From c63e2441faf8ed6001a44ce256ae91eab71f807f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: vorezal <37914382+vorezal@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 25 May 2025 12:26:13 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Refactor notifications and add helper functions (#182)

* Refactor notifications and add helper functions

* Add helper functions to simplify sourcing files and executing functions if they exist

* Create notify_v2.sh wrapper script

* Simplify and consolidate notification logic within notify_v2.sh

* Support notification management via environment variables

* Move secrets to dockcheck.config

* Fix NOTIFY_CHANNELS default value when not set

* Feedback changes

* Remove leading spaces from MessageBody

* Check for valid notify v2 variables

* Warn on missing configuration and bypass notifications

* Update readme

* Additional feedback fixes

* More comments in default.config with different # depth for comments and settings

* Rename NOTIFY_TOPIC_NAME variable to NTFY_TOPIC_NAME for consistency

* Add TELEGRAM_TOPIC_ID

* Fix AppriseURL variable

* Add an ending newline to all MessageBody statements for consistency

* Remove troubleshooting echo statement

* Prevent attempting to trigger notifications for notification templates if versions are the same

---------

Co-authored-by: Matthew Oleksowicz <matt@everyoneneeds.it>
---
 README.md                             | 25 ++++++--
 default.config                        | 60 +++++++++++++++++--
 dockcheck.sh                          | 50 ++++++++++------
 notify_templates/notify_DSM.sh        | 52 +++--------------
 notify_templates/notify_apprise.sh    | 67 +++++++--------------
 notify_templates/notify_discord.sh    | 47 ++++-----------
 notify_templates/notify_generic.sh    | 41 +------------
 notify_templates/notify_gotify.sh     | 73 +++++++----------------
 notify_templates/notify_matrix.sh     | 58 +++++-------------
 notify_templates/notify_ntfy-sh.sh    | 68 ++++++----------------
 notify_templates/notify_pushbullet.sh | 55 ++++--------------
 notify_templates/notify_pushover.sh   | 67 ++++++---------------
 notify_templates/notify_slack.sh      | 62 +++++---------------
 notify_templates/notify_smtp.sh       | 54 ++++-------------
 notify_templates/notify_telegram.sh   | 67 ++++++---------------
 notify_templates/notify_v2.sh         | 84 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 16 files changed, 366 insertions(+), 564 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 notify_templates/notify_v2.sh

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4e33e3d..27ef1ad 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@
 ___
 ## :bell: Changelog
 
+- **v0.6.5**: Refactored notification logic. See notify_templates/notify_v2.sh for upgrade steps.
+    - Added helper functions to simplify sourcing files and executing functions if they exist.
+    - Created notify_v2.sh wrapper script.
+    - Simplified and consolidated notification logic within notify_v2.sh.
+    - Added support for notification management via environment variables.
+    - Moved notification secrets to dockcheck.config.
 - **v0.6.4**: Restructured the update process - first pulls all updates, then recreates all containers.
     - Added logic to skip update check on non-compose containers (unless `-r` option).
     - Added option `-F` to revert to `compose up -d <ContainerName>` targeting specific container and not the stack.
@@ -126,11 +132,22 @@ Alternatively create an alias where specific flags and values are set.
 Example `alias dc=dockcheck.sh -p -x 10 -t 3`.
 
 ## :loudspeaker: Notifications
-Trigger with the `-i` flag if `notify.sh` is present and configured.  
-Will send a list of containers with updates available and a notification when `dockcheck.sh` itself has an update.  
-Run it scheduled with `-ni` to only get notified when there's updates available!  
+Trigger with the `-i` flag.
+If `notify.sh` is present and configured, it will be used. Otherwise, `notify_v2.sh` will be enabled.
+Will send a list of containers with updates available and a notification when `dockcheck.sh` itself has an update.
+Run it scheduled with `-ni` to only get notified when there's updates available!
+
+V2 installation and configuration (tag v0.6.5 or later):
+Remove or rename `notify.sh` if previously configured using the legacy method.
+Uncomment and set the NOTIFY_CHANNELS environment variable in `dockcheck.config` to a space separated string of your desired notification channels to enable.
+Uncomment and set the environment variables related to the enabled notification channels.
+It is recommended not to make changes directly to the `notify_X.sh` template files and to use only environment variables defined in `dockcheck.config` using this method.
+
+Legacy installation and configuration:
+Use a previous version of a `notify_X.sh` template file (tag v0.6.4 or earlier) from the **notify_templates** directory,
+copy it to `notify.sh` alongside the script, modify it to your needs! (notify.sh is added to .gitignore)
+
 
-Use a `notify_X.sh` template file from the **notify_templates** directory, copy it to `notify.sh` alongside the script, modify it to your needs! (notify.sh is added to .gitignore)  
 **Current templates:**
 - Synology [DSM](https://www.synology.com/en-global/dsm)
 - Email with [mSMTP](https://wiki.debian.org/msmtp) (or deprecated alternative [sSMTP](https://wiki.debian.org/sSMTP))
diff --git a/default.config b/default.config
index 406ccbf..9c13be0 100644
--- a/default.config
+++ b/default.config
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 ### Custom user variables
-# Copy this file to "dockcheck.config" to make it active
-# Can be placed in ~/.config/ or alongside dockcheck.sh
-#
-# Uncomment and set your preferred configuration variables here
-# This will not be replaced on updates
+## Copy this file to "dockcheck.config" to make it active
+## Can be placed in ~/.config/ or alongside dockcheck.sh
+##
+## Uncomment and set your preferred configuration variables here
+## This will not be replaced on updates
 
 #Timeout=10    # Set a timeout (in seconds) per container for registry checkups.
 #MaxAsync=10    # Set max asynchronous subprocesses, 1 default, 0 to disable.
@@ -23,3 +23,53 @@
 #PrintReleaseURL=true   # Prints custom releasenote urls alongside each container with updates (requires urls.list)`
 #PrintMarkdownURL=true    # Prints custom releasenote urls as markdown
 #OnlySpecific=true    # Only compose up the specific container, not the whole compose. (useful for master-compose structure).
+
+### Notify settings
+## All commented values are examples only. Modify as needed.
+##
+## Uncomment the line below and specify the notification channels you wish to enable in a space separated string
+# NOTIFY_CHANNELS="apprise discord DSM generic gotify matrix ntfy-sh pushbullet pushover slack smtp telegram"
+#
+## Uncomment to not send notifications when dockcheck itself has updates.
+# DISABLE_DOCKCHECK_NOTIFICATION=false
+## Uncomment to not send notifications when notify scripts themselves have updates.
+# DISABLE_NOTIFY_NOTIFICATION=false
+#
+## Apprise configuration variables. Set APPRISE_PAYLOAD to make a CLI call or set APPRISE_URL to make an API request instead.
+# APPRISE_PAYLOAD='mailto://myemail:mypass@gmail.com
+#                 mastodons://{token}@{host}
+#                 pbul://o.gn5kj6nfhv736I7jC3cj3QLRiyhgl98b
+#                 tgram://{bot_token}/{chat_id}/'
+# APPRISE_URL="http://apprise.mydomain.tld:1234/notify/apprise"
+#
+# DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL="https://discord.com/api/webhooks/<token string>"
+#
+# DSM_SENDMAILTO="me@mydomain.com"
+# DSM_SUBJECTTAG="Email Subject Prefix"
+#
+# GOTIFY_DOMAIN="https://gotify.domain.tld"
+# GOTIFY_TOKEN="token-value"
+#
+# MATRIX_ACCESS_TOKEN="token-value"
+# MATRIX_ROOM_ID="myroom"
+# MATRIX_SERVER_URL="https://matrix.yourdomain.tld"
+#
+# NTFY_TOPIC_NAME="YourUniqueTopicName"
+#
+# PUSHBULLET_URL="https://api.pushbullet.com/v2/pushes"
+# PUSHBULLET_TOKEN="token-value"
+#
+# PUSHOVER_URL="https://api.pushover.net/1/messages.json"
+# PUSHOVER_USER_KEY="userkey"
+# PUSHOVER_TOKEN="token-value"
+#
+# SLACK_CHANNEL_ID=mychannel
+# SLACK_ACCESS_TOKEN=xoxb-token-value
+#
+# SMTP_MAIL_FROM="me@mydomain.tld"
+# SMTP_MAIL_TO="you@yourdomain.tld"
+# SMTP_SUBJECT_TAG="dockcheck"
+#
+# TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID="mychatid"
+# TELEGRAM_TOKEN="token-value"
+# TELEGRAM_TOPIC_ID="0"
diff --git a/dockcheck.sh b/dockcheck.sh
index 615fcd9..a0a5be2 100755
--- a/dockcheck.sh
+++ b/dockcheck.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-VERSION="v0.6.4"
-### ChangeNotes: Restructured update process - first pulls all images, then recreates all containers. Added -F option.
+VERSION="v0.6.5"
+### ChangeNotes: Refactored notification logic. See README.md for upgrade steps.
 Github="https://github.com/mag37/dockcheck"
 RawUrl="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mag37/dockcheck/main/dockcheck.sh"
 
