diff --git a/apprise_api/api/templates/welcome.html b/apprise_api/api/templates/welcome.html
index bc80f0e..b242300 100644
--- a/apprise_api/api/templates/welcome.html
+++ b/apprise_api/api/templates/welcome.html
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ <h4>{% trans "Stateless Endpoints" %}</h4>
                 </tr>
                 <tr>
                   <td>body</td>
-                  <td>{% blocktrans %}Defines the message body. This field is required!{% endblocktrans %}</td>
+                  <td>{% blocktrans %}Defines the message body. This field is required (unless body_not_required GET parameter is provided - only used with templated notifications).{% endblocktrans %}</td>
                 </tr>
                 <tr>
                   <td>title</td>
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ <h4>{% trans "Persistent Store Endpoints" %}</h4>
                 <tbody>
                   <tr>
                     <td>body</td>
-                    <td>{% blocktrans %}Defines the message body. This field is required!{% endblocktrans %}</td>
+                    <td>{% blocktrans %}Defines the message body. This field is required (unless body_not_required GET parameter is provided - only used with templated notifications).{% endblocktrans %}</td>
                   </tr>
                   <tr>
                     <td>title</td>
diff --git a/apprise_api/api/tests/test_notify.py b/apprise_api/api/tests/test_notify.py
index 74ddeff..41ca2ac 100644
--- a/apprise_api/api/tests/test_notify.py
+++ b/apprise_api/api/tests/test_notify.py
@@ -1483,3 +1483,40 @@ def test_stateful_notify_recursion(self, mock_notify):
             '/notify/{}'.format(key), data=form_data, **headers)
         assert response.status_code == 400
         assert mock_notify.call_count == 0
+
+
+    @mock.patch('apprise.Apprise.notify')
+    def test_notify_no_body(self, mock_notify):
+        """
+        Test sending a notification without a body (if supported)
+        """
+
+        key = "dummy"
+
+        # Add some content
+        response = self.client.post(
+            '/add/{}'.format(key),
+            {'urls': 'onesignal://template_id:account_id@app_key/target_player_id'})
+        assert response.status_code == 200
+
+        # Set our return value
+        mock_notify.return_value = True
+
+        # Expect to fail because body is not provided
+        response = self.client.post(
+            '/notify/{}'.format(key),
+            data=json.dumps({}),
+            content_type='application/json',
+        )
+        assert response.status_code == 400 and response.json() == {
+            "error": "Bad FORM Payload provided"
+        }
+
+        # This now succeeds because body is set to not required explicitly
+        response = self.client.post(
+            '/notify/{}?body_not_required=true'.format(key),
+            data=json.dumps({}),
+            content_type='application/json',
+        )
+        assert response.status_code == 200 and mock_notify.call_count == 1
+
diff --git a/apprise_api/api/tests/test_stateless_notify.py b/apprise_api/api/tests/test_stateless_notify.py
index db87416..e6eef43 100644
--- a/apprise_api/api/tests/test_stateless_notify.py
+++ b/apprise_api/api/tests/test_stateless_notify.py
@@ -757,3 +757,35 @@ def test_notify_with_filters(self, mock_send):
 
                 # nothing was changed
                 assert N_MGR['json'].enabled is True
+
+    @mock.patch('apprise.Apprise.notify')
+    def test_notify_no_body(self, mock_notify):
+        """
+        Test sending a notification without a body (if supported)
+        """
+
+        # Set our return value
+        mock_notify.return_value = True
+
+        # Prepare our JSON data
+        json_data = {
+            'urls': 'onesignal://template_id:account_id@app_key/target_player_id',
+        }
+
+        # Expect to fail because body is not provided
+        response = self.client.post(
+            '/notify/',
+            data=json.dumps(json_data),
+            content_type='application/json',
+        )
+        assert response.status_code == 400 and response.json() == {
+            "error": "Payload lacks minimum requirements"
+        }
+
+        # This now succeeds because body is set to not required explicitly
+        response = self.client.post(
+            '/notify/?body_not_required=true',
+            data=json.dumps(json_data),
+            content_type='application/json',
+        )
+        assert response.status_code == 200 and mock_notify.call_count == 1
diff --git a/apprise_api/api/views.py b/apprise_api/api/views.py
index e286b9b..bda4e4b 100644
--- a/apprise_api/api/views.py
+++ b/apprise_api/api/views.py
@@ -707,6 +707,9 @@ def post(self, request, key):
         # rules
         rules = {k[1:]: v for k, v in request.GET.items() if k[0] == ':'}
 
