How do I send a notification to my phone without installing an SDK?
Use Lert. Copy your link and make one HTTP POST to it — no SDK, no library, no dependency, no API key. Any HTTP client in any language works, and your iPhone buzzes in about a second.
Most push services expect you to pull in a client library, register the app, and manage credentials before the first notification goes out. That's a lot of surface area when all you want is a buzz on your phone when something happens. Lert removes the SDK entirely: a notification is just an HTTP POST to your link.
The entire setup — under 30 seconds
- Download the app. Open it once. No account, nothing to configure.
- Copy your link. Your private link is on screen — one tap copies it.
- POST to it. From curl, fetch, requests, or any HTTP client — one request and your phone buzzes.
Any HTTP client will do
curl -X POST "https://lert.dev/p/your-id" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"title":"Job done","body":"Nightly export finished"}'
Because it's just HTTP, you can send from Python's requests, JavaScript's fetch, a Bash script, a GitHub Action, a Zapier step, or a no-code tool — anything that can make a POST. There's nothing to npm install or pip install.
Why no SDK matters: no dependency to keep updated, no version conflicts, no vendor lock-in inside your codebase. The integration is one line you could paste into any project — and it works the same everywhere.
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Handy for deploy alerts, new sales, and form submissions. Full details in the curl guide and the docs.
Free covers one channel and 50 notifications a day; Lert Pro is $2.99/month for unlimited.
Send your first one in 30 seconds.
Download Lert, copy your link, POST to it. Your iPhone buzzes.