@@ -17,12 +17,17 @@ ScriptWorkDir="$(dirname "$ScriptPath")"
 LatestRelease="$(curl -s -r 0-50 "$RawUrl" | sed -n "/VERSION/s/VERSION=//p" | tr -d '"')"
 LatestChanges="$(curl -s -r 0-200 "$RawUrl" | sed -n "/ChangeNotes/s/# ChangeNotes: //p")"
 
+# Source helper functions
+source_if_exists() {
+  if [[ -s "$1" ]]; then source "$1"; fi
+}
+
+source_if_exists_or_fail() {
+  [[ -s "$1" ]] && source "$1"
+}
+
 # User customizable defaults
-if [[ -s "${HOME}/.config/dockcheck.config" ]]; then
-  source "${HOME}/.config/dockcheck.config"
-elif [[ -s "${ScriptWorkDir}/dockcheck.config" ]]; then
-  source "${ScriptWorkDir}/dockcheck.config"
-fi
+source_if_exists_or_fail "${HOME}/.config/dockcheck.config" || source_if_exists "${ScriptWorkDir}/dockcheck.config"
 
 # Help Function
 Help() {
@@ -120,14 +125,16 @@ shift "$((OPTIND-1))"
 # Set $1 to a variable for name filtering later
 SearchName="${1:-}"
 
+# Basic notify configuration check
+if [[ "${Notify}" == true ]] && [[ ! -s "${ScriptWorkDir}/notify.sh" ]] && [[ -z "${NOTIFY_CHANNELS:-}" ]]; then
+  printf "Using v2 notifications with -i flag passed but no notify channels configured in dockcheck.config. This will result in no notifications being sent.\n"
+fi
+
 # Setting up options and sourcing functions
 if [[ "$DontUpdate" == true ]]; then AutoMode=true; fi
 if [[ "$MonoMode" == true ]]; then declare c_{red,green,yellow,blue,teal,reset}=""; fi
 if [[ "$Notify" == true ]]; then
-  if [[ -s "${ScriptWorkDir}/notify.sh" ]]; then
-    source "${ScriptWorkDir}/notify.sh"
-  else Notify=false
-  fi
+  source_if_exists_or_fail "${ScriptWorkDir}/notify.sh" || source_if_exists_or_fail "${ScriptWorkDir}/notify_templates/notify_v2.sh" || Notify=false
 fi
 if [[ -n "$Exclude" ]]; then
   IFS=',' read -ra Excludes <<< "$Exclude"
@@ -148,6 +155,14 @@ if [[ -n "$CollectorTextFileDirectory" ]]; then
   fi
 fi
 
+exec_if_exists() {
+  if [[ $(type -t $1) == function ]]; then "$@"; fi
+}
+
+exec_if_exists_or_fail() {
+  [[ $(type -t $1) == function ]] && "$@"
+}
+
 self_update_curl() {
   cp "$ScriptPath" "$ScriptPath".bak
   if command -v curl &>/dev/null; then
@@ -335,10 +350,13 @@ if [[ "$VERSION" != "$LatestRelease" ]]; then
     [[ "$SelfUpdate" =~ [yY] ]] && self_update
   elif [[ "$AutoMode" == true ]] && [[ "$AutoSelfUpdate" == true ]]; then self_update;
   else
-    [[ "$Notify" == true ]] && { [[ $(type -t dockcheck_notification) == function ]] && dockcheck_notification "$VERSION" "$LatestRelease" "$LatestChanges" || printf "Could not source notification function.\n"; }
+    [[ "$Notify" == true ]] && { exec_if_exists_or_fail dockcheck_notification "$VERSION" "$LatestRelease" "$LatestChanges" || printf "Could not source notification function.\n"; }
   fi
 fi
 
+# Version check for notify templates
+[[ "$Notify" == true ]] && { exec_if_exists_or_fail notify_update_notification || printf "Could not source notify notification function.\n"; }
+
 dependency_check "regctl" "regbin" "https://github.com/regclient/regclient/releases/latest/download/regctl-linux-TEMP"
 dependency_check "jq" "jqbin" "https://github.com/jqlang/jq/releases/latest/download/jq-linux-TEMP"
 
@@ -457,11 +475,7 @@ unset IFS
 
 # Run the prometheus exporter function
 if [[ -n "${CollectorTextFileDirectory:-}" ]]; then
-  if type -t prometheus_exporter &>/dev/null; then
-    prometheus_exporter ${#NoUpdates[@]} ${#GotUpdates[@]} ${#GotErrors[@]}
-  else
-    printf "%s\n" "Could not source prometheus exporter function."
-  fi
+  exec_if_exists_or_fail prometheus_exporter ${#NoUpdates[@]} ${#GotUpdates[@]} ${#GotErrors[@]} || printf "%s\n" "Could not source prometheus exporter function."
 fi
 
 # Define how many updates are available
@@ -481,7 +495,7 @@ if [[ -n ${GotUpdates[*]:-} ]]; then
   printf "\n%bContainers with updates available:%b\n" "$c_yellow" "$c_reset"
   if [[ -s "$ScriptWorkDir/urls.list" ]] && [[ "$PrintReleaseURL" == true ]]; then releasenotes; else Updates=("${GotUpdates[@]}"); fi
   [[ "$AutoMode" == false ]] && list_options || printf "%s\n" "${Updates[@]}"
-  [[ "$Notify" == true ]] && { type -t send_notification &>/dev/null && send_notification "${GotUpdates[@]}" || printf "\nCould not source notification function.\n"; }
+  [[ "$Notify" == true ]] && { exec_if_exists_or_fail send_notification "${GotUpdates[@]}" || printf "\nCould not source notification function.\n"; }
 fi
 
 # Optionally get updates if there's any
diff --git a/notify_templates/notify_DSM.sh b/notify_templates/notify_DSM.sh
index ddbc2c6..17d697f 100644
--- a/notify_templates/notify_DSM.sh
+++ b/notify_templates/notify_DSM.sh
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 ### DISCLAIMER: This is a third party addition to dockcheck - best effort testing.
-NOTIFY_DSM_VERSION="v0.1"
+NOTIFY_DSM_VERSION="v0.2"
 # INFO: ssmtp is deprecated - consider to use msmtp instead.
 #
-# Copy/rename this file to notify.sh to enable the notification snipppet.
 # mSMTP/sSMTP has to be installed and configured manually.
 # The existing DSM Notification Email configuration will be used automatically.
-# Modify to your liking - changing SendMailTo and Subject and content.
+# Do not modify this file directly. Set DSM_SENDMAILTO and DSM_SUBJECTTAG in your dockcheck.config file.
 
 MSMTP=$(which msmtp)
 SSMTP=$(which ssmtp)
@@ -18,18 +17,17 @@ else
 	echo "No msmtp or ssmtp binary found in PATH: $PATH" ; exit 1
 fi
 
-FromHost=$(hostname)
-
-trigger_notification() {
+trigger_DSM_notification() {
 CfgFile="/usr/syno/etc/synosmtp.conf"
 
 # User variables:
 # Automatically sends to your usual destination for synology DSM notification emails.
-# You can also manually override by assigning something else to SendMailTo below.
-SendMailTo=$(grep 'eventmail1' $CfgFile | sed -n 's/.*"\([^"]*\)".*/\1/p')
-#SendMailTo="me@mydomain.com"
+# You can also manually override by assigning something else to DSM_SENDMAILTO in dockcheck.config.
+SendMailTo=${DSM_SENDMAILTO:-$(grep 'eventmail1' $CfgFile | sed -n 's/.*"\([^"]*\)".*/\1/p')}
+# e.g. DSM_SENDMAILTO="me@mydomain.com"
 
