Hey AppSheet community! I’m sharing a Chrome extension I developed to bring real-time toast notifications directly to your browser. It’s meant to simplify staying updated on your AppSheet apps in web browsers.
Here’s another copy-to-clipboard tool I recently developed for this community: Copy to clipboard- workaround - Google Cloud Community
How Notification Setup Works:
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Install: Get it from the Chrome Web Store: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/appsheet-notification-ext/mgokblappfbanaeelifjofdplfnephea
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Configure an AppSheet Webhook: Create a new webhook action in AppSheet’s Automation.
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URL: https://chrome-appsheet-toast-extension-production.up.railway.app/notification
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Method: POST
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Body: Use this JSON format:
{ "title": "Update!", "description": "New changes were detected and saved in table.", "targetEmail": "Email of logged in Appsheet User", "targetAppId": "Your Appsheet App ID" }Example:
{ "title": "Update!", "description": "New changes were detected and saved in table.", "targetEmail": "abc@gmail.com", "targetAppId": "adadj-akjdna-faa2321n-jknajnd-jadnadnad" }Or complete CURL to import to Postman or similar tools:
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curl -X POST https://chrome-appsheet-toast-extension-production.up.railway.app/notification \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"title": "Update!",
"description": "New changes were detected and saved in table.",
"targetEmail": "abc@gmail.com",
"targetAppId": "adadj-akjdna-faa2321n-jknajnd-jadnadnad"
}'
Important Notes:
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Active Tabs Only: The extension only works when your Chrome browser is open and you have an active tab running your AppSheet app. It’s designed for real-time desktop use, not background notifications when your browser is closed.
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Desktop Focus: This is specifically built to address the lack of persistent web browser notifications on desktop. If you’re working in your AppSheet app in Chrome, you won’t miss critical updates anymore!
I created this extension because, like many of you, I found it easy to miss important in-app updates when working on a desktop. Hopefully, this makes keeping track of your AppSheet workflows a bit smoother!
Update – Version 1.1: Custom Icons & Colors Support
You can now customise the icon and colour of each toast notification!
New JSON Payload Fields:
"icon": "any of the supported icons below",
"iconcolor": "#HEXCOLOR" // Optional – defaults to black
Supported Icons (use as string values in "icon" 
clock, error, message, success, up, warning,
add, edit, delete, info, complete, comment, sync
Colour Support: You can now use any valid HEX code for iconcolor. Example:
"iconcolor": "#03A65A" // green for success
If not defined or invalid, it will default to black (#000000).
