If you're building custom tools, SaaS platforms, or automation pipelines, you need more than just a basic push-notification tool — you need flexibility and control.
That’s where Pushify’s Developer API and Webhooks come in.
In this post, you’ll learn how to integrate Pushify into custom apps, send notifications via code, and automate workflows using REST API and webhooks.
🔧 Why Use Pushify’s Developer Tools?
Pushify’s developer backend is built for control, performance, and scalability. Here’s what you can do:
- 📤 Send personalized push notifications to specific users
- 🔗 Trigger automated flows from third-party systems like CRMs or checkout pages
- 🔁 Automate recurring messages or drip campaigns
- 🏷️ Sync, tag, or delete subscriber records via API
- 🔔 Receive real-time updates through webhook events like clicks and conversions
📘 REST API Overview
🔑 Authentication
Use your API key from Settings → API → YOUR_API_KEY
🚀 Key Endpoints
- ✉️ POST /api/send — Send a push notification to a subscriber or segment
- 🔄 POST /api/create-flow — Build a push flow for onboarding or engagement
- 👥 GET /api/subscribers — List and filter your subscriber database
- 🏷 PUT /api/tags — Add or update custom tags (e.g., "Buyer", "BlogReader")
- ❌ DELETE /api/unsubscribe — Manually remove a user from your list
💡 View full technical documentation in Pushify under Developer → API Reference.
🔔 Webhooks Overview
Pushify webhooks let you receive event-based updates directly to your system.
🔍 Events You Can Subscribe To:
- ➕ subscriber.added — A new user subscribes
- ➖ subscriber.removed — A user opts out
- 👆 notification.clicked — A user clicks a push message
- ✅ flow.completed — A subscriber finishes a sequence
📡 Setup Guide:
- Go to Settings → Webhooks
- Enter your webhook listener URL
- Select which events to receive
- Pushify will send JSON payloads every time the event occurs
🧠 Developer Use-Cases
- 🛒 eCommerce — Trigger cart abandonment messages after inactivity
- 📈 SaaS Platforms — Send milestone nudges based on product usage
- 🔁 CRM Integration — Sync leads and status changes when pushes are clicked
- 📊 Analytics Tools — Pipe event data into dashboards like Google Looker or Power BI
- 🎯 Dynamic Segments — Use behavior-based tagging to adjust message targeting in real time
⚙️ Pro Developer Tips
- ⏱ Pushify’s API supports 300 requests per minute by default
- 🔐 Secure your webhooks using the X-Pushify-Signature header for HMAC validation
- 🧪 Use separate keys for dev/staging/production environments
- 💬 Retry logic is built in: failed webhooks retry up to 5 times with back-off
- 📦 Use batch push to send to multiple users at once by passing batch_ids in the payload
🚀 Final Thoughts
Pushify is more than just a notification platform — it’s a full engagement infrastructure with developer-first tools.
Whether you're syncing across systems, building automations, or scaling outbound campaigns, our API and webhook suite gives you total control and customization.
👉 Visit the Developer Dashboard on Pushify.com and start building today.