-SubjectTag=$(grep 'eventsubjectprefix' $CfgFile | sed -n 's/.*"\([^"]*\)".*/\1/p')
+SubjectTag=${DSM_SUBJECTTAG:-$(grep 'eventsubjectprefix' $CfgFile | sed -n 's/.*"\([^"]*\)".*/\1/p')}
+# e.g. DSM_SUBJECTTAG="Email Subject Prefix"
 SenderName=$(grep 'smtp_from_name' $CfgFile | sed -n 's/.*"\([^"]*\)".*/\1/p')
 SenderMail=$(grep 'smtp_from_mail' $CfgFile | sed -n 's/.*"\([^"]*\)".*/\1/p')
 SenderMail=${SenderMail:-$(grep 'eventmail1' $CfgFile | sed -n 's/.*"\([^"]*\)".*/\1/p')}
@@ -38,7 +36,7 @@ $MailPkg $SendMailTo << __EOF
 From: "$SenderName" <$SenderMail>
 date:$(date -R)
 To: <$SendMailTo>
-Subject: $SubjectTag $MessageTitle $FromHost
+Subject: $SubjectTag $MessageTitle
 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed
 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
 
@@ -48,35 +46,3 @@ __EOF
 # This ensures DSM's container manager will also see the update
 /var/packages/ContainerManager/target/tool/image_upgradable_checker
 }
-
-send_notification() {
-		[ -s "$ScriptWorkDir"/urls.list ] && releasenotes || Updates=("$@")
-		UpdToString=$( printf '%s\\n' "${Updates[@]}" )
-
-		printf "\nSending email notification.\n"
-
-		MessageTitle="Updates available on"
-		# Setting the MessageBody variable here.
-		printf -v MessageBody "🐋 Containers on $FromHost with updates available:\n\n$UpdToString"
-
-		trigger_notification
-}
-
-### Rename (eg. disabled_dockcheck_notification), remove or comment out the following function
-### to not send notifications when dockcheck itself has updates.
-dockcheck_notification() {
-		printf "\nSending email dockcheck notification.\n"
-
-		MessageTitle="New version of dockcheck available on"
-		# Setting the MessageBody variable here.
-		printf -v MessageBody "Installed version: $1\nLatest version: $2\n\nChangenotes: $3\n"
-
-    RawNotifyUrl="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mag37/dockcheck/main/notify_templates/notify_DSM.sh"
-    LatestNotifyRelease="$(curl -s -r 0-150 $RawNotifyUrl | sed -n "/NOTIFY_DSM_VERSION/s/NOTIFY_DSM_VERSION=//p" | tr -d '"')"
-    if [[ "$NOTIFY_DSM_VERSION" != "$LatestNotifyRelease" ]] ; then
-        printf -v NotifyUpdate "\n\nnotify_DSM.sh update avialable:\n $NOTIFY_DSM_VERSION -> $LatestNotifyRelease\n"
-        MessageBody="${MessageBody}${NotifyUpdate}"
-    fi
-
-		trigger_notification
-}
diff --git a/notify_templates/notify_apprise.sh b/notify_templates/notify_apprise.sh
index fef4303..e71a4df 100644
--- a/notify_templates/notify_apprise.sh
+++ b/notify_templates/notify_apprise.sh
@@ -1,55 +1,30 @@
 ### DISCLAIMER: This is a third party addition to dockcheck - best effort testing.
-NOTIFY_APPRISE_VERSION="v0.1"
+NOTIFY_APPRISE_VERSION="v0.2"
 #
-# Copy/rename this file to notify.sh to enable the notification snippet.
 # Required receiving services must already be set up.
-# Modify to fit your setup - if API, set AppriseURL to your Apprise ip/domain.
+# Do not modify this file directly. Set APPRISE_PAYLOAD in your dockcheck.config file.
+# If API, set APPRISE_URL instead.
 
-FromHost=$(hostname)
+if [[ -z "${APPRISE_PAYLOAD:-}" ]] && [[ -z "${APPRISE_URL:-}" ]]; then
+  printf "Apprise notification channel enabled, but required configuration variables are missing. Apprise notifications will not be sent.\n"
 
-trigger_notification() {
+  remove_channel apprise
+fi
 
-   ### Modify to fit your setup:
-   apprise -vv -t "$MessageTitle" -b "$MessageBody" \
-      mailto://myemail:mypass@gmail.com \
-      mastodons://{token}@{host} \
-      pbul://o.gn5kj6nfhv736I7jC3cj3QLRiyhgl98b \
-      tgram://{bot_token}/{chat_id}/
+trigger_apprise_notification() {
 
-   ### If you use the Apprise-API - Comment out the apprise command above.
-   ### Uncomment the AppriseURL and the curl-line below:
-   # AppriseURL="http://apprise.mydomain.tld:1234/notify/apprise"
-   # curl -X POST -F "title=$MessageTitle" -F "body=$MessageBody" -F "tags=all" $AppriseURL
-}
+  if [[ -n "${APPRISE_PAYLOAD:-}" ]]; then
+    apprise -vv -t "$MessageTitle" -b "$MessageBody" \
+      ${APPRISE_PAYLOAD}
+  fi
 
-send_notification() {
-    [ -s "$ScriptWorkDir"/urls.list ] && releasenotes || Updates=("$@")
-    UpdToString=$( printf '%s\\n' "${Updates[@]}" )
+  # e.g. APPRISE_PAYLOAD='mailto://myemail:mypass@gmail.com
+  #                      mastodons://{token}@{host}
+  #                      pbul://o.gn5kj6nfhv736I7jC3cj3QLRiyhgl98b
+  #                      tgram://{bot_token}/{chat_id}/'
 
-    printf "\nSending Apprise notification\n"
-
-    MessageTitle="$FromHost - updates available."
-    # Setting the MessageBody variable here.
-    printf -v MessageBody "🐋 Containers on $FromHost with updates available:\n$UpdToString"
-
-    trigger_notification
-}
-
-### Rename (eg. disabled_dockcheck_notification), remove or comment out the following function
-### to not send notifications when dockcheck itself has updates.
-dockcheck_notification() {
-    printf "\nSending Apprise dockcheck notification\n"
-
-    MessageTitle="$FromHost - New version of dockcheck available."
-    # Setting the MessageBody variable here.
-    printf -v MessageBody "Installed version: $1 \nLatest version: $2 \n\nChangenotes: $3"
-
-    RawNotifyUrl="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mag37/dockcheck/main/notify_templates/notify_apprise.sh"
-    LatestNotifyRelease="$(curl -s -r 0-150 $RawNotifyUrl | sed -n "/NOTIFY_APPRISE_VERSION/s/NOTIFY_APPRISE_VERSION=//p" | tr -d '"')"
-    if [[ "$NOTIFY_APPRISE_VERSION" != "$LatestNotifyRelease" ]] ; then
-        printf -v NotifyUpdate "\n\nnotify_apprise.sh update avialable:\n $NOTIFY_APPRISE_VERSION -> $LatestNotifyRelease\n"
-        MessageBody="${MessageBody}${NotifyUpdate}"
-    fi
-
-    trigger_notification
-}
+  if [[ -n "${APPRISE_URL:-}" ]]; then
+    AppriseURL="${APPRISE_URL}"
+    curl -X POST -F "title=$MessageTitle" -F "body=$MessageBody" -F "tags=all" $AppriseURL # e.g. APPRISE_URL=http://apprise.mydomain.tld:1234/notify/apprise
+  fi
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/notify_templates/notify_discord.sh b/notify_templates/notify_discord.sh
index 5728f74..a28cda5 100644
--- a/notify_templates/notify_discord.sh
+++ b/notify_templates/notify_discord.sh
@@ -1,43 +1,18 @@
 ### DISCLAIMER: This is a third party addition to dockcheck - best effort testing.
-NOTIFY_DISCORD_VERSION="v0.1"
+NOTIFY_DISCORD_VERSION="v0.2"
 #
-# Copy/rename this file to notify.sh to enable the notification snippet.
 # Required receiving services must already be set up.
-# Modify to fit your setup - set DiscordWebhookUrl
+# Do not modify this file directly. Set DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL in your dockcheck.config file.
 
