Notify

This object allows sending system notifications. It only works on GNU/Linux.

Constructor function.

var myObject = new Notify();

var myObject = new Notify(parameters);

1. parameters - (object) the message parameters
   • title - (string) the notification's title
   • text - (string) the notification's text
   • icon - (string) the notification's icon name or path to an image file (see http://standards.freedesktop.org/icon-naming-spec/icon-naming-spec-latest.html)
   • timeout - (integer) the notification's timeout. It is ignored on some OSes like Ubuntu

var myObject = new Notify();

var myObject = new Notify({
	title: "Hello",
	text: "Hello automation world!"
});

Shows the notification.

myObject.show();

myObject.show(parameters);

1. parameters - (object) the message parameters
   • title - (string) the notification's title
   • text - (string) the notification's text
   • icon - (string) the notification's icon name or path to an image file (see http://standards.freedesktop.org/icon-naming-spec/icon-naming-spec-latest.html)
   • timeout - (integer) the notification's timeout. It is ignored on some OSes like Ubuntu

• (Notify) this Notify

• (NotificationError) unable to show the notification

myObject.show();

myObject.show({
	title: "Hello",
	text: "Hello automation world!"
});

If you want to update a notification's text re-use a single Notify object and call show to change the text.