I am sending notifications directly through LUUP codes… It was however not straightforward as you need to figure out your user number.
local http = require("socket.http")
result,status = http.request ("http://vera_ip:3480/data_request?id=add_alert&device=0&type=3&source=3&description=**your message**&users=**yourusernumber**")
I can’t remember how I found my user number. I seem to vaguely remember going into my luup logs looking for it and finding it there.