-FromHost=$(hostname)
+if [[ -z "${DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL:-}" ]]; then
+  printf "Discord notification channel enabled, but required configuration variables are missing. Discord notifications will not be sent.\n"
 
-trigger_notification() {
-    # Modify to fit your setup:
-    DiscordWebhookUrl="PasteYourFullDiscordWebhookURL"
+  remove_channel discord
+fi
 
-    MsgBody="{\"username\":\"$FromHost\",\"content\":\"$MessageBody\"}"
-    curl -sS -o /dev/null --fail -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d "$MsgBody" "$DiscordWebhookUrl"
-}
-
-send_notification() {
-    [ -s "$ScriptWorkDir"/urls.list ] && releasenotes || Updates=("$@")
-    UpdToString=$( printf '%s\\n' "${Updates[@]}" )
-
-    printf "\nSending Discord notification\n"
-    # Setting the MessageBody variable here.
-    MessageBody="🐋 Containers on $FromHost with updates available: \n$UpdToString"
-
-    trigger_notification
-}
-
-### Rename (eg. disabled_dockcheck_notification), remove or comment out the following function
-### to not send notifications when dockcheck itself has updates.
-dockcheck_notification() {
-    printf "\nSending Discord dockcheck notification\n"
-    MessageBody="$FromHost - New version of dockcheck available: \n Installed version: $1 \nLatest version: $2 \n\nChangenotes: $3"
-
-    RawNotifyUrl="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mag37/dockcheck/main/notify_templates/notify_discord.sh"
-    LatestNotifyRelease="$(curl -s -r 0-150 $RawNotifyUrl | sed -n "/NOTIFY_DISCORD_VERSION/s/NOTIFY_DISCORD_VERSION=//p" | tr -d '"')"
-    if [[ "$NOTIFY_DISCORD_VERSION" != "$LatestNotifyRelease" ]] ; then
-        printf -v NotifyUpdate "\n\nnotify_discord.sh update avialable:\n $NOTIFY_DISCORD_VERSION -> $LatestNotifyRelease\n"
-        MessageBody="${MessageBody}${NotifyUpdate}"
-    fi
-
-    trigger_notification
+trigger_discord_notification() {
+  DiscordWebhookUrl="${DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL}" # e.g. DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL=https://discord.com/api/webhooks/<token string>
+
+  MsgBody="{\"username\":\"$FromHost\",\"content\":\"$MessageBody\"}"
+  curl -sS -o /dev/null --fail -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d "$MsgBody" "$DiscordWebhookUrl"
 }
diff --git a/notify_templates/notify_generic.sh b/notify_templates/notify_generic.sh
index 700e84a..cbcbf6e 100644
--- a/notify_templates/notify_generic.sh
+++ b/notify_templates/notify_generic.sh
@@ -1,44 +1,9 @@
 ### DISCLAIMER: This is a third party addition to dockcheck - best effort testing.
-NOTIFY_GENERIC_VERSION="v0.1"
+NOTIFY_GENERIC_VERSION="v0.2"
 #
-# Copy/rename this file to notify.sh to enable the notification snippet.
 # generic sample, the "Hello World" of notification addons
 
-FromHost=$(hostname)
-
-trigger_notification()  {
-    # Modify to fit your setup:
+trigger_generic_notification()  {
     printf "\n$MessageTitle\n"
     printf "\n$MessageBody\n"
-}
-
-send_notification() {
-    [ -s "$ScriptWorkDir"/urls.list ] && releasenotes || Updates=("$@")
-    UpdToString=$( printf '%s\\n' "${Updates[@]}" )
-
-    # platform specific notification code would go here
-    printf "\n%bGeneric notification addon:%b" "$c_green" "$c_reset"
-    MessageTitle="$FromHost - updates available."
-    printf -v MessageBody "🐋 Containers on $FromHost with updates available:\n$UpdToString"
-
-    trigger_notification
-}
-
-### Rename (eg. disabled_dockcheck_notification), remove or comment out the following function
-### to not send notifications when dockcheck itself has updates.
-dockcheck_notification() {
-    printf "\nGeneric dockcheck notification\n"
-
-    MessageTitle="$FromHost - New version of dockcheck available."
-    # Setting the MessageBody variable here.
-    printf -v MessageBody "Installed version: $1 \nLatest version: $2 \n\nChangenotes: $3"
-
-    RawNotifyUrl="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mag37/dockcheck/main/notify_templates/notify_generic.sh"
-    LatestNotifyRelease="$(curl -s -r 0-150 $RawNotifyUrl | sed -n "/NOTIFY_GENERIC_VERSION/s/NOTIFY_GENERIC_VERSION=//p" | tr -d '"')"
-    if [[ "$NOTIFY_GENERIC_VERSION" != "$LatestNotifyRelease" ]] ; then
-        printf -v NotifyUpdate "\n\nnotify_generic.sh update avialable:\n $NOTIFY_GENERIC_VERSION -> $LatestNotifyRelease\n"
-        MessageBody="${MessageBody}${NotifyUpdate}"
-    fi
-
-    trigger_notification
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/notify_templates/notify_gotify.sh b/notify_templates/notify_gotify.sh
index 94d1d97..f66e7e8 100644
--- a/notify_templates/notify_gotify.sh
+++ b/notify_templates/notify_gotify.sh
@@ -1,61 +1,30 @@
 ### DISCLAIMER: This is a third party addition to dockcheck - best effort testing.
-NOTIFY_GOTIFY_VERSION="v0.2"
+NOTIFY_GOTIFY_VERSION="v0.3"
 #
-# Copy/rename this file to notify.sh to enable the notification snippet.
 # Required receiving services must already be set up.
-# Modify to fit your setup - set GotifyUrl and GotifyToken.
+# Do not modify this file directly. Set GOTIFY_TOKEN and GOTIFY_DOMAIN in your dockcheck.config file.
 
-FromHost=$(hostname)
+if [[ -z "${GOTIFY_TOKEN:-}" ]] || [[ -z "${GOTIFY_DOMAIN:-}" ]]; then
+  printf "Gotify notification channel enabled, but required configuration variables are missing. Gotify notifications will not be sent.\n"
 
-trigger_notification() {
-    # Modify to fit your setup:
-    GotifyToken="Your Gotify token here"
-    GotifyUrl="https://api.gotify/message?token=${GotifyToken}"
+  remove_channel gotify
+fi
 
-    if [[ "$PrintMarkdownURL" == true ]]; then
-        ContentType="text/markdown"
-    else
-        ContentType="text/plain"
-    fi
+trigger_gotify_notification() {
+  GotifyToken="${GOTIFY_TOKEN}" # e.g. GOTIFY_TOKEN=token-value
+  GotifyUrl="${GOTIFY_DOMAIN}/message?token=${GotifyToken}" # e.g. GOTIFY_URL=https://gotify.domain.tld
 
-    JsonData=$( jq -n \
-                  --arg body "$MessageBody" \
-                  --arg title "$MessageTitle" \
-                  --arg type "$ContentType" \
-                  '{message: $body, title: $title, priority: 5, extras: {"client::display": {"contentType": $type}}}' )
+  if [[ "$PrintMarkdownURL" == true ]]; then
+      ContentType="text/markdown"
+  else
+      ContentType="text/plain"
+  fi
 
-    curl -s -S --data "${JsonData}" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -X POST "${GotifyUrl}" 1> /dev/null
-}
-
-send_notification() {
-    [ -s "$ScriptWorkDir"/urls.list ] && releasenotes || Updates=("$@")
-    UpdToString=$( printf '%s\\n' "${Updates[@]}" )
-
-    # platform specific notification code would go here
-    printf "\nSending Gotify notification\n"
-
-    # Setting the MessageTitle and MessageBody variable here.
-    MessageTitle="${FromHost} - updates available."
-    printf -v MessageBody "Containers on $FromHost with updates available:\n$UpdToString"
-
-    trigger_notification
-}
-
-### Rename (eg. disabled_dockcheck_notification), remove or comment out the following function
-### to not send notifications when dockcheck itself has updates.
-dockcheck_notification() {
-    printf "\nSending Gotify dockcheck notification\n"
-
-    MessageTitle="$FromHost - New version of dockcheck available."
-    # Setting the MessageBody variable here.
-    printf -v MessageBody "Installed version: $1 \nLatest version: $2 \n\nChangenotes: $3"
-
-    RawNotifyUrl="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mag37/dockcheck/main/notify_templates/notify_gotify.sh"
-    LatestNotifyRelease="$(curl -s -r 0-150 $RawNotifyUrl | sed -n "/NOTIFY_GOTIFY_VERSION/s/NOTIFY_GOTIFY_VERSION=//p" | tr -d '"')"
-    if [[ "$NOTIFY_GOTIFY_VERSION" != "$LatestNotifyRelease" ]] ; then
-        printf -v NotifyUpdate "\n\nnotify_gotify.sh update avialable:\n $NOTIFY_GOTIFY_VERSION -> $LatestNotifyRelease\n"
-        MessageBody="${MessageBody}${NotifyUpdate}"
-    fi
-
-    trigger_notification
+  JsonData=$( jq -n \
+                --arg body "$MessageBody" \
+                --arg title "$MessageTitle" \
+                --arg type "$ContentType" \
+                '{message: $body, title: $title, priority: 5, extras: {"client::display": {"contentType": $type}}}' )
+
+  curl -s -S --data "${JsonData}" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -X POST "${GotifyUrl}" 1> /dev/null
 }
diff --git a/notify_templates/notify_matrix.sh b/notify_templates/notify_matrix.sh
index 686a4b1..87215ae 100644
--- a/notify_templates/notify_matrix.sh
+++ b/notify_templates/notify_matrix.sh
@@ -1,51 +1,21 @@
 ### DISCLAIMER: This is a third party addition to dockcheck - best effort testing.
-NOTIFY_MATRIX_VERSION="v0.1"
+NOTIFY_MATRIX_VERSION="v0.2"
 #
-# Copy/rename this file to notify.sh to enable the notification snippet.
 # Required receiving services must already be set up.
-# Modify to fit your setup - set MatrixServer, Room_id and AccessToken
+# Do not modify this file directly. Set MATRIX_ACCESS_TOKEN, MATRIX_ROOM_ID, and MATRIX_SERVER_URL in your dockcheck.config file.
 
