DonationAlerts Settings

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What this page is

Connections → Monetization → DonationAlerts is where the app is given access to your DonationAlerts account. The page does one thing — sign you in through the browser — and reports whether that access is still alive.

How to set it up

  1. Open Connections → Monetization and find the DonationAlerts card. Connect DonationAlerts opens this page. On a card that is already connected the same page opens with Configure, and with Reconnect when the card is asking you to sign in again.
  2. The page is headed DonationAlerts Settings, with the line "Configure DonationAlerts integration to receive donation notifications." under it. The arrow in the top left, Back, returns to the list.
  3. The first row is Connection Status, and beside it a badge with one of six wordings: Connected as {username}, Connecting…, Connected, but no events are arriving, Sign-in required, Connection error or Disconnected. The badge re-reads itself every four seconds while the page is open — there is no need to reopen it to see a change. One of the six needs a word of explanation: Connected, but no events are arriving means donations are reaching the app late instead of live. Why that happens, and what to do about it, is in "Connected, but nothing arrives".
  4. The hint under the status says why the sign-in is needed: "Requires authorization to receive real-time donation alerts."
  5. Press Authorize via Browser. The app opens the DonationAlerts sign-in page in your ordinary browser — nothing is typed inside the app.
  6. Finish the sign-in in that browser window. It shows Finishing sign-in… with "One moment, saving the connection.", then Authorization successful! with "Account {username} has been successfully connected." and "You can close this window. It will close automatically in a few seconds."
  7. Come back to the app. The settings page shows DonationAlerts configuration successfully saved! and closes itself a moment later, back to the list of services.
  8. Open it again to check the result: Account Name (login) now holds the login of the connected account, and the badge reads Connected as {username}. If the badge says Sign-in required, press Authorize via Browser once more — that is the whole repair.

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