Pushbullet

Send and manage push notifications (notes, links, files) via Pushbullet

Overview

The Pushbullet tool manages push notifications via the Pushbullet REST API (https://api.pushbullet.com/v2). Supports creating pushes of type note, link, or file (with 3-step binary upload: upload-request -> file upload -> push creation). Also supports listing (with cursor-based pagination), updating (dismiss), and deleting pushes. Push targets can be default (all devices), a specific device ID, an email address, or a channel tag. File pushes read binary data from upstream items and upload via multipart form-data. Authentication uses an Access-Token header.

Category: Communication
Tool Name: pushbullet
Version: 1

Appearance: Icon: lucide-Bell | Color: #4AB367

Node Type

Action (Binary) — handles file/binary data operations

Input / Output

Direction	Port(s)
Input	Input
Output	Output, Error

Credentials

This tool requires Pushbullet API credentials. See the Credentials Guide for setup instructions.

Resources

Resource	Value
Push	push

Operations

Operation	Value	Description
Push: Create	create	Create a push notification (note, link, or file)
Push: Delete	delete	Delete a push by ID
Push: Get Many	getAll	Retrieve multiple pushes with optional filtering
Push: Update	update	Update a push (dismiss)

Parameters

Push: Create

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
Type	options	Yes	note	Type of push to create.
				Options: file, link, note
Title	string	Yes	—	Title of the push. Supports expressions. (shown when Type is note, link)
Body	string	Yes	—	Body text of the push. Supports expressions. (shown when Type is note, link, file)
URL	string	Yes	—	URL to include with the push. Supports expressions. (shown when Type is link)
Binary Property	string	Yes	data	Name of the input binary property containing the file to upload. Names are case-sensitive — see the upstream node’s Binary Data panel for the exact names to use. (shown when Type is file)
Target	options	Yes	default	Define the delivery target for the push.
				Options: channel_tag (send to all subscribers of a channel), default (broadcast to all of the user’s devices), device_iden (send to a specific device), email (send to an email address)
Value	string	Yes	—	Target value: device ID (iden), email address, or channel tag depending on the selected target. Supports expressions. (shown when Target is device_iden, email, channel_tag)

Push: Delete

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
Push ID (pushId)	string	Yes	—	The ID (iden) of the push to delete. Supports expressions.

Push: Get Many

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
Return All	boolean	No	false	Whether to return all results using cursor-based pagination.
Limit	number	No	100	Maximum number of results to return. (shown when Return All is false)
Filters	collection	No	{}	Optional filters to apply when retrieving pushes.
— Active	boolean	No	false	Whether to exclude deleted pushes from results.
— Modified After	string	No	—	Only return pushes modified after this timestamp. Accepts ISO 8601 datetime or Unix timestamp.

Push: Update

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
Push ID (updatePushId)	string	Yes	—	The ID (iden) of the push to update. Supports expressions.
Dismissed	boolean	Yes	false	Whether to mark the push as dismissed. Hides any notifications for the push if possible.

All Operations

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
Max Concurrency	number	No	10	Maximum number of items to process concurrently.

Output Data

The Pushbullet API response is merged onto the item JSON at the top level rather than nested under a wrapper, so the incoming fields pass through unchanged and the response fields sit beside them — reference them directly, for example {{ $json.iden }}. Binary data on the input item is forwarded to every output item it produces.

create, delete and update produce one output item per input item. getAll fans out: it emits one output item per push returned, so a single input item can produce many output items, and the node’s output count no longer matches its input count. Plan the rest of the branch around that — an item that follows a getAll is one push, not one request.

Operation	What lands on the output item
create	The push object the API returns for the new push, merged onto the item JSON.
delete	success set to true. The API returns no body for a deletion, so this flag is the only confirmation.
getAll	One item per returned push, each carrying that push object merged onto the item JSON. When the call returns no pushes at all, a single item is still emitted, carrying pushes set to an empty array — check for that property before treating a downstream item as a real push.
update	The updated push object the API returns.

With Return All on, pagination is followed to the end and every page’s pushes are emitted; with it off, one page of up to Limit pushes is emitted.

Failures are per item. In errorPort mode a failed item leaves through the Error port carrying an _error object while the successful items continue out of Output.

Usage Examples

• Send a note push to all devices
• Push a link to a specific device by ID
• Upload and send a file push with binary data
• Get all pushes with cursor-based pagination
• Delete a push by ID
• Dismiss a push notification

Example Configuration

Broadcast a note to every device on the account:

{
  "type": "pushbullet",
  "parameters": {
    "resource": "push",
    "operation": "create",
    "type": "note",
    "title": "Reminder",
    "body": "Don't forget to submit the report",
    "target": "default"
  }
}

Push a link to one email address, taking the URL from the incoming item:

{
  "type": "pushbullet",
  "parameters": {
    "resource": "push",
    "operation": "create",
    "type": "link",
    "title": "{{ $json.title }}",
    "body": "Worth a read",
    "url": "{{ $json.link }}",
    "target": "email",
    "value": "user@example.com"
  }
}

Upload a file held in an upstream node’s binary property and push it to one device:

{
  "type": "pushbullet",
  "parameters": {
    "resource": "push",
    "operation": "create",
    "type": "file",
    "body": "Here's the document you requested",
    "binaryPropertyName": "attachment",
    "target": "device_iden",
    "value": "ujpah72o0sjAoRtnM0jc"
  }
}

Retrieve one page of recent, undeleted pushes:

{
  "type": "pushbullet",
  "parameters": {
    "resource": "push",
    "operation": "getAll",
    "returnAll": false,
    "limit": 20,
    "filters": {
      "active": true,
      "modified_after": "2026-01-01T00:00:00Z"
    }
  }
}

Page through the full history instead, one output item per push:

{
  "type": "pushbullet",
  "parameters": {
    "resource": "push",
    "operation": "getAll",
    "returnAll": true
  }
}

Dismiss a push so it stops showing on the recipient’s devices:

{
  "type": "pushbullet",
  "parameters": {
    "resource": "push",
    "operation": "update",
    "updatePushId": "{{ $json.iden }}",
    "dismissed": true
  }
}

Delete a push outright:

{
  "type": "pushbullet",
  "parameters": {
    "resource": "push",
    "operation": "delete",
    "pushId": "ujpah72o0sjAoRtnM0jc"
  }
}

Error Handling

Mode	Behavior
stop	Halts workflow on first error
continue	Skips failed items, passes successful ones through
errorPort	Routes failed items to Error output port

Tips

Send push notifications (notes, links, files) and manage pushes across devices via the Pushbullet API.

Notes

• Two different fields are both labelled “Push ID”. Delete reads pushId, Update reads updatePushId. The panel shows one at a time, but a hand-written config or a copied JSON block has to use the name that matches the operation.
• Body stays required for every push type, including file pushes: its gate lists all three types, so it never hides and the editor always asks for it.
• A file push needs its binary property to exist. Unlike an optional attachment, the named property is mandatory — an item that reaches a file push without it fails rather than sending a push with no file.
• Dismissed defaults to false. Running Update without changing it re-opens the push instead of dismissing it, so set it to true for the usual “mark as read” behaviour.
• Expressions are resolved per item in every field, so one node can push a different title, target or push ID for each item that reaches it.