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- # node-notifier [![NPM version][npm-image]][npm-url] [![Build Status][travis-image]][travis-url]
-
- Send cross platform native notifications using Node.js. Notification Center for macOS,
- `notify-osd`/`libnotify-bin` for Linux, Toasters for Windows 8/10, or taskbar balloons for
- earlier Windows versions. Growl is used if none of these requirements are met.
- [Works well with Electron](#within-electron-packaging).
-
- ![macOS Screenshot](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mikaelbr/node-notifier/master/example/mac.png)
- ![Native Windows Screenshot](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mikaelbr/node-notifier/master/example/windows.png)
-
- ## Input Example macOS Notification Center
-
- ![Input Example](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mikaelbr/node-notifier/master/example/input-example.gif)
-
- ## Quick Usage
-
- Show a native notification on macOS, Windows, Linux:
-
- ```javascript
- const notifier = require('node-notifier');
- // String
- notifier.notify('Message');
-
- // Object
- notifier.notify({
- title: 'My notification',
- message: 'Hello, there!'
- });
- ```
-
- ## Requirements
-
- - **macOS**: >= 10.8 for native notifications, or Growl if earlier.
- - **Linux**: `notify-osd` or `libnotify-bin` installed (Ubuntu should have this by default)
- - **Windows**: >= 8, or task bar balloons for Windows < 8. Growl as fallback. Growl takes precedence over Windows balloons.
- - **General Fallback**: Growl
-
- See [documentation and flow chart for reporter choice](./DECISION_FLOW.md).
-
- ## Install
-
- ```shell
- npm install --save node-notifier
- ```
-
- ## <abbr title="Command Line Interface">CLI</abbr>
-
- <abbr title="Command Line Interface">CLI</abbr> has moved to separate project:
- <https://github.com/mikaelbr/node-notifier-cli>
-
- ## Cross-Platform Advanced Usage
-
- Standard usage, with cross-platform fallbacks as defined in the
- [reporter flow chart](./DECISION_FLOW.md). All of the options
- below will work in some way or another on all platforms.
-
- ```javascript
- const notifier = require('node-notifier');
- const path = require('path');
-
- notifier.notify(
- {
- title: 'My awesome title',
- message: 'Hello from node, Mr. User!',
- icon: path.join(__dirname, 'coulson.jpg'), // Absolute path (doesn't work on balloons)
- sound: true, // Only Notification Center or Windows Toasters
- wait: true // Wait with callback, until user action is taken against notification
- },
- function(err, response) {
- // Response is response from notification
- }
- );
-
- notifier.on('click', function(notifierObject, options, event) {
- // Triggers if `wait: true` and user clicks notification
- });
-
- notifier.on('timeout', function(notifierObject, options) {
- // Triggers if `wait: true` and notification closes
- });
- ```
-
- If you want super fine-grained control, you can customize each reporter individually,
- allowing you to tune specific options for different systems.
-
- See below for documentation on each reporter.
-
- **Example:**
-
- ```javascript
- const NotificationCenter = require('node-notifier/notifiers/notificationcenter');
- new NotificationCenter(options).notify();
-
- const NotifySend = require('node-notifier/notifiers/notifysend');
- new NotifySend(options).notify();
-
- const WindowsToaster = require('node-notifier/notifiers/toaster');
- new WindowsToaster(options).notify();
-
- const Growl = require('node-notifier/notifiers/growl');
- new Growl(options).notify();
-
- const WindowsBalloon = require('node-notifier/notifiers/balloon');
- new WindowsBalloon(options).notify();
- ```
-
- Or, if you are using several reporters (or you're lazy):
-
- ```javascript
- // NOTE: Technically, this takes longer to require
- const nn = require('node-notifier');
-
- new nn.NotificationCenter(options).notify();
- new nn.NotifySend(options).notify();
- new nn.WindowsToaster(options).notify(options);
- new nn.WindowsBalloon(options).notify(options);
- new nn.Growl(options).notify(options);
- ```
-
- ## Contents
-
- - [Notification Center documentation](#usage-notificationcenter)
- - [Windows Toaster documentation](#usage-windowstoaster)
- - [Windows Balloon documentation](#usage-windowsballoon)
- - [Growl documentation](#usage-growl)
- - [Notify-send documentation](#usage-notifysend)
-
- ### Usage: `NotificationCenter`
-
- Same usage and parameter setup as [**`terminal-notifier`**](https://github.com/julienXX/terminal-notifier).