-FromHost=$(hostname)
+if [[ -z "${MATRIX_ACCESS_TOKEN:-}" ]] || [[ -z "${MATRIX_ROOM_ID}:-" ]] || [[ -z "${MATRIX_SERVER_URL}:-" ]]; then
+  printf "Matrix notification channel enabled, but required configuration variables are missing. Matrix notifications will not be sent.\n"
 
-trigger_notification() {
-    # Modify to fit your setup:
-    AccessToken="Your Matrix token here"
-    Room_id="Enter Room_id here"
-    MatrixServer="Enter Your HomeServer URL"
-    MsgBody="{\"msgtype\":\"m.text\",\"body\":\"$MessageBody\"}"
+  remove_channel matrix
+fi
 
-    # URL Example:  https://matrix.org/_matrix/client/r0/rooms/!xxxxxx:example.com/send/m.room.message?access_token=xxxxxxxx
-    curl -sS -o /dev/null --fail -X POST "$MatrixServer/_matrix/client/r0/rooms/$Room_id/send/m.room.message?access_token=$AccessToken" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d "$MsgBody"
-}
+trigger_matrix_notification() {
+  AccessToken="${MATRIX_ACCESS_TOKEN}" # e.g. MATRIX_ACCESS_TOKEN=token-value
+  Room_id="${MATRIX_ROOM_ID}" # e.g. MATRIX_ROOM_ID=myroom
+  MatrixServer="${MATRIX_SERVER_URL}" # e.g. MATRIX_SERVER_URL=http://matrix.yourdomain.tld
+  MsgBody="{\"msgtype\":\"m.text\",\"body\":\"$MessageBody\"}"
 
-send_notification() {
-    [ -s "$ScriptWorkDir"/urls.list ] && releasenotes || Updates=("$@")
-    UpdToString=$( printf '%s\\n' "${Updates[@]}" )
-
-    # platform specific notification code would go here
-    printf "\nSending Matrix notification\n"
-
-    # Setting the MessageBody variable here.
-    MessageBody="🐋 Containers on $FromHost with updates available: \n$UpdToString"
-
-    trigger_notification
-}
-
-### Rename (eg. disabled_dockcheck_notification), remove or comment out the following function
-### to not send notifications when dockcheck itself has updates.
-dockcheck_notification() {
-    printf "\nSending Matrix dockcheck notification\n"
-
-    MessageTitle="$FromHost - New version of dockcheck available."
-    # Setting the MessageBody variable here.
-    printf -v MessageBody "Installed version: $1 \nLatest version: $2 \n\nChangenotes: $3"
-
-    RawNotifyUrl="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mag37/dockcheck/main/notify_templates/notify_matrix.sh"
-    LatestNotifyRelease="$(curl -s -r 0-150 $RawNotifyUrl | sed -n "/NOTIFY_MATRIX_VERSION/s/NOTIFY_MATRIX_VERSION=//p" | tr -d '"')"
-    if [[ "$NOTIFY_MATRIX_VERSION" != "$LatestNotifyRelease" ]] ; then
-        printf -v NotifyUpdate "\n\nnotify_matrix.sh update avialable:\n $NOTIFY_MATRIX_VERSION -> $LatestNotifyRelease\n"
-        MessageBody="${MessageBody}${NotifyUpdate}"
-    fi
-
-    trigger_notification
-}
+  # URL Example:  https://matrix.org/_matrix/client/r0/rooms/!xxxxxx:example.com/send/m.room.message?access_token=xxxxxxxx
+  curl -sS -o /dev/null --fail -X POST "$MatrixServer/_matrix/client/r0/rooms/$Room_id/send/m.room.message?access_token=$AccessToken" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d "$MsgBody"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/notify_templates/notify_ntfy-sh.sh b/notify_templates/notify_ntfy-sh.sh
index 996f275..0b5cc3a 100644
--- a/notify_templates/notify_ntfy-sh.sh
+++ b/notify_templates/notify_ntfy-sh.sh
@@ -1,57 +1,27 @@
 ### DISCLAIMER: This is a third party addition to dockcheck - best effort testing.
-NOTIFY_NTFYSH_VERSION="v0.2"
+NOTIFY_NTFYSH_VERSION="v0.3"
 #
-# Copy/rename this file to notify.sh to enable the notification snippet.
 # Setup app and subscription at https://ntfy.sh
-# Use your unique Topic Name in the URL below.
+# Do not modify this file directly. Set NTFY_TOPIC_NAME in your dockcheck.config file.
 
-FromHost=$(hostname)
+if [[ -z "${NTFY_TOPIC_NAME:-}" ]]; then
+  printf "Ntfy.sh notification channel enabled, but required configuration variables are missing. Ntfy.sh notifications will not be sent.\n"
 
-trigger_notification() {
-    # Modify to fit your setup:
-    NtfyUrl="ntfy.sh/YourUniqueTopicName"
+  remove_channel ntfy-sh
+fi
 
-    if [[ "$PrintMarkdownURL" == true ]]; then
-        ContentType="Markdown: yes"
-    else
-        ContentType="Markdown: no" #text/plain
-    fi
+trigger_ntfy-sh_notification() {
+  NtfyUrl="ntfy.sh/${NTFY_TOPIC_NAME}" # e.g. NTFY_TOPIC_NAME=YourUniqueTopicName
 
-    curl -sS -o /dev/null --show-error --fail \
-      -H "Title: $MessageTitle" \
-      -H "$ContentType"      \
-      -d "$MessageBody" \
-      "$NtfyUrl"
-}
-
-send_notification() {
-    [ -s "$ScriptWorkDir"/urls.list ] && releasenotes || Updates=("$@")
-    UpdToString=$( printf '%s\\n' "${Updates[@]}" )
-
-    printf "\nSending ntfy.sh notification\n"
-
-    MessageTitle="$FromHost - updates available."
-    # Setting the MessageBody variable here.
-    printf -v MessageBody "🐋 Containers on $FromHost with updates available:\n$UpdToString"
-
-    trigger_notification
-}
-
-### Rename (eg. disabled_dockcheck_notification), remove or comment out the following function
-### to not send notifications when dockcheck itself has updates.
-dockcheck_notification() {
-    printf "\nSending ntfy.sh dockcheck notification\n"
-
-    MessageTitle="$FromHost - New version of dockcheck available."
-    # Setting the MessageBody variable here.
-    printf -v MessageBody "Installed version: $1 \nLatest version: $2 \n\nChangenotes: $3"
-
-    RawNotifyUrl="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mag37/dockcheck/main/notify_templates/notify_ntfy-sh.sh"
-    LatestNotifyRelease="$(curl -s -r 0-150 $RawNotifyUrl | sed -n "/NOTIFY_NTFYSH_VERSION/s/NOTIFY_NTFYSH_VERSION=//p" | tr -d '"')"
-    if [[ "$NOTIFY_NTFYSH_VERSION" != "$LatestNotifyRelease" ]] ; then
-        printf -v NotifyUpdate "\n\nnotify_ntfy-sh.sh update avialable:\n $NOTIFY_NTFYSH_VERSION -> $LatestNotifyRelease\n"
-        MessageBody="${MessageBody}${NotifyUpdate}"
-    fi
-
-    trigger_notification
+  if [[ "$PrintMarkdownURL" == true ]]; then
+      ContentType="Markdown: yes"
+  else
+      ContentType="Markdown: no" #text/plain
+  fi
+
+  curl -sS -o /dev/null --show-error --fail \
+    -H "Title: $MessageTitle" \
+    -H "$ContentType"      \
+    -d "$MessageBody" \
+    "$NtfyUrl"
 }
diff --git a/notify_templates/notify_pushbullet.sh b/notify_templates/notify_pushbullet.sh
index 0df62cb..4bad2ff 100644
--- a/notify_templates/notify_pushbullet.sh
+++ b/notify_templates/notify_pushbullet.sh
@@ -1,51 +1,20 @@
 ### DISCLAIMER: This is a third party addition to dockcheck - best effort testing.
-NOTIFY_PUSHBULLET_VERSION="v0.1"
+NOTIFY_PUSHBULLET_VERSION="v0.2"
 #
-# Copy/rename this file to notify.sh to enable the notification snippet.
 # Required receiving services must already be set up.
 # Requires jq installed and in PATH.
-# Modify to fit your setup - set Url and Token.
+# Do not modify this file directly. Set PUSHBULLET_TOKEN and PUSHBULLET_URL in your dockcheck.config file.
 