+        body_not_required = request.GET.get('body_not_required') == 'true'
+        title_not_required = request.GET.get('title_not_required') == 'true'
+
         # our content
         content = {}
         if not json_payload:
@@ -761,7 +764,7 @@ def post(self, request, key):
                         'error': msg,
                     }, encoder=JSONEncoder, safe=False, status=status)
 
-        if not content:
+        if not content and not body_not_required:
             # We could not handle the Content-Type
             logger.warning(
                 'NOTIFY - %s - Invalid FORM Payload provided using KEY: %s',
@@ -912,7 +915,7 @@ def post(self, request, key):
             content['title'] = request.GET['title']
 
         # Some basic error checking
-        if not content.get('body') and not attach or \
+        if (not content.get('body') and not body_not_required and not attach) or \
                 content.get('type', apprise.NotifyType.INFO) \
                 not in apprise.NOTIFY_TYPES:
 
@@ -1124,12 +1127,15 @@ def post(self, request, key):
                 if content_type == 'text/html' else \
                 settings.LOGGING['formatters']['standard']['format']
 
+        notif_body = content.get('body') if not body_not_required else apprise.NOT_REQUIRED
+        notif_title = content.get('title', '') if not title_not_required else apprise.NOT_REQUIRED
+
         # Now specify our format (and over-ride the default):
         with apprise.LogCapture(level=level, fmt=fmt) as logs:
             # Perform our notification at this point
             result = a_obj.notify(
-                content.get('body'),
-                title=content.get('title', ''),
+                notif_body,
+                title=notif_title,
                 notify_type=content.get('type', apprise.NotifyType.INFO),
                 tag=content.get('tag'),
                 attach=attach,
@@ -1230,6 +1236,9 @@ def post(self, request):
         # rules
         rules = {k[1:]: v for k, v in request.GET.items() if k[0] == ':'}
 
+        body_not_required = request.GET.get('body_not_required') == 'true'
+        title_not_required = request.GET.get('title_not_required') == 'true'
+
         # our content
         content = {}
         if not json_payload:
@@ -1324,7 +1333,7 @@ def post(self, request):
             content['title'] = request.GET['title']
 
         # Some basic error checking
-        if not content.get('body') or \
+        if (not content.get('body') and not body_not_required) or \
                 content.get('type', apprise.NotifyType.INFO) \
                 not in apprise.NOTIFY_TYPES:
 
@@ -1492,14 +1501,17 @@ def post(self, request):
         elif level == 'TRACE':
             level = logging.DEBUG - 1
 
+        notif_body = content.get('body') if not body_not_required else apprise.NOT_REQUIRED
+        notif_title = content.get('title', '') if not title_not_required else apprise.NOT_REQUIRED
+
         if settings.APPRISE_WEBHOOK_URL:
             esc = '<!!-!ESC!-!!>'
             fmt = f'["%(levelname)s","%(asctime)s","{esc}%(message)s{esc}"]'
             with apprise.LogCapture(level=level, fmt=fmt) as logs:
                 # Perform our notification at this point
                 result = a_obj.notify(
-                    content.get('body'),
-                    title=content.get('title', ''),
+                    notif_body,
+                    title=notif_title,
                     notify_type=content.get('type', apprise.NotifyType.INFO),
                     tag='all',
                     attach=attach,
@@ -1527,8 +1539,8 @@ def post(self, request):
         else:
             # Perform our notification at this point
             result = a_obj.notify(
-                content.get('body'),
-                title=content.get('title', ''),
+                notif_body,
+                title=notif_title,
                 notify_type=content.get('type', apprise.NotifyType.INFO),
                 tag='all',
                 attach=attach,
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 5f78d9f..3b678db 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 # apprise @ git+https://github.com/caronc/apprise@custom-tag-or-version
 
 ## 3. The below grabs our stable version (generally the best choice):
-apprise == 1.8.0
+apprise == 1.9.0
 
 ## Apprise API Minimum Requirements
 django