About ntfy
ntfy brings notification to your shell. It can automatically provide desktop notifications when long running commands finish or it can send push notifications to your phone when a specific command finishes. Confused? This video demonstrates some of this functionality:
Quickstart
$ sudo pip install ntfy
$ ntfy send test
# send a notification when the command `sleep 10` finishes
# this sends the message '"sleep 10" succeeded in 0:10 minutes'
$ ntfy done sleep 10
$ ntfy -b pushover -o user_key t0k3n send 'Pushover test!'
$ ntfy -t 'ntfy' send "Here's a custom notification title!"
$ echo -e 'backends: ["pushover"]\npushover: {"user_key": "t0k3n"}' > ~/.ntfy.yml
$ ntfy send "Pushover via config file!"
$ ntfy done --pid 6379 # pid extra
$ ntfy send ":tada: ntfy supports emoji! :100:" # emoji extra
# Enable shell integration
$ echo 'eval "$(ntfy shell-integration)"' >> ~/.bashrc
Install
The install technique in the quickstart is the suggested method of installation. It can be installed in a virtualenv, but with some caveats: Linux notifications require --system-site-packages for the virtualenv and OS X notifications don't work at all.
Shell integration
ntfy has support for automatically sending notifications when long running commands finish in bash and zsh. In bash it emulates zsh's preexec and precmd functionality with rcaloras/bash-preexec. To enable it add the following to your .bashrc or .zshrc:
eval "$(ntfy shell-integration)"
By default it will only send notifications for commands lasting longer than 10 seconds and if the terminal is focused. Terminal focus works on X11(Linux) and with Terminal.app and iTerm2 on MacOS. Both options can be configured via the --longer-than and --foreground-too options.
To avoid unnecessary notifications when running interactive programs, programs listed in AUTO_NTFY_DONE_IGNORE don't generate notifications. For example:
export AUTO_NTFY_DONE_IGNORE="vim screen meld"
Extras
-
ntfyhas a few features that require extra dependencies. -
ntfy done -p $PIDrequires installing aspip install ntfy[pid]- emoji support requires installing as
pip install ntfy[emoji] - XMPP support requires installing as
pip install ntfy[xmpp] - Telegram support requires installing as
pip install ntfy[telegram] - Instapush support requires installing as
pip install ntfy[instapush] - Slack support requires installing as
pip install ntfy[slack] - Slack Incoming webhook - simpler slack implementation that doesn't have additional dependencies
- Rocket.Chat support requires installing as
pip install ntfy[rocketchat]
To install multiple extras, separate with commas: e.g., pip install ntfy[pid,emoji].
Configuring ntfy
ntfy is configured with a YAML file stored at ~/.ntfy.yml or in standard platform specific locations:
- Linux -
~/.config/ntfy/ntfy.yml - macOS -
~/Library/Application Support/ntfy/ntfy.yml - Windows -
C:\Users\\AppData\Local\dschep\ntfy.yml
Backends
The backends key specifies what backends to use by default. Each backend has its own configuration, stored in a key of its own name. For example:
---
backends:
- pushover
pushover:
user_key: hunter2
pushbullet:
access_token: hunter2
simplepush:
key: hunter2
slack:
token: slacktoken
recipient: "#slackchannel"
xmpp:
jid: "[email protected]"
password: "xxxx"
mtype: "chat"
recipient: "[email protected]"
If you want mulitple configs for the same backend type, you can specify any name and then specify the backend with a backend key. For example:
---
pushover:
user_key: hunter2
cellphone:
backend: pushover
user_key: hunter2
See the backends below for available backends and options. As of v2.6.0 ntfy also supports 3rd party backends
Pushover - pushover
- Required parameters:
-
user_key
- Optional parameters:
-
soundpriorityexpireretrycallbackapi_token- use your own application tokendevice- target a device, if omitted, notification is sent to all devicesurlurl_titlehtml
Pushbullet - pushbullet
- Required parameter:
-
access_token- Your Pushbullet access token, created at https://www.pushbullet.com/#settings/account
- Optional parameters:
-
device_iden- a device identifier, if omited, notification is sent to all devicesemail- send notification to pushbullet user with the specified email or send an email if they aren't a pushullet user
Simplepush - simplepush
- Required parameter:
-
key- Your Simplepush key, created by installing the Android App (no registration required) at https://simplepush.io
- Optional parameters:
-
event- sets ringtone and vibration pattern for incoming notifications (can be defined in the simplepush app)
XMPP - xmpp
- Requires parameters:
-
jidpasswordrecipient
- Optional parameters
-
hostname(if not from jid)portpath_to_certsmtype
Requires extras, install like this: pip install ntfy[xmpp].
To verify the SSL certificates offered by a server: path_to_certs = "path/to/ca/cert"
Without dnspython library installed, you will need to specify the server hostname if it doesn't match the jid.
Specify port if other than 5222. NOTE: Ignored without specified hostname
NOTE: Google Hangouts doesn't support XMPP since 2017
Telegram - telegram
Requires extras, install like this: pip install ntfy[telegram].
Requires ntfy to be installed as ntfy[telegram]. This backend is configured the first time you will try to use it: ntfy -b telegram send "Telegram configured for ntfy".
Pushjet - pushjet
- Required parameter:
-
secret- The Pushjet service secret token, created with http://docs.pushjet.io/docs/creating-a-new-service
- Optional parameters:
-
-
-
endpoint- custom Pushjet API endpoint - (defaults to https://api.pushjet.io)
-
level- The importance level from 1(low) to 5(high)link
-
Notifico - notifico
- Required parameter:
-
-
-
webhook- The webhook link, created at https://n.tkte.ch/ -
(choose
Plain Textservice when creating the webhook)
-
-
Slack - slack
Requires extras, install like this: pip install ntfy[slack].