-FromHost=$(hostname)
+if [[ -z "${PUSHBULLET_URL:-}" ]] || [[ -z "${PUSHBULLET_TOKEN:-}" ]]; then
+  printf "Pushbullet notification channel enabled, but required configuration variables are missing. Pushbullet notifications will not be sent.\n"
 
-trigger_notification() {
-    # Modify to fit your setup:
-    PushUrl="https://api.pushbullet.com/v2/pushes"
-    PushToken="Your Pushbullet token here"
+  remove_channel pushbullet
+fi
 
-    # Requires jq to process json data
-    jq -n --arg title "$MessageTitle" --arg body "$MessageBody" '{body: $body, title: $title, type: "note"}' | curl -sS -o /dev/null --show-error --fail -X POST -H "Access-Token: $PushToken" -H "Content-type: application/json" $PushUrl -d @-
-}
+trigger_pushbullet_notification() {
+  PushUrl="${PUSHBULLET_URL}" # e.g. PUSHBULLET_URL=https://api.pushbullet.com/v2/pushes
+  PushToken="${PUSHBULLET_TOKEN}" # e.g. PUSHBULLET_TOKEN=token-value
 
-send_notification() {
-    [ -s "$ScriptWorkDir"/urls.list ] && releasenotes || Updates=("$@")
-    UpdToString=$( printf '%s\\n' "${Updates[@]}" )
-
-    # platform specific notification code would go here
-    printf "\nSending pushbullet notification\n"
-
-    MessageTitle="$FromHost - updates available."
-    # Setting the MessageBody variable here.
-    printf -v MessageBody "🐋 Containers on $FromHost with updates available:\n$UpdToString"
-
-    trigger_notification
-}
-
-### Rename (eg. disabled_dockcheck_notification), remove or comment out the following function
-### to not send notifications when dockcheck itself has updates.
-dockcheck_notification() {
-    printf "\nSending pushbullet dockcheck notification\n"
-
-    MessageTitle="$FromHost - New version of dockcheck available."
-    # Setting the MessageBody variable here.
-    printf -v MessageBody "Installed version: $1 \nLatest version: $2 \n\nChangenotes: $3"
-
-    RawNotifyUrl="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mag37/dockcheck/main/notify_templates/notify_pushbullet.sh"
-    LatestNotifyRelease="$(curl -s -r 0-150 $RawNotifyUrl | sed -n "/NOTIFY_PUSHBULLET_VERSION/s/NOTIFY_PUSHBULLET_VERSION=//p" | tr -d '"')"
-    if [[ "$NOTIFY_PUSHBULLET_VERSION" != "$LatestNotifyRelease" ]] ; then
-        printf -v NotifyUpdate "\n\nnotify_pushbullet.sh update avialable:\n $NOTIFY_PUSHBULLET_VERSION -> $LatestNotifyRelease\n"
-        MessageBody="${MessageBody}${NotifyUpdate}"
-    fi
-
-    trigger_notification
-}
+  # Requires jq to process json data
+  jq -n --arg title "$MessageTitle" --arg body "$MessageBody" '{body: $body, title: $title, type: "note"}' | curl -sS -o /dev/null --show-error --fail -X POST -H "Access-Token: $PushToken" -H "Content-type: application/json" $PushUrl -d @-
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/notify_templates/notify_pushover.sh b/notify_templates/notify_pushover.sh
index dc28493..16fff6a 100644
--- a/notify_templates/notify_pushover.sh
+++ b/notify_templates/notify_pushover.sh
@@ -1,57 +1,26 @@
 ### DISCLAIMER: This is a third party addition to dockcheck - best effort testing.
-NOTIFY_PUSHOVER_VERSION="v0.1"
+NOTIFY_PUSHOVER_VERSION="v0.2"
 #
-# Copy/rename this file to notify.sh to enable the notification snippet.
 # Required receiving services must already be set up.
 # Requires jq installed and in PATH.
-# Modify to fit your setup - set Url and Token.
+# Do not modify this file directly. Set PUSHOVER_USER_KEY, PUSHOVER_TOKEN, and PUSHOVER_URL in your dockcheck.config file.
 
-FromHost=$(hostname)
+if [[ -z "${PUSHOVER_URL:-}" ]] || [[ -z "${PUSHOVER_USER_KEY:-}" ]] || [[ -z "${PUSHOVER_TOKEN:-}" ]]; then
+  printf "Pushover notification channel enabled, but required configuration variables are missing. Pushover notifications will not be sent.\n"
 
-trigger_notification() {
-    # Modify to fit your setup:
-    PushoverUrl="https://api.pushover.net/1/messages.json"
-    PushoverUserKey="Your Pushover User Key Here"
-    PushoverToken="Your Pushover API Token Here"
+  remove_channel pushover
+fi
 
-    # Sending the notification via Pushover
-    curl -sS -o /dev/null --show-error --fail -X POST \
-        -F "token=$PushoverToken" \
-        -F "user=$PushoverUserKey" \
-        -F "title=$MessageTitle" \
-        -F "message=$MessageBody" \
-        $PushoverUrl
-}
+trigger_pushover_notification() {
+  PushoverUrl="${PUSHOVER_URL}" # e.g. PUSHOVER_URL=https://api.pushover.net/1/messages.json
+  PushoverUserKey="${PUSHOVER_USER_KEY}" # e.g. PUSHOVER_USER_KEY=userkey
+  PushoverToken="${PUSHOVER_TOKEN}" # e.g. PUSHOVER_TOKEN=token-value
 
-send_notification() {
-    [ -s "$ScriptWorkDir"/urls.list ] && releasenotes || Updates=("$@")
-    UpdToString=$( printf '%s\\n' "${Updates[@]}" )
-
-    # platform specific notification code would go here
-    printf "\nSending pushover notification\n"
-
-    MessageTitle="$FromHost - updates available."
-    # Setting the MessageBody variable here.
-    printf -v MessageBody "🐋 Containers on $FromHost with updates available:\n$UpdToString"
-
-    trigger_notification
-}
-
-### Rename (eg. disabled_dockcheck_notification), remove or comment out the following function
-### to not send notifications when dockcheck itself has updates.
-dockcheck_notification() {
-    printf "\nSending pushover dockcheck notification\n"
-
-    MessageTitle="$FromHost - New version of dockcheck available."
-    # Setting the MessageBody variable here.
-    printf -v MessageBody "Installed version: $1 \nLatest version: $2 \n\nChangenotes: $3"
-
-    RawNotifyUrl="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mag37/dockcheck/main/notify_templates/notify_pushover.sh"
-    LatestNotifyRelease="$(curl -s -r 0-150 $RawNotifyUrl | sed -n "/NOTIFY_PUSHOVER_VERSION/s/NOTIFY_PUSHOVER_VERSION=//p" | tr -d '"')"
-    if [[ "$NOTIFY_PUSHOVER_VERSION" != "$LatestNotifyRelease" ]] ; then
-        printf -v NotifyUpdate "\n\nnotify_pushover.sh update avialable:\n $NOTIFY_PUSHOVER_VERSION -> $LatestNotifyRelease\n"
-        MessageBody="${MessageBody}${NotifyUpdate}"
-    fi
-
-    trigger_notification
-}
+  # Sending the notification via Pushover
+  curl -sS -o /dev/null --show-error --fail -X POST \
+      -F "token=$PushoverToken" \
+      -F "user=$PushoverUserKey" \
+      -F "title=$MessageTitle" \
+      -F "message=$MessageBody" \
+      $PushoverUrl
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/notify_templates/notify_slack.sh b/notify_templates/notify_slack.sh
index 56ed28b..6dc3b28 100644
--- a/notify_templates/notify_slack.sh
+++ b/notify_templates/notify_slack.sh
@@ -1,52 +1,22 @@
 ### DISCLAIMER: This is a third party addition to dockcheck - best effort testing.
-NOTIFY_SLACK_VERSION="v0.1"
+NOTIFY_SLACK_VERSION="v0.2"
 #
-# Copy/rename this file to notify.sh in the same directory as dockcheck.sh to enable the notification snippet.
-# Setu app and token at https://api.slack.com/tutorials/tracks/posting-messages-with-curl
-# Add your AccessToken and ChannelID below
+# Setup app and token at https://api.slack.com/tutorials/tracks/posting-messages-with-curl
+# Do not modify this file directly. Set SLACK_ACCESS_TOKEN, and SLACK_CHANNEL_ID in your dockcheck.config file.
 
