growl
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Package description
The growl npm package allows for sending notifications to the desktop environment from a Node.js application. It works across different operating systems, providing a simple way to display alerts, information, or errors directly to the user's desktop.
Basic Notification
This code sends a basic notification with the message 'Hello World' to the user's desktop. It's the simplest form of notification, showcasing the ease of use of the growl package.
require('growl')('Hello World');Notification with Title
This example demonstrates how to send a notification that includes a title. The title helps to provide context or categorize the notification.
require('growl')('Message with title', { title: 'Notification Title' });Notification with Options
This code snippet shows how to send a notification with additional options. In this case, the notification is made sticky, meaning it will remain visible until the user interacts with it, and it's labeled as 'Reminder'.
require('growl')('Sticky notification', { sticky: true, label: 'Reminder' });node-notifier is a more versatile package than growl, offering a broader range of notification options and greater customization. It supports Windows Toasters, macOS Notification Center, and Linux notifications, making it a strong alternative with cross-platform capabilities.
noty is primarily focused on web notifications rather than desktop notifications. It provides a flexible way to display notifications on web pages with various styles and options. While it serves a different context, it's an alternative for users looking to notify within web applications.
Readme
Growl support for Nodejs. This is essentially a port of my Ruby Growl Library. Ubuntu/Linux support added thanks to @niftylettuce.
Install growlnotify(1). On OS X 10.8, Notification Center is supported using terminal-notifier. To install:
$ sudo gem install terminal-notifier
Install npm and run:
$ npm install growl
Install notify-send through the libnotify-bin package:
$ sudo apt-get install libnotify-bin
Install npm and run:
$ npm install growl
Download and install Growl for Windows
Download growlnotify - IMPORTANT : Unpack growlnotify to a folder that is present in your path!
Install npm and run:
$ npm install growl
Callback functions are optional
var growl = require('growl')
growl('You have mail!')
growl('5 new messages', { sticky: true })
growl('5 new emails', { title: 'Email Client', image: 'Safari', sticky: true })
growl('Message with title', { title: 'Title'})
growl('Set priority', { priority: 2 })
growl('Show Safari icon', { image: 'Safari' })
growl('Show icon', { image: 'path/to/icon.icns' })
growl('Show image', { image: 'path/to/my.image.png' })
growl('Show png filesystem icon', { image: 'png' })
growl('Show pdf filesystem icon', { image: 'article.pdf' })
growl('Show pdf filesystem icon', { image: 'article.pdf' }, function(err){
// ... notified
})
%s with messagetitle: message){exec: 'tmux display-message'}, {exec: 'echo "%s" > messages.log}(The MIT License)
Copyright (c) 2009 TJ Holowaychuk tj@vision-media.ca Copyright (c) 2016 Joshua Boy Nicolai Appelman joshua@jbna.nl
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FAQs
Growl unobtrusive notifications
The npm package growl receives a total of 2,105,118 weekly downloads. As such, growl popularity was classified as popular.
We found that growl demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 3 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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