node-notifier/README.md

# node-notifier [![NPM version][npm-image]][npm-url] [![Build Status][travis-image]][travis-url] [![Dependency Status][depstat-image]][depstat-url]

A Node.js module for sending cross platform system notification. Using
Notification Center for Mac, notify-osd for Linux, Toasters for
Windows 8/10, or lovely taskbar Balloons for earlier Windows versions. If none of
these requirements are met, be it older version of Windows or OS X,
Growl is used.

![Mac Screenshot](https://github.com/mikaelbr/node-notifier/blob/master/example/mac.png)
![Native Windows Screenshot](https://github.com/mikaelbr/node-notifier/blob/master/example/windows.png)
![Growl Screenshot](https://github.com/mikaelbr/node-notifier/blob/master/example/growl.png)

## Easy Usage

Show native notifications on Mac, Windows, Linux or using Growl!

```javascript
var notifier = require('node-notifier');
notifier.notify({
  'title': 'My notification',
  'message': 'Hello, there!'
});
```

## Requirements
- **Mac OS X**: >= 10.8 or Growl if earlier.
- **Linux**: notify-osd installed (Ubuntu should have this by default)
- **Windows**: >= 8, task bar balloon if earlier or Growl if that is installed.
- **General Fallback**: Growl

Growl takes precedence over Windows balloons.

See [documentation and flow chart for reporter choice](./DECISION_FLOW.md)

## Install
```
$ npm install --save node-notifier
```

## 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 a way or another on all platforms.

```javascript
var notifier = require('node-notifier');
var path = require('path');

notifier.notify({
  title: 'My awesome title',
  message: 'Hello from node, Mr. User!',
  icon: path.join(__dirname, 'coulson.jpg'), // absolute path (not balloons)
  sound: true, // Only Notification Center or Windows Toasters
  wait: true // wait with callback until user action is taken on notification
}, function (err, response) {
  // response is response from notification
});

notifier.on('click', function (notifierObject, options) {
  // Happens if `wait: true` and user clicks notification
});

notifier.on('timeout', function (notifierObject, options) {
  // Happens if `wait: true` and notification closes
});
```

You can also specify what reporter you want to use if you
want to customize it or have more specific options per system.
See documentation for each reporter below.

Example:
```javascript
var NotificationCenter = require('node-notifier/notifiers/notificationcenter');
new NotificationCenter(options).notify();

var NotifySend = require('node-notifier/notifiers/notifysend');
new NotifySend(options).notify();

var WindowsToaster = require('node-notifier/notifiers/toaster');
new WindowsToaster(options).notify();

var Growl = require('node-notifier/notifiers/growl');
new Growl(options).notify();

var WindowsBalloon = require('node-notifier/notifiers/balloon');
new WindowsBalloon(options).notify();

```


Or if you are using several (or you are lazy):
(note: technically, this takes longer to require)

```javascript
var 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);
```


## Documentation

* [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/alloy/terminal-notifier).

Native Notification Center requires Mac OS X version 10.8 or higher. If you have
earlier versions, Growl will be the fallback. If Growl isn't installed, an error
will be returned in the callback.


#### Example

It is a wrapper around [terminal-notifier](https://github.com/alloy/terminal-notifier), and you can
do all terminal-notifier can do through properties to the `notify` method. E.g.
if `terminal-notifier` say `-message`, you can do `{message: 'Foo'}`, or
if `terminal-notifier` say `-list ALL` you can do `{list: 'ALL'}`. Notification
is the primary focus for this module, so listing and activating do work,
but isn't documented.

### All notification options with their defaults:

```javascript
var NotificationCenter = require('node-notifier').NotificationCenter;

var notifier = new Notification({
  withFallback: false, // use Growl if <= 10.8?
  customPath: void 0 // Relative path if you want to use your fork of terminal-notifier
});

notifier.notify({
  'title': void 0,
  'subtitle': void 0,
  'message': void 0,
  'sound': false, // Case Sensitive string of sound file (see below)
  'icon': 'Terminal Icon', // Set icon? (Absolute path to image)
  'contentImage': void 0, // Attach image? (Absolute path)
  'open': void 0, // URL to open on click
  'wait': false // if wait for notification to end
}, function(error, response) {
  console.log(response);
});
```

**For Mac OS notifications, icon and contentImage requires OS X 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 [specific Notification Center example](./example/advanced.js).

### Usage WindowsToaster

**Note:** There are some limitations for images in native Windows 8 notifications:
The image must be a PNG image, and cannot be over 1024x1024 px, or over over 200Kb.
You also need to specify the image by using 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 have cross-platform pathing.

**Windows 10 Note:** You might have to activate banner notification for the toast to show.

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)

[toaster](https://github.com/nels-o/toaster) is used to get native Windows Toasts!

```javascript
var WindowsToaster = require('node-notifier').WindowsToaster;

var notifier = new WindowsToaster({
  withFallback: false, // Fallback to Growl or Balloons?
  customPath: void 0 // Relative path if you want to use your fork of toast.exe
});

notifier.notify({
  title: void 0,
  message: void 0,
  icon: void 0, // absolute path to an icon
  sound: false, // true | false.
  wait: false, // if wait for notification to end
}, function(error, response) {
  console.log(response);
});
```

### Usage Growl

```javascript
var 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, // if wait for user interaction

  // 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 Windows versions, the taskbar balloons are used (unless
fallback is activated and Growl is running). For balloons a great
project called [notifu](http://www.paralint.com/projects/notifu/) is used.

```javascript
var WindowsBalloon = require('node-notifier').WindowsBalloon;

var notifier = new WindowsBalloon({
  withFallback: false, // Try Windows 8 and Growl first?
  customPath: void 0 // Relative 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 balloons in ms
  wait: false, // if wait for notification to end
}, 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
var 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 pages](http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/gutsy/man1/notify-send.1.html)

## CLI

You can also use node-notifier as a CLI (as of `v4.2.0`).

```shell
$ notify -h

# notify
## Options
   * --help (alias -h)
   * --title (alias -t)
   * --subtitle (alias -st)
   * --message (alias -m)
   * --icon (alias -i)
   * --sound (alias -s)
   * --open (alias -o)

## Example

   $ notify -t "Hello" -m "My Message" -s --open http://github.com
   $ notify -t "Agent Coulson" --icon https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mikaelbr/node-notifier/master/example/coulson.jpg -m "Well, that's new. "
   $ notify -m "My Message" -s Glass
   $ echo "My Message" | notify -t "Hello"
```

You can also pass message in as `stdin`:

```js
➜ echo "Message" | notify

# Works with existing arguments
➜ echo "Message" | notify -t "My Title"
➜ echo "Some message" | notify -t "My Title" -s
```

## Thanks to OSS

A very special thanks to all the modules `node-notifier` uses.
* [terminal-notifier](https://github.com/alloy/terminal-notifier)
* [toaster](https://github.com/nels-o/toaster)
* [notifu](http://www.paralint.com/projects/notifu/)
* [growly](https://github.com/theabraham/growly/)

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## License

[MIT License](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_License)

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