-FromHost=$(hostname)
+if [[ -z "${SLACK_ACCESS_TOKEN:-}" ]] || [[ -z "${SLACK_CHANNEL_ID:-}" ]]; then
+  printf "Slack notification channel enabled, but required configuration variables are missing. Slack notifications will not be sent.\n"
 
-trigger_notification() {
-    # Modify to fit your setup:
-    AccessToken="xoxb-not-a-real-token-this-will-not-work"
-    ChannelID="C123456"
-    SlackUrl="https://slack.com/api/chat.postMessage"
+  remove_channel slack
+fi
 
-    curl -sS -o /dev/null --show-error --fail \
-      -d "text=$MessageBody" -d "channel=$ChannelID" \
-      -H "Authorization: Bearer $AccessToken" \
-      -X POST $SlackUrl
-}
-
-send_notification() {
-    [ -s "$ScriptWorkDir"/urls.list ] && releasenotes || Updates=("$@")
-    UpdToString=$( printf '%s\\n' "${Updates[@]}" )
-
-    printf "\nSending Slack notification\n"
-
-    MessageTitle="$FromHost - updates available."
-    # Setting the MessageBody variable here.
-    printf -v MessageBody "🐋 Containers on $FromHost with updates available:\n$UpdToString"
-
-    trigger_notification
-}
-
-### Rename (eg. disabled_dockcheck_notification), remove or comment out the following function
-### to not send notifications when dockcheck itself has updates.
-dockcheck_notification() {
-    printf "\nSending Slack dockcheck notification\n"
-
-    MessageTitle="$FromHost - New version of dockcheck available."
-    # Setting the MessageBody variable here.
-    printf -v MessageBody "Installed version: $1 \nLatest version: $2 \n\nChangenotes: $3"
-
-    RawNotifyUrl="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mag37/dockcheck/main/notify_templates/notify_slack.sh"
-    LatestNotifyRelease="$(curl -s -r 0-150 $RawNotifyUrl | sed -n "/NOTIFY_SLACK_VERSION/s/NOTIFY_SLACK_VERSION=//p" | tr -d '"')"
-    if [[ "$NOTIFY_SLACK_VERSION" != "$LatestNotifyRelease" ]] ; then
-        printf -v NotifyUpdate "\n\nnotify_slack.sh update avialable:\n $NOTIFY_SLACK_VERSION -> $LatestNotifyRelease\n"
-        MessageBody="${MessageBody}${NotifyUpdate}"
-    fi
-
-    trigger_notification
+trigger_slack_notification() {
+  AccessToken="${SLACK_ACCESS_TOKEN}" # e.g. SLACK_ACCESS_TOKEN=some-token
+  ChannelID="${SLACK_CHANNEL_ID}" # e.g. CHANNEL_ID=mychannel
+  SlackUrl="https://slack.com/api/chat.postMessage"
+
+  curl -sS -o /dev/null --show-error --fail \
+    -d "text=$MessageBody" -d "channel=$ChannelID" \
+    -H "Authorization: Bearer $AccessToken" \
+    -X POST $SlackUrl
 }
diff --git a/notify_templates/notify_smtp.sh b/notify_templates/notify_smtp.sh
index 55e325b..8573640 100644
--- a/notify_templates/notify_smtp.sh
+++ b/notify_templates/notify_smtp.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
 ### DISCLAIMER: This is a third party addition to dockcheck - best effort testing.
-NOTIFY_SMTP_VERSION="v0.1"
+NOTIFY_SMTP_VERSION="v0.2"
 # INFO: ssmtp is depcerated - consider to use msmtp instead.
 #
-# Copy/rename this file to notify.sh to enable the notification snipppet.
 # mSMTP/sSMTP has to be installed and configured manually.
-# Modify to fit your setup - changing SendMailFrom, SendMailTo, SubjectTag
+# Do not modify this file directly. Set SMTP_MAIL_FROM, SMTP_MAIL_TO, and SMTP_SUBJECT_TAG in your dockcheck.config file.
+
+if [[ -z "${SMTP_MAIL_FROM:-}" ]] || [[ -z "${SMTP_MAIL_TO:-}" ]] || [[ -z "${SMTP_SUBJECT_TAG:-}" ]]; then
+  printf "SMTP notification channel enabled, but required configuration variables are missing. SMTP notifications will not be sent.\n"
+
+  remove_channel smtp
+fi
 
 MSMTP=$(which msmtp)
 SSMTP=$(which ssmtp)
@@ -17,13 +22,10 @@ else
 	echo "No msmtp or ssmtp binary found in PATH: $PATH" ; exit 1
 fi
 
-FromHost=$(hostname)
-
-trigger_notification() {
-# User variables:
-SendMailFrom="me@mydomain.tld"
-SendMailTo="me@mydomain.tld"
-SubjectTag="dockcheck"
+trigger_smtp_notification() {
+SendMailFrom="${SMTP_MAIL_FROM}" # e.g. MAIL_FROM=me@mydomain.tld
+SendMailTo="${SMTP_MAIL_TO}" # e.g. MAIL_TO=me@mydomain.tld
+SubjectTag="${SMTP_SUBJECT_TAG}" # e.g. SUBJECT_TAG=dockcheck
 
 $MailPkg $SendMailTo << __EOF
 From: "$FromHost" <$SendMailFrom>
@@ -37,35 +39,3 @@ $MessageBody
 
 __EOF
 }
-
-send_notification() {
-		[ -s "$ScriptWorkDir"/urls.list ] && releasenotes || Updates=("$@")
-		UpdToString=$( printf '%s\\n' "${Updates[@]}" )
-
-		printf "\nSending email notification.\n"
-
-		MessageTitle="Updates available on"
-		# Setting the MessageBody variable here.
-		printf -v MessageBody "🐋 Containers on $FromHost with updates available:\n\n$UpdToString"
-
-		trigger_notification
-}
-
-### Rename (eg. disabled_dockcheck_notification), remove or comment out the following function
-### to not send notifications when dockcheck itself has updates.
-dockcheck_notification() {
-		printf "\nSending email dockcheck notification.\n"
-
-		MessageTitle="New version of dockcheck available on"
-		# Setting the MessageBody variable here.
-		printf -v MessageBody "Installed version: $1 \nLatest version: $2 \n\nChangenotes: $3"
-
-    RawNotifyUrl="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mag37/dockcheck/main/notify_templates/notify_smtp.sh"
-    LatestNotifyRelease="$(curl -s -r 0-150 $RawNotifyUrl | sed -n "/NOTIFY_SMTP_VERSION/s/NOTIFY_SMTP_VERSION=//p" | tr -d '"')"
-    if [[ "$NOTIFY_SMTP_VERSION" != "$LatestNotifyRelease" ]] ; then
-        printf -v NotifyUpdate "\n\nnotify_smtp.sh update avialable:\n $NOTIFY_SMTP_VERSION -> $LatestNotifyRelease\n"
-        MessageBody="${MessageBody}${NotifyUpdate}"
-    fi
-
-		trigger_notification
-}
diff --git a/notify_templates/notify_telegram.sh b/notify_templates/notify_telegram.sh
index 0850e51..1230524 100644
--- a/notify_templates/notify_telegram.sh
+++ b/notify_templates/notify_telegram.sh
@@ -1,58 +1,27 @@
 ### DISCLAIMER: This is a third party addition to dockcheck - best effort testing.
-NOTIFY_TELEGRAM_VERSION="v0.1"
+NOTIFY_TELEGRAM_VERSION="v0.2"
 #
-# Copy/rename this file to notify.sh to enable the notification snippet.
 # Required receiving services must already be set up.
-# Modify to fit your setup - set TelegramChatId and TelegramToken.
+# Do not modify this file directly. Set TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID and TELEGRAM_TOKEN in your dockcheck.config file.
 
