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