- Required parameter:
-
token- The Slack service secret token, either a legacy user token created at https://api.slack.com/custom-integrations/legacy-tokens or a token obtained by creating an app at https://api.slack.com/apps?new_app=1 withchat:write:botscope and linking it to a workspace.recipient- The Slack channel or user to send notifications to. If you use the#symbol the message is send to a Slack channel and if you use the@symbol the message is send to a Slack user.
Slack Incoming Webhook - slack_webhook
- Required parameter:
-
url- the URL of the incoming webhookuser- The Slack channel or user to send notifications to
Instapush - insta
Requires extras, install like this pip install ntfy[instapush].
Instapush does not support notification title. It sends template-driven notifications, so you have to setup you events on the dashboard first. The backend is called insta due to homonymy with the instapush python wrapper
- Required parameters:
-
appid- The application idsecret- The application secretevent_name- The instapush event to be usedtrackers- The array of trakers to use
Note on trackers: Trackers are placeholders for events (a sort of notification template). If you defined more than one tracker in your event you'll have to provide more messages. At the moment, the only way to do so is to separate each message with a colon (:) character. You can also escape the separator character: Example:
ntfy -b insta send "message1:message2"
ntfy -b insta send "message1:message2\:with\:colons"
Prowl - prowl
- Optional parameters:
-
api_keyprovider_keypriorityurl
Linux Desktop Notifications - linux
Works via dbus, works with most DEs like Gnome, KDE, XFCE and with libnotify.
The following dependecies should be installed.
$ sudo apt install python-dbus # on ubuntu/debian
You will need to install some font that supports emojis (in Debian fonts-symbola or Gentoo media-fonts/symbola).
- Optional parameters:
-
icon- Specifies path to the notification icon, empty string for no icon.urgency- Specifies the urgency level (low, normal, critical).transient- Skip the history (exp: the Gnome message tray) (true, false).soundfile- Specifies the notification sound file (e.g. /usr/share/sounds/notif.wav).timeout- Specifies notification expiration time level (-1 - system default, 0 - never expire).
Windows Desktop Notifications - win32
Uses pywin32.
Mac OS X Notification Center - darwin
Requires ntfy to be installed globally (not in a virtualenv).
System log - systemlog
Uses the syslog core Python module, which is not available on Windows platforms.
- Optional parameters:
-
prio- Syslog priority level. Default isALERT. Possible values are:- EMERG
- ALERT
- CRIT
- ERR
- WARNING
- NOTICE
- INFO
- DEBUG
facility- Syslog facility. Default isLOCAL5. Possible values are:- KERN
- USER
- DAEMON
- AUTH
- LPR
- NEWS
- UUCP
- CRON
- SYSLOG
- LOCAL0
- LOCAL1
- LOCAL2
- LOCAL3
- LOCAL4
- LOCAL5
- LOCAL6
- LOCAL7
fmt- Format of the message to be sent to the system logger. The title and the message are specified using the following placeholders:{title}{message}
Default is
[{title}] {message}.
Termux:API - termux
Requires the app to be install from the Play store and the CLI utility be installed with apt install termux-api.
Pushalot - pushalot
- Required parameter:
-
auth_token- Your private Pushalot auth token, found here https://pushalot.com/manager/authorizations
- Optional parameters:
-
source- source of the notificationttl- message expire time in minutes (time to live)url- URL to include in the notificationsurl_title- visible URL title (ignored if no url specified)image- URL of image included in the notificationsimportant- mark notifications as importantsilent- mark notifications as silent
Rocket.Chat - rocketchat
Requires extras, install like this: pip install ntfy[rocketchat].
- Required parameters:
-
url- URL of your Rocket.Chat instanceusername- login usernamepassword- login passwordroom- room/channel name to post in
Matrix.org - matrix
Requires extras, install like this: pip install ntfy[matrix].
- Required parameters:
-
url- URL of your homeserver instanceroomId- room to post inuserId- login useridpassword- login passwordtoken- access token
You must either specify token, or userId and password.
Webpush - ntfy_webpush
Webpush support is provded by an external ntfy module, install like this: pip install ntfy ntfy-webpush.
- Required parameters:
-
subscription_info- A PushSubscription Objectprivate_key- the path to private key file or anything else that works with pywebpush.
For more info, see ntfy-webpush <https://github.com/dschep/ntfy-webpush>`_
3rd party backends
To use or implement your own backends, specify the full path of the module as your backend. The module needs to contain a module with a function called notify with the following signature:
def notify(title, message, **kwargs):
"""
kwargs contains retcode if using ntfy done or ntfy shell-integration
and all options in your backend's section of the config
"""
pass
Other options
Title is configurable with the title key in the config. Example:
---
title: Customized Title
Backends ToDo
Testing
python setup.py test
Contributors
- dschep - Maintainer & Lead Developer
- danryder - XMPP Backend & emoji support
- oz123 - Linux desktop notification improvements
- schwert - PushJet support
- rahiel - Telegram support
- tymm - Simplepush support
- jungle-boogie - Documentation updates
- tjbenator - Advanced Pushover options
- mobiusklein - Win32 Bugfix
- rcaloras - Creator of bash-prexec, without which there woudn't be bash shell integration for ntfy
- eightnoteight - Notifico support
- juanpabloaj - Slack support
- giuseongit - Instapush support
- jlesage - Systemlog support
- sambrightman - Prowl support
- mlesniew - Pushalot support
- webworxshop - Rocket.Chat support
- rhabbachi - transient option in Linux desktop notifications
- Half-Shot - Matrix support
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