-FromHost=$(hostname)
+if [[ -z "${TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID:-}" ]] || [[ -z "${TELEGRAM_TOKEN:-}" ]]; then
+  printf "Telegram notification channel enabled, but required configuration variables are missing. Telegram notifications will not be sent.\n"
 
-trigger_notification() {
+  remove_channel telegram
+fi
 
-    if [[ "$PrintMarkdownURL" == true ]]; then
-        ParseMode="Markdown"
-    else
-        ParseMode="HTML"
-    fi
+trigger_telegram_notification() {
+  if [[ "$PrintMarkdownURL" == true ]]; then
+      ParseMode="Markdown"
+  else
+      ParseMode="HTML"
+  fi
 
-    # Modify to fit your setup:
-    TelegramToken="Your Telegram token here"
-    TelegramChatId="Your Telegram ChatId here"
-    TelegramUrl="https://api.telegram.org/bot$TelegramToken"
-    TelegramTopicID=12345678 ## Set to 0 if not using specific topic within chat
-    TelegramData="{\"chat_id\":\"$TelegramChatId\",\"text\":\"$MessageBody\",\"message_thread_id\":\"$TelegramTopicID\",\"disable_notification\": false}"
+  TelegramToken="${TELEGRAM_TOKEN}" # e.g. TELEGRAM_TOKEN=token-value
+  TelegramChatId="${TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID}" # e.g. TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID=mychatid
+  TelegramUrl="https://api.telegram.org/bot$TelegramToken"
+  TelegramTopicID=${TELEGRAM_TOPIC_ID:="0"}
+  TelegramData="{\"chat_id\":\"$TelegramChatId\",\"text\":\"$MessageBody\",\"message_thread_id\":\"$TelegramTopicID\",\"disable_notification\": false}"
 
-    curl -sS -o /dev/null --fail -X POST "$TelegramUrl/sendMessage" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d "$TelegramData"
-}
-
-send_notification() {
-    [ -s "$ScriptWorkDir"/urls.list ] && releasenotes || Updates=("$@")
-    UpdToString=$( printf '%s\\n' "${Updates[@]}" )
-
-    # platform specific notification code would go here
-    printf "\nSending Telegram notification\n"
-
-    # Setting the MessageBody variable here.
-    MessageBody="🐋 Containers on $FromHost with updates available: \n$UpdToString"
-
-    trigger_notification
-}
-
-### Rename (eg. disabled_dockcheck_notification), remove or comment out the following function
-### to not send notifications when dockcheck itself has updates.
-dockcheck_notification() {
-    printf "\nSending Telegram dockcheck notification\n"
-
-    MessageTitle="$FromHost - New version of dockcheck available."
-    # Setting the MessageBody variable here.
-    printf -v MessageBody "$FromHost - New version of dockcheck available.\n\nInstalled version: $1 \nLatest version: $2 \n\nChangenotes: $3"
-
-    RawNotifyUrl="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mag37/dockcheck/main/notify_templates/notify_telegram.sh"
-    LatestNotifyRelease="$(curl -s -r 0-150 $RawNotifyUrl | sed -n "/NOTIFY_TELEGRAM_VERSION/s/NOTIFY_TELEGRAM_VERSION=//p" | tr -d '"')"
-    if [[ "$NOTIFY_TELEGRAM_VERSION" != "$LatestNotifyRelease" ]] ; then
-        printf -v NotifyUpdate "\n\nnotify_telegram.sh update avialable:\n $NOTIFY_TELEGRAM_VERSION -> $LatestNotifyRelease\n"
-        MessageBody="${MessageBody}${NotifyUpdate}"
-    fi
-
-    trigger_notification
+  curl -sS -o /dev/null --fail -X POST "$TelegramUrl/sendMessage" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d "$TelegramData"
 }
diff --git a/notify_templates/notify_v2.sh b/notify_templates/notify_v2.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3beb5ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/notify_templates/notify_v2.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+NOTIFY_V2_VERSION="v0.1"
+#
+# If migrating from an older notify template, remove your existing notify.sh file.
+# Enable and configure all required notification variables in your dockcheck.config file, e.g.:
+# NOTIFY_CHANNELS=apprise gotify slack
+# SLACK_TOKEN=xoxb-some-token-value
+# GOTIFY_TOKEN=some.token
+
+enabled_notify_channels=( ${NOTIFY_CHANNELS:-} )
+
+FromHost=$(hostname)
+
+remove_channel() {
+  local temp_array=()
+  for channel in "${enabled_notify_channels[@]}"; do
+    [[ "${channel}" != "$1" ]] && temp_array+=("${channel}")
+  done
+  enabled_notify_channels=( "${temp_array[@]}" )
+}
+
+for channel in "${enabled_notify_channels[@]}"; do
+  source_if_exists "${ScriptWorkDir}/notify_templates/notify_${channel}.sh"
+done
+
+send_notification() {
+  [[ -s "$ScriptWorkDir"/urls.list ]] && releasenotes || Updates=("$@")
+  UpdToString=$( printf '%s\\n' "${Updates[@]}" )
+
+  for channel in "${enabled_notify_channels[@]}"; do
+    printf "\nSending ${channel} notification\n"
+
+    MessageTitle="$FromHost - updates available."
+    # Setting the MessageBody variable here.
+    printf -v MessageBody "🐋 Containers on $FromHost with updates available:\n$UpdToString\n"
+
+    exec_if_exists trigger_${channel}_notification "$@"
+  done
+}
+
+### Set DISABLE_DOCKCHECK_NOTIFICATION=false in dockcheck.config
+### to not send notifications when dockcheck itself has updates.
+dockcheck_notification() {
+  if [[ ! "${DISABLE_DOCKCHECK_NOTIFICATION:-}" = "true" ]]; then
+    MessageTitle="$FromHost - New version of dockcheck available."
+    # Setting the MessageBody variable here.
+    printf -v MessageBody "Installed version: $1\nLatest version: $2\n\nChangenotes: $3\n"
+
+    if [[ ${#enabled_notify_channels[@]} -gt 0 ]]; then printf "\n"; fi
+    for channel in "${enabled_notify_channels[@]}"; do
+      printf "Sending dockcheck update notification - ${channel}\n"
+      exec_if_exists trigger_${channel}_notification
+    done
+  fi
+}
+
+### Set DISABLE_NOTIFY_UPDATE_NOTIFICATION=false in dockcheck.config
+### to not send notifications when notify scripts themselves have updates.
+notify_update_notification() {
+  if [[ ! "${DISABLE_NOTIFY_UPDATE_NOTIFICATION:-}" = "true" ]]; then
+    update_channels=( "${enabled_notify_channels[@]}" "v2" )
+
+    for notify_script in "${update_channels[@]}"; do
+      upper_channel=$(tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]' <<< "$notify_script")
+      VersionVar="NOTIFY_${upper_channel}_VERSION"
+      if [[ -n "${!VersionVar}" ]]; then
+        RawNotifyUrl="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mag37/dockcheck/main/notify_templates/notify_${notify_script}.sh"
+        LatestNotifyRelease="$(curl -s -r 0-150 $RawNotifyUrl | sed -n "/NOTIFY_${upper_channel}_VERSION/s/NOTIFY_${upper_channel}_VERSION=//p" | tr -d '"')"
+        LatestNotifyRelease=${LatestNotifyRelease:-undefined}
+        if [[ ! "${LatestNotifyRelease}" = "undefined" ]]; then
+          if [[ "${!VersionVar}" != "$LatestNotifyRelease" ]] ; then
+            MessageTitle="$FromHost - New version of notify_${notify_script}.sh available."
+
+            printf -v MessageBody "notify_${notify_script}.sh update available:\n ${!VersionVar} -> $LatestNotifyRelease\n"
+
+            for channel in "${enabled_notify_channels[@]}"; do
+              printf "Sending notify_${notify_script}.sh update notification - ${channel}\n"
+              exec_if_exists trigger_${channel}_notification
+            done
+          fi
+        fi
+      fi
+    done
+  fi
+}