Spontit consultants
We can help you automate your business with Spontit and hundreds of other systems to improve efficiency and productivity. Get in touch if you’d like to discuss implementing Spontit.
About Spontit
Spontit is a push notification API that lets you send notifications directly to users’ phones and desktops without building your own mobile app. You create a channel, users subscribe to it, and you send push notifications via a simple REST API call. It is essentially a lightweight alternative to building custom push notification infrastructure with Firebase Cloud Messaging or Apple Push Notifications.
The API is straightforward: authenticate with your API key, specify the channel and message content, and POST to the endpoint. Notifications can include a title, body text, a link, and an image. Spontit handles the delivery across iOS, Android, and desktop browsers. Users subscribe to your channel by visiting a link or scanning a QR code, so there is no app install or email opt-in required.
Where Spontit becomes useful in an automation context is as a notification output for monitoring and alerting workflows. For example, you can use n8n to monitor a website for changes, check an API for threshold breaches, or watch a database for new records, and then send a Spontit push notification when something triggers. It is quicker to set up than SMS (no Twilio account needed) and more immediate than email. If you are building monitoring or alerting workflows, our business automation services can help you connect Spontit to whatever systems you need to watch.
Spontit FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about how Spontit consultants can help with integration and implementation
How do users subscribe to Spontit notifications?
Can Spontit send notifications programmatically via API?
How does Spontit compare to using email or SMS for alerts?
Can I send notifications to specific users rather than an entire channel?
Is there a limit on how many notifications I can send?
Can Spontit be used as an n8n notification output?
How it works
We work hand-in-hand with you to implement Spontit
As Spontit consultants we work with you hand in hand build more efficient and effective operations. Here’s how we will work with you to automate your business and integrate Spontit with integrate and automate 800+ tools.
Step 1
Create a Spontit Account and Channel
Sign up at spontit.com and create a notification channel. Give it a clear name that describes what kind of notifications subscribers will receive (e.g., ‘Server Alerts’ or ‘New Lead Notifications’). Copy your API key and user ID from the account settings page.
Step 2
Subscribe Your Team to the Channel
Share the channel subscription link or QR code with the people who need to receive notifications. They visit the link in their browser and allow push notifications. On mobile, notifications will appear on the lock screen. On desktop, they appear as browser push notifications.
Step 3
Test the API with a Manual Notification
Send a test notification using a curl command or an API testing tool like Postman. POST to the Spontit API endpoint with your API key, user ID, channel name, title, and body text. Verify that all subscribed devices receive the notification within a few seconds.
Step 4
Build an n8n Workflow with Spontit as the Output
In n8n, create a workflow for the event you want to monitor (e.g., a scheduled check on a website, a webhook from your CRM, or a database query). At the end of the workflow, add an HTTP Request node configured to POST to the Spontit API with the notification details.
Step 5
Add Conditional Logic for Smart Alerting
Use n8n’s IF or Switch nodes to control when notifications fire. For example, only send a push notification if a metric exceeds a threshold, if a new record matches certain criteria, or if an error code is returned. This prevents notification fatigue from too many low-priority alerts.
Step 6
Monitor Delivery and Adjust
Check the Spontit dashboard for delivery statistics. If notifications are not being received, verify that browser notification permissions are enabled on the subscriber’s device. Adjust notification frequency and content based on what your team finds useful versus noisy.
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