Notifd

A notification daemon implementation as a library and CLI tool.

How it works

The first instantiation of the Notifd class will become the daemon and every subsequent instantiation will queue up to act as the daemon and will act as a client in the meantime. This means this library can be used throughout multiple processes.

Usage

You can browse the Notifd reference.

CLI

astal-notifd --help

Library

JavaScript

import Notifd from "gi://AstalNotifd"

const notifd = Notifd.get_default()

notifd.connect("notified", (_, id) => {
    const n = notifd.get_notification(id)
    print(n.summary, n.body)
})

Python

from gi.repository import AstalNotifd as Notifd

notifd = Notifd.get_default()

def on_notified(_, id):
    n = notifd.get_notification(id)
    print(n.get_body(), n.get_body())

notifd.connect("notified", on_notified)

Lua

local Notifd = require("lgi").require("AstalNotifd")

local notifd = Notifd.get_default()

notifd.on_notified = function(_, id)
    local n = notifd:get_notification(id)
    print(n.body, n.summary)
end

Vala

var notifd = AstalNotifd.get_default();

notifd.notified.connect((_, id) => {
    var n = notifd.get_notification(id);
    print("%s %s\n", n.summary, n.body);
})

Installation

1. install dependencies

   Arch

   sudo pacman -Syu meson vala valadoc gdk-pixbuf2 json-glib gobject-introspection

   Fedora

   sudo dnf install meson vala valadoc gdk-pixbuf2-devel json-glib-devel gobject-introspection-devel

   Ubuntu

   sudo apt install meson valac valadoc libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-dev libjson-glib-dev gobject-introspection

   INFO

   The CLI target also depends on libquarrel. Install Quarrel first, or configure with -Dcli=false if you only need the library.

2. clone repo

   git clone https://github.com/aylur/astal.git
   cd astal/lib/notifd

3. install

   meson setup build
   meson install -C build