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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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								[Works well with Electron](#within-electron-packaging).
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								## Input Example macOS Notification Center
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								## Quick Usage
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								// String
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								  message: 'Hello, there!'
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								## Requirements
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								- **macOS**: >= 10.8 for native notifications, or Growl if earlier.
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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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								## <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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								## Cross-Platform Advanced Usage
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								[reporter flow chart](./DECISION_FLOW.md). All of the options
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								    icon: 'Terminal Icon', // Absolute Path to Triggering Icon
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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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								**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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								- [Example: specific Notification Centers](./example/advanced.js)
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								- [Example: input](./example/macInput.js).
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								**Example:** `./vendor/mac.noindex/terminal-notifier.app/Contents/MacOS/terminal-notifier`
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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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								From [mikaelbr/gulp-notify#90 (comment)](https://github.com/mikaelbr/gulp-notify/issues/90#issuecomment-129333034)
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								framework, your `appID` will be something like `com.squirrel.your.app`.
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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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								  customPath: void 0 // Relative/Absolute path if you want to use your fork of SnoreToast.exe
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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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								### Usage: `WindowsBalloon`
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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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								See full usage on the [project homepage: **`notifu`**](http://www.paralint.com/projects/notifu/).
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								### Usage: `NotifySend`
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								const NotifySend = require('node-notifier').NotifySend;
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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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								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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								_**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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								This is the way notifications on macOS work. They always show the icon of the
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								### Within Electron Packaging
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								Due to the way asar works, you cannot execute a binary from within an `asar`.
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								## License
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								[MIT License](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_License)
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