# Pip.WebUI Getting Started <br/> Step 8. Show notifications

[Go to step 7](https://github.com/pip-webui/pip-webui-sample/blob/master/step7/) to add Events page with table view.

### Show notifactions as toast messages

For a start, we implement reading of data from our "fakeserver" mock, but you can easily replace it with any real server with the necessary REST API.

Open file ./src/events/events.js and replace `/ $scope.events = $scope.dataSet.get('EventsTestCollection').getAll();` by ` var events = $scope.dataSet.get('EventsTestCollection');`

Make a request to the server, and display the result:

```javascript
thisModule.controller('eventsController', function($scope, pipAppBar, $mdMedia, $http) {
    
        // Show page title
        pipAppBar.showTitleText('Events');
        // Show menu icon to open sidenav
        pipAppBar.showMenuNavIcon();
        // Show local page actions
        pipAppBar.showLocalActions();
        // Add shadow under the appbar
        pipAppBar.hideShadow();
        // Initialize service for changing layouts when the screen size changed
        $scope.$mdMedia = $mdMedia;

        var events = $scope.dataSet.get('EventsTestCollection');
        var req = {method: 'GET', url: 'http://fakeserver.net' + '/api/events'};
       
        // Get data from the server
        $http(req)
            .success(function (result) {
                $scope.events = result;  // <---- Pay attention!
            })
            .error(function (error) {
                console.log('Error: get events error! ', error); 
            });   

        $scope.iconColors = {
            'warn-circle': '#EF5350',
            'info-circle-outline': '#8BC34A',
            'warn-triangle': '#FFD54F'
        };
});
```

Change the code in node.js:

```javascript
    thisModule.controller('nodesController', function($scope, $http, pipAppBar) {

         var req;
         
        // Show page title
        pipAppBar.showTitleText('Nodes');
        // Show menu icon to open sidenav
        pipAppBar.showMenuNavIcon();
        // Show local page actions
        pipAppBar.showLocalActions();
        // Add shadow under the appbar
        pipAppBar.hideShadow();

        // Get test data
        req = {method: 'GET', url: 'http://fakeserver.net' + '/api/nodes'};

        $http(req)
            .success(function (result) {
                $scope.nodes = result;

                $scope.iconPath = 'M0,15a15,15 0 1,0 30,0a15,15 0 1,0 -30,0';

                $scope.location_points = getLocations();            
            })
            .error(function (error) {
                console.log('Error: get nodes error! ', error); 
            }); 

        function getLocations() {
            var points = [];

            $scope.nodes.forEach(function (node) {
                points.push(node.location_points);
            });

            return points;
        }
    });
```

Rebuild the application and test it. 

Here we are going to simulate incoming events and show them as toast messages.

Add the code below into **eventsController**:

```javascript
 thisModule.controller('eventsController', function($scope, $interval, $mdMedia, $http, pipAppBar, pipToasts) {

        var req,
            stopTime,
            EVENTS_MAX = 200, // The maximum number of events that can be generated
            events;

        // Show page title
        pipAppBar.showTitleText('Events');
        // Show menu icon to open sidenav
        pipAppBar.showMenuNavIcon();
        // Show local page actions
        pipAppBar.showLocalActions();
        // Add shadow under the appbar
        pipAppBar.hideShadow();
        // Initialize service for changing layouts when the screen size changed
        $scope.$mdMedia = $mdMedia;
        
        // Get test data 
        events = $scope.dataSet.get('EventsTestCollection');

        // Prepare request 
        req = {method: 'GET', url: 'http://fakeserver.net' + '/api/events'};

        // Get data from the server
        $http(req)
            .success(function (result) {
                $scope.events = result;

                stopTime = $interval(addNextToast, 10000); // use angular $interval for imitation receiving messages every 10 sec.            
            })
            .error(function (error) {
                console.log('Error: get events error! ', error); 
            });    

        $scope.iconColors = {
            'warn-circle': '#EF5350',
            'info-circle-outline': '#8BC34A',
            'warn-triangle': '#FFD54F'
        };

        return;

        function addNextToast() {
            var event,
                i = $scope.events.length;

            if (i > EVENTS_MAX) {
                $interval.cancel(stopTime);
            } else {
                // generate event
                event = events.create();

                // get event from server 
                // Prepare request 
                req = {method: 'GET', url: 'http://fakeserver.net' + '/api/events/' + event.id};
                // Get data from the server
                $http(req)
                    .success(function (result) {
                        $scope.events.push(result);
                    })
                    .error(function (error) {
                        console.log('Error: get events error! ', error); 
                    }); 

                // Function to display notification
                pipToasts.showNotification('Node ' + event.node_name + ' (' + event.node_id + '): ' + event.description);
                i++;
            }
        }
    });
```

Rebuild the application. Now every 10 seconds you shall see a toast with an event in the left bottom corner:

![Notification](artifacts/notification.png)

Add re-reading data from the server after you click 'Reload Button':

![Reload button](artifacts/reload_button.png)

Add this code to **eventsController**:

```javascript
 thisModule.controller('eventsController', function($scope, $interval, $mdMedia, $http, pipAppBar, pipToasts) {
 
        ... 

        $scope..onReload = onReload;

        return;

        ...

        function onReload() {
            var req = {method: 'GET', url: 'http://fakeserver.net' + '/api/events'};

            $http(req)
                .success(function (result) {
                    $scope.events = result;
                    pipToasts.showNotification('Events data are reloaded!');
                })
                .error(function (error) {
                    console.log('Error: get events error! ', error); 
                }); 
        }
        
    });
```

Change ./src/events/events.html:

```html
 ...
    <md-button class="md-fab md-accent md-fab-bottom-right" aria-label="refresh" ng-click="onReload()"> 
        <md-tooltip md-direction="left">Refresh</md-tooltip>
        <md-icon md-svg-icon="icons:reload"></md-icon>
    </md-button>
 ...
```
Rebuild the application. Click on the reload button. Now you will see a toast with message: 'Events data are reloaded!' on left bottom corner.
![Reload notification](artifacts/reload_notification.png) 

### Continue

[Go to step 9](https://github.com/pip-webui/pip-webui-sample/blob/master/step9/) to add map view to Nodes page.