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'use strict';

var fs = require('fs');
var path = require('path');
var notifier = require('node-notifier');
var utils = require('node-notifier/lib/utils.js');
var whichArgument;

utils.command = utils.fileCommandJson = utils.immediateFileCommand = function (filename) {
  var forLinux = filename === whichArgument; // 'notify-send' is built-in on linux
  var forNonLinux = (fs.existsSync(filename) && path.isAbsolute(filename));
  if ((forLinux || forNonLinux) &&
       filename.indexOf('snapshot') < 0) {
    console.log('ok');
  }
  process.exit();
};

var which = require('which');
which.sync = function (filename) {
  whichArgument = filename;
  return true;
};

notifier.notify('hi!');

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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.

Input Example macOS Notification Center

Actions Example Windows SnoreToast

Quick Usage

Show a native notification on macOS, Windows, Linux:

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.

Install

npm install --save node-notifier

CLI

CLI has moved to separate project:

Cross-Platform Advanced Usage

Standard usage, with cross-platform fallbacks as defined in the reporter flow chart. All of the options below will work in some way or another on most platforms.

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, does not apply to Windows Toasters as they always wait or notify-send as it does not support the wait option
  },
  function (err, response, metadata) {
    // Response is response from notification
    // Metadata contains activationType, activationAt, deliveredAt
  }
);

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:

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):

// 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
• Windows Toaster documentation
• Windows Balloon documentation
• Growl documentation
• Notify-send documentation

Usage: NotificationCenter

Same usage and parameter setup as 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, 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:

const NotificationCenter = require('node-notifier').NotificationCenter;

var notifier = new NotificationCenter({
  withFallback: false, // Use Growl Fallback if <= 10.8
  customPath: undefined // Relative/Absolute path to binary if you want to use your own fork of terminal-notifier
});

notifier.notify(
  {
    title: undefined,
    subtitle: undefined,
    message: undefined,
    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: undefined, // Absolute Path to Attached Image (Content Image)
    open: undefined, // 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: undefined, // String. Label for cancel button
    actions: undefined, // String | Array. Action label or list of labels in case of dropdown
    dropdownLabel: undefined, // 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!

As of Version 6.0 there is a default timeout set of 10 to ensure that the application closes properly. In order to remove the timeout and have an instantly closing notification (does not support actions), set timeout to false. If you are using action it is recommended to set timeout to a high value to ensure the user has time to respond.

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: input.

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)

> 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:

Snoretoast is used to get native Windows Toasts!

The default behaviour is to have the underlying toaster applicaton as appID. This works as expected, but shows SnoreToast as text in the notification.

With the Fall Creators Update, Notifications on Windows 10 will only work as expected if a valid 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.

const WindowsToaster = require('node-notifier').WindowsToaster;

var notifier = new WindowsToaster({
  withFallback: false, // Fallback to Growl or Balloons?
  customPath: undefined // Relative/Absolute path if you want to use your fork of SnoreToast.exe
});

notifier.notify(
  {
    title: undefined, // String. Required
    message: undefined, // String. Required if remove is not defined
    icon: undefined, // String. Absolute path to Icon
    sound: false, // Bool | String (as defined by https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh761492.aspx)
    id: undefined, // Number. ID to use for closing notification.
    appID: undefined, // String. App.ID and app Name. Defaults to no value, causing SnoreToast text to be visible.
    remove: undefined, // Number. Refer to previously created notification to close.
    install: undefined // String (path, application, app id).  Creates a shortcut