-
- Native Notification Center requires macOS version 10.8 or higher. If you have
- an earlier version, Growl will be the fallback. If Growl isn't installed, an
- error will be returned in the callback.
-
- #### Example
-
- Because `node-notifier` wraps around [**`terminal-notifier`**](https://github.com/julienXX/terminal-notifier),
- you can do anything `terminal-notifier` can, just by passing properties to the `notify`
- method.
-
- For example:
-
- - if `terminal-notifier` says `-message`, you can do `{message: 'Foo'}`
- - if `terminal-notifier` says `-list ALL`, you can do `{list: 'ALL'}`.
-
- Notification is the primary focus of this module, so listing and activating do work,
- but they aren't documented.
-
- ### All notification options with their defaults:
-
- ```javascript
- const NotificationCenter = require('node-notifier').NotificationCenter;
-
- var notifier = new NotificationCenter({
- withFallback: false, // Use Growl Fallback if <= 10.8
- customPath: void 0 // Relative/Absolute path to binary if you want to use your own fork of terminal-notifier
- });
-
- notifier.notify(
- {
- title: void 0,
- subtitle: void 0,
- message: void 0,
- sound: false, // Case Sensitive string for location of sound file, or use one of macOS' native sounds (see below)
- icon: 'Terminal Icon', // Absolute Path to Triggering Icon
- contentImage: void 0, // Absolute Path to Attached Image (Content Image)
- open: void 0, // URL to open on Click
- wait: false, // Wait for User Action against Notification or times out. Same as timeout = 5 seconds
-
- // New in latest version. See `example/macInput.js` for usage
- timeout: 5, // Takes precedence over wait if both are defined.
- closeLabel: void 0, // String. Label for cancel button
- actions: void 0, // String | Array<String>. Action label or list of labels in case of dropdown
- dropdownLabel: void 0, // String. Label to be used if multiple actions
- reply: false // Boolean. If notification should take input. Value passed as third argument in callback and event emitter.
- },
- function(error, response, metadata) {
- console.log(response, metadata);
- }
- );
- ```
-
- ---
-
- **Note:** The `wait` option is shorthand for `timeout: 5`. This just sets a timeout
- for 5 seconds. It does _not_ make the notification sticky!
-
- Without `wait` or `timeout`, notifications are just fired and forgotten. They don't
- wait for any response.
-
- To make notifications wait for a response (like activation/click), you must define
- a `timeout`.
-
- _Exception:_ If `reply` is defined, it's recommended to set `timeout` to a either
- high value, or to nothing at all.
-
- ---
-
- **For macOS notifications: `icon`, `contentImage`, and all forms of `reply`/`actions` require macOS 10.9.**
-
- Sound can be one of these: `Basso`, `Blow`, `Bottle`, `Frog`, `Funk`, `Glass`,
- `Hero`, `Morse`, `Ping`, `Pop`, `Purr`, `Sosumi`, `Submarine`, `Tink`.
-
- If `sound` is simply `true`, `Bottle` is used.
-
- ---
-
- **See Also:**
-
- - [Example: specific Notification Centers](./example/advanced.js)
- - [Example: input](./example/macInput.js).
-
- ---
-
- **Custom Path clarification**
-
- `customPath` takes a value of a relative or absolute path to the binary of your
- fork/custom version of **`terminal-notifier`**.
-
- **Example:** `./vendor/mac.noindex/terminal-notifier.app/Contents/MacOS/terminal-notifier`
-
- **Spotlight clarification**
-
- `terminal-notifier.app` resides in a `mac.noindex` folder to prevent Spotlight from indexing the app.
