys to authenticate requests. Information on locating your API Key can be found at https://arreya.com/kb/how-to-find-your-arreya-api-key/
Alert
| https://[YOUR CHANNEL].arreya.com/api/v1/channel/alert?apikey=[YOUR API KEY] |
- [YOUR CHANNEL] - The name of the Arreya channel you want to issue alerts for, information on locating your channel name can be found at https://arreya.com/kb/how-to-find-your-channel-name/
- [YOUR API KEY] - The API key for the channel you want to issue alerts for
- Supports GET and POST requests
- Supports POST of CAP xml
- Supports parameters as url parameters, form data, or JSON post
| Parameter |
Description |
| icon |
Optional, available icons - https://fontawesome.com/v4.7/icons/ |
| title |
Title text |
| message |
Message body |
| color |
Optional, controls the text color |
| background |
Optional, uses CSS color values, can also use images with CSS url property |
| timeout |
How long the message stays on the display. Send a timeout of 0 to clear any active alerts. |
| animation |
Optional, animate the icon using one of the animations from https://animate.style/ |
| apiKey |
Your channel API Key |
Beep
| Parameter |
Value |
Range |
Description |
| soundEffect |
beep |
n/a |
The sound effect you want to play during the alert. |
| soundPitch |
1500 |
0-10000 |
Controls the pitch of the sound effect. |
| soundDelay |
0 |
0-100 |
Delay the sound effect (in seconds) from when the alert is active. |
| soundVolume |
0.5 |
0.0-1.0 |
Controls the volume of the sound effect. |
| soundLoop |
FALSE |
TRUE/FALSE |
Controls whether or not the sound effect loops for the duration of the alert. |
Tap
| Parameter |
Value |
Range |
Description |
| soundEffect |
tap |
n/a |
The sound effect you want to play during the alert. |
| soundPitch |
2000 |
0-10000 |
Controls the pitch of the sound effect. |
| soundDelay |
0 |
0-100 |
Delay the sound effect (in seconds) from when the alert is active. |
| soundVolume |
0.05 |
0.0-1.0 |
Controls the volume of the sound effect. |
| soundLoop |
FALSE |
TRUE/FALSE |
Controls whether or not the sound effect loops for the duration of the alert. |
Click
| Parameter |
Value |
Range |
Description |
| soundEffect |
click |
n/a |
The sound effect you want to play during the alert. |
| soundPitch |
1000 |
0-10000 |
Controls the pitch of the sound effect. |
| soundDelay |
0 |
0-100 |
Delay the sound effect (in seconds) from when the alert is active. |
| soundVolume |
0.5 |
0.0-1.0 |
Controls the volume of the sound effect. |
| soundLoop |
FALSE |
TRUE/FALSE |
Controls whether or not the sound effect loops for the duration of the alert. |
Fire
| Parameter |
Value |
Range |
Description |
| soundEffect |
fire |
n/a |
The sound effect you want to play during the alert. |
| soundPitch |
2850 |
0-10000 |
Controls the pitch of the sound effect. |
| soundDelay |
0 |
0-100 |
Delay the sound effect (in seconds) from when the alert is active. |
| soundVolume |
0.5 |
0.0-1.0 |
Controls the volume of the sound effect. |
| soundLoop |
FALSE |
TRUE/FALSE |
Controls whether or not the sound effect loops for the duration of the alert. |
Intermittent Tone
| Parameter |
Value |
Range |
Description |
| soundEffect |
intermittentTone |
n/a |
The sound effect you want to play during the alert. |
| soundPitch |
800 |
0-10000 |
Controls the pitch of the sound effect. |
| soundDelay |
0 |
0-100 |
Delay the sound effect (in seconds) from when the alert is active. |
| soundVolume |
0.5 |
0.0-1.0 |
Controls the volume of the sound effect. |
| soundLoop |
FALSE |
TRUE/FALSE |
Controls whether or not the sound effect loops for the duration of the alert. |
Continuous Tone
| Parameter |
Value |
Range |
Description |
| soundEffect |
continuousTone |
n/a |
The sound effect you want to play during the alert. |
| soundPitch |
1500 |
0-10000 |
Controls the pitch of the sound effect. |
| soundDelay |
0 |
0-100 |
Delay the sound effect (in seconds) from when the alert is active. |
| soundVolume |
0.02 |
0.0-1.0 |
Controls the volume of the sound effect. |
| soundLoop |
FALSE |
TRUE/FALSE |
Controls whether or not the sound effect loops for the duration of the alert. |
| soundDuration |
0(∞) |
0-100 |
The duration of the sound effect to be played. |
| timeout |
604800(1 week) |
0-?? |
The duration of the alert. |
Speech
| Parameter |
Value |
Range |
Description |
| soundEffect |
speech |
n/a |
The sound effect you want to play during the alert. |
| soundText |
This-is-some-default-text. |
n/a |
The text that will be spoken for the alert. |
| soundVoicePitch |
1 |
0.0-2.0 |
Controls the pitch of the voice for text to speech |
| soundDelay |
0 |
0-100 |
Delay the sound effect (in seconds) from when the alert is active. |
| soundVolume |
0.5 |
0.0-1.0 |
Controls the volume of the sound effect. |
| soundLoop |
FALSE |
TRUE/FALSE |
Controls whether or not the sound effect loops for the duration of the alert. |
| soundRate |
1 |
0.1-10 |
Represents the speed the text is spoken. |
Audio File
| Parameter |
Value |
Range |
Description |
| soundEffect |
audioFile |
n/a |
The sound effect you want to play during the alert. |
| soundUrl |
https://example.com/example.wav |
n/a |
The audio file you want to play for the alert. |
| soundAudioVolume |
0.5 |
0.0-1.0 |
Controls the volume of the sound effect. |
| soundLoop |
FALSE |
TRUE/FALSE |
Controls whether or not the sound effect loops for the duration of the alert. |
Example request URL:
https://[YOUR CHANNEL].arreya.com/api/v1/channel/alert?apikey=[YOUR API KEY]&icon=exclamation-triangle&message=This%20is%20a%20test&background=red&color=white&title=ALERT%20TESTING&
timeout=15&animation=wobble |
You can run this simple test in your browser by inserting your API key and your channel name
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