# By-passing a push notification with answer

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/by-passing-a-push-notification-with-answer/10477>\
**Category:** Questions & Help\
**Created:** [March 12, 2019, 11:13am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/by-passing-a-push-notification-with-answer/10477 "2019-03-12T11:13:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![RVQRAT](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/rvqrat/32/7038_2.png) [@RVQRAT](https://community.homey.app/u/RVQRAT)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2019, 12:10pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/by-passing-a-push-notification-with-answer/10477/21 "2019-08-30T12:10:29Z")

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@Rocodamelshekima Any news about this? 🙂

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**Author:** ![Rocodamelshekima](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/rocodamelshekima/32/8209_2.png) [@Rocodamelshekima](https://community.homey.app/u/Rocodamelshekima)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2019, 4:37pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/by-passing-a-push-notification-with-answer/10477/22 "2019-08-30T16:37:23Z")

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Sorry, no news.

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**Author:** ![piotro](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/piotro/32/27212_2.png) [@piotro](https://community.homey.app/u/piotro)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2019, 1:48pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/by-passing-a-push-notification-with-answer/10477/23 "2019-10-01T13:48:34Z")

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for the similar requirement I’ve prepared the following workaround using timer, IFTTT button and webhook.

IFTTT provides button widget for mobiles phones and custom webhook action.

- 1st flow starts a timer and sends notification, let say “confirm an action within 5min with IFTTT button”
- 2nd flow waits for webhook
- 3rd flow executes either when button is pressed (timer stopped) or when timer is finished without interruption.

- when IFTTT button is pressed, then IFTTT webhook request is sent to Homey and timer is stopped.
- when IFTTT button is NOT pressed, then Homey receives NO IFTTT webhook request and timer finishes without interruption.

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**Author:** ![Rijckholt](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/rijckholt/32/17914_2.png) [@Rijckholt](https://community.homey.app/u/Rijckholt)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 9:08pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/by-passing-a-push-notification-with-answer/10477/24 "2023-03-07T21:08:03Z")

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Trying to achieve the same thing…. Send push confirmation and would like the else statement to run when I do not actively respond the the push confirmation message….

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**Author:** ![Caseda](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/caseda/32/138695_2.png) [@Caseda](https://community.homey.app/u/Caseda)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 9:30pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/by-passing-a-push-notification-with-answer/10477/25 "2023-03-07T21:30:16Z")

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Good for finding a 3 year old topic 😜  
But it has changed since, though this is only possible with Advanced Flows on/with the “Error” nipple, as not responding ends in a timeout activating the “Error”.

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**Author:** ![Twan\_Veugelers](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/twan_veugelers/32/129333_2.png) [@Twan\_Veugelers](https://community.homey.app/u/Twan_Veugelers)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 6:26am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/by-passing-a-push-notification-with-answer/10477/26 "2023-03-08T06:26:06Z")

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Or try the [Telegram](https://homey.app/nl-nl/app/com.spkes.telegramNotifications/Telegram/) app. You can ask a question, that needs an answer. If you ‘wait’ a certain time in the advanced flow, you can run a default action.

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