Hi everyone, I’m trying to build a small sensor-to-Discourse integration: like having motion sensors or temperature sensors publish data to a Discourse topic (or trigger a post/private message) when certain thresholds are crossed. I was inspired by this article on using ESP32 + MQTT for motion detec…

Your best bet is Use scoped API Keys Once you have a key, you can make requests to Discourse that create posts from whatever platform/language you like on your IoT setup. Sounds like a cool project, good luck!

It occurs to me you could also just have your IoT send an email to Discourse. [image] Configuring incoming email to create new topics or group messages Site Management bookmark This guide explains how to set up incoming emails to create new topics or group mes…

Simple sensor-driven notifications in Discourse via Webhooks or MQTT?

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tobiaseigen (Tobias Eigen) October 2, 2025, 1:17pm 3

Hi Aria! This looks interesting. Were you able to get it working?

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