Webhooks and REST API

I would really like to get Meshtastic integrated into Home Assistant so that I could send and receive alerts and notifications without relying on internet access.

I know there is MQTT, but I haven’t had any luck with that route. Since there is already a web interface, wouldn’t it be easier to simply have a REST API or webhooks that could be used to send and receive messages?

MQTT is the right bridge to home assistant.

We have a REST API:

The messages are packed as protobuf messages. The javascript client has examples on how to use this.