-
- ### Usage: `WindowsToaster`
-
- **Note:** There are some limitations for images in native Windows 8 notifications:
-
- - The image must be a PNG image
- - The image must be smaller than 1024×1024 px
- - The image must be less than 200kb
- - The image must be specified using an absolute path
-
- These limitations are due to the Toast notification system. A good tip is to use
- something like `path.join` or `path.delimiter` to keep your paths cross-platform.
-
- From [mikaelbr/gulp-notify#90 (comment)](https://github.com/mikaelbr/gulp-notify/issues/90#issuecomment-129333034)
-
- > You can make it work by going to System > Notifications & Actions. The 'toast'
- > app needs to have Banners enabled. (You can activate banners by clicking on the
- > 'toast' app and setting the 'Show notification banners' to On)
-
- ---
-
- **Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (Version 1709) Note:**
-
- With the Fall Creators Update, Notifications on Windows 10 will only work as
- expected if the correct `appID` is specified. Your `appID` must be exactly the same
- value that was registered during the installation of your app.
-
- You can find the ID of your App by searching the registry for the `appID` you
- specified at installation of your app. For example: If you use the squirrel
- framework, your `appID` will be something like `com.squirrel.your.app`.
-
- The default behaviour is to have the underlying toaster applicaton as `appId`.
- This works as expected, but shows `SnoreToast` as text in the notification.
-
- [**Snoretoast**](https://github.com/KDE/snoretoast) is used to get native Windows Toasts!
-
- ```javascript
- const WindowsToaster = require('node-notifier').WindowsToaster;
-
- var notifier = new WindowsToaster({
- withFallback: false, // Fallback to Growl or Balloons?
- customPath: void 0 // Relative/Absolute path if you want to use your fork of SnoreToast.exe
- });
-
- notifier.notify(
- {
- title: void 0, // String. Required
- message: void 0, // String. Required if remove is not defined
- icon: void 0, // String. Absolute path to Icon
- sound: false, // Bool | String (as defined by http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh761492.aspx)
- wait: false, // Bool. Wait for User Action against Notification or times out
- id: void 0, // Number. ID to use for closing notification.
- appID: void 0, // String. App.ID and app Name. Defaults to no value, causing SnoreToast text to be visible.
- remove: void 0, // Number. Refer to previously created notification to close.
- install: void 0 // String (path, application, app id). Creates a shortcut <path> in the start menu which point to the executable <application>, appID used for the notifications.
- },
- function(error, response) {
- console.log(response);
- }
- );
- ```
-
- ### Usage: `Growl`
-
- ```javascript
- const Growl = require('node-notifier').Growl;
-
- var notifier = new Growl({
- name: 'Growl Name Used', // Defaults as 'Node'
- host: 'localhost',
- port: 23053
- });
-
- notifier.notify({
- title: 'Foo',
- message: 'Hello World',
- icon: fs.readFileSync(__dirname + '/coulson.jpg'),
- wait: false, // Wait for User Action against Notification
-
- // and other growl options like sticky etc.
- sticky: false,
- label: void 0,
- priority: void 0
- });
- ```
-
- See more information about using [growly](https://github.com/theabraham/growly/).
-
- ### Usage: `WindowsBalloon`
-
- For earlier versions of Windows, taskbar balloons are used (unless
- fallback is activated and Growl is running). The balloons notifier uses a great
- project called [**`notifu`**](http://www.paralint.com/projects/notifu/).
-
- ```javascript
- const WindowsBalloon = require('node-notifier').WindowsBalloon;
-
- var notifier = new WindowsBalloon({
- withFallback: false, // Try Windows Toast and Growl first?
- customPath: void 0 // Relative/Absolute path if you want to use your fork of notifu
- });
-
- notifier.notify(
- {
- title: void 0,
- message: void 0,
- sound: false, // true | false.
- time: 5000, // How long to show balloon in ms
- wait: false, // Wait for User Action against Notification
- type: 'info' // The notification type : info | warn | error
- },
- function(error, response) {
- console.log(response);
- }
- );
- ```
-
- See full usage on the [project homepage: **`notifu`**](http://www.paralint.com/projects/notifu/).
-
- ### Usage: `NotifySend`
-
- **Note:** `notify-send` doesn't support the `wait` flag.
