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+# synology-notifications
+
+Receive notifcations from Synology and forward them to the notifcation service of your choice
+
+## Supported notifcation services
+
+- Slack
+
+## Service settings
+
+<aside class="notice">
+Settings are supplied by setting envrionment variables
+</aside>
+
+- `API_KEY`: A minum of 32 character api key that Synology server needs to use to auth to this services api
+- `LISTEN_PORT`: Default of 8080. The port the service will listen on 
+
+## Slack settings
+
+- `SLACK_WEBHOOK`: URL for the Slack web hook
+
+## Cmd
+
+```bash
+export API_KEY='LO45UXS%amLAWJn6CwJ1koaXW&7pY9#Z'
+export SLACK_WEBHOOK='https://slack.com/myWebHookUrl'
+./synology-notifications
+listening on port 8080
+```
+
+## Docker
+
+```bash
+docker run -e API_KEY='LO45UXS%amLAWJn6CwJ1koaXW&7pY9#Z' -e SLACK_WEBHOOK='https://slack.com/myWebHookUrl' ryancurrah/synology-notifications:latest
+listening on port 8080
+```
+
+## Setting up Synology
+
+1. Login to Diskstation
+2. Go to `Control Pannel` > `Notification` > `SMS`
+3. Check `Enable SMS Notifcations`
+4. Click `Add SMS Provider` to create a new SMS provider which will be the `synology-notifications` service. We will not actually be using `SMS`
+    a. Provider Name: `synology-notifications`
+    b. SMS URL: `http://<ip address of synology-notifications service>:8080`
+    c. HTTP Method: `POST` and click `Next`
+    d. Click `Add` and set the Parameter to `api_key` and leave Value empty then click `Next`
+    e. Click `Add` and set the Paramater to `phone_number` and leave Value empty (Synology requires this field to exist even though were not going to use it)
+    f. Click `Add` and set the Paramater to `message` set the Value to `Hello world` (Synology requires a sample value) and click `Next`
+    g. Set the type of the `api_key` Parameter to `API Key`
+    h. Set the type of the `phone_number` Parameter to `Phone Number`
+    i. Set the type of the `message` Parameter to `Message content` and click `Apply`
+5. Select `synology-notifications` from the `SMS service provider` dropdown
+6. In the `API Key` field paste the API Key you choose for the service and click `Apply`
+7. Test the notifcation service by clicking `Send a test SMS message`