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Notification Templating

In every notification type, you are able to pass in variables that Ombi will populate with data when sending out the actual message.

Supported Notification Variables

Variable Description
{UserName} The username of the user
{Alias} The Alias of the user (if no alias then it falls back to UserName)
{UserPreference} The value of the preference set on the User Management page for that notification agent
{RequestedDate} The Date the media was requested
{RequestId} The Ombi internal ID for this request
{RequestStatus} Current status of the request
{Type} The type of the request e.g. Movie, TvShow
{Title} The title of the request e.g. Lion King
{Overview} Overview of the requested item
{AvailableDate} The date the request was made available
{Year} The release year of the request
{EpisodesList} A comma separated list of Episodes requested
{SeasonsList} A comma separated list of seasons requested
{PartiallyAvailableEpisodeCount} The amount of episodes that have become available
{PartiallyAvailableEpisodesList} A list of episodes that have become available in a format of SxE e.g. 1x1, 1x2, 1x3 for the first three episodes of Season 1.
{PosterImage} The requested poster image link
{ApplicationName} The Application Name from the Customization Settings
{ApplicationUrl} The Application URL from the Customization Settings
{IssueDescription} * The description of the issue provided by the user
{IssueCategory} * The category that was assigned to the issue
{IssueSubject} * The subject of the issue that was provided by the user
{NewIssueComment} ** The new comment text on the issue
{DenyReason} *** This is the reason text when we deny a request
{LongDate} 15 June 2017
{ShortDate} 15/06/2017
{LongTime} 16:02:34
{ShortTime} 16:02

Notes:

* This is for Issues only
**This is only for an issue comment notification, it will be empty for everything else *** this is only for requests that have been denied

Supported Newsletter Variables

A newsletter behaves slightly differently, since there is no request associated with it.
These are the allowed variables for a newsletter:

Variable Description
{UserName} The User who the email is being sent to
{Alias} The User who the email is being sent to
{ApplicationName} The Application Name from the Customization Settings
{ApplicationUrl} The Application URL from the Customization Settings
{LongDate} 15 June 2017
{ShortDate} 15/06/2017
{LongTime} 16:02:34
{ShortTime} 16:02