-
- ```javascript
- const NotifySend = require('node-notifier').NotifySend;
-
- var notifier = new NotifySend();
-
- notifier.notify({
- title: 'Foo',
- message: 'Hello World',
- icon: __dirname + '/coulson.jpg',
-
- // .. and other notify-send flags:
- urgency: void 0,
- time: void 0,
- category: void 0,
- hint: void 0
- });
- ```
-
- See flags and options on the man page [`notify-send(1)`](http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/gutsy/man1/notify-send.1.html)
-
- ## Thanks to OSS
-
- `node-notifier` is made possible through Open Source Software.
- A very special thanks to all the modules `node-notifier` uses.
-
- - [`terminal-notifier`](https://github.com/julienXX/terminal-notifier)
- - [`Snoretoast`](https://github.com/KDE/snoretoast)
- - [`notifu`](http://www.paralint.com/projects/notifu/)
- - [`growly`](https://github.com/theabraham/growly/)
-
- [![NPM downloads][npm-downloads]][npm-url]
-
- ## Common Issues
-
- ### Windows: `SnoreToast` text
-
- See note on "Windows 10 Fall Creators Update" in Windows section.
- _**Short answer:** update your `appId`._
-
- ### Use inside tmux session
-
- When using `node-notifier` within a tmux session, it can cause a hang in the system.
- This can be solved by following the steps described in [this comment](https://github.com/julienXX/terminal-notifier/issues/115#issuecomment-104214742)
-
- There’s even more info [here](https://github.com/mikaelbr/node-notifier/issues/61#issuecomment-163560801)
- <https://github.com/mikaelbr/node-notifier/issues/61#issuecomment-163560801>.
-
- ### macOS: Custom icon without Terminal icon
-
- Even if you define an icon in the configuration object for `node-notifier`, you will
- see a small Terminal icon in the notification (see the example at the top of this
- document).
-
- This is the way notifications on macOS work. They always show the icon of the
- parent application initiating the notification. For `node-notifier`, `terminal-notifier`
- is the initiator, and it has the Terminal icon defined as its icon.
-
- To define your custom icon, you need to fork `terminal-notifier` and build your
- custom version with your icon.
-
- See [Issue #71 for more info](https://github.com/mikaelbr/node-notifier/issues/71)
- <https://github.com/mikaelbr/node-notifier/issues/71>.
-
- ### Within Electron Packaging
-
- If packaging your Electron app as an `asar`, you will find `node-notifier` will fail to load.
-
- Due to the way asar works, you cannot execute a binary from within an `asar`.
- As a simple solution, when packaging the app into an asar please make sure you
- `--unpack` the `vendor/` folder of `node-notifier`, so the module still has access to
- the notification binaries.
-
- You can do so with the following command:
-
- ```bash
- asar pack . app.asar --unpack "./node_modules/node-notifier/vendor/**"
- ```
-
- ### Using with pkg
-
- For issues using with the pkg module. Check this issue out: https://github.com/mikaelbr/node-notifier/issues/220#issuecomment-425963752
-
- ### Using Webpack
-
- When using `node-notifier` inside of `webpack`, you must add the snippet below to your `webpack.config.js`.
-
- This is necessary because `node-notifier` loads the notifiers from a binary, so it
- needs a relative file path. When webpack compiles the modules, it supresses file
- directories, causing `node-notifier` to error on certain platforms.
-
- To fix this, you can configure webpack to keep the relative file directories.
- Do so by append the following code to your `webpack.config.js`:
-
- ```javascript
- node: {
- __filename: true,
- __dirname: true
- }
- ```
-
- ## License
-
- [MIT License](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_License)
-
- [npm-url]: https://npmjs.org/package/node-notifier
- [npm-image]: http://img.shields.io/npm/v/node-notifier.svg?style=flat
- [npm-downloads]: http://img.shields.io/npm/dm/node-notifier.svg?style=flat
- [travis-url]: http://travis-ci.org/mikaelbr/node-notifier
- [travis-image]: http://img.shields.io/travis/mikaelbr/node-notifier.svg?style=flat
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