Notification API#

Name	Specification	Description
allNotifications	` ARRAY OBJECT_PATH` property (read)	List of all current applications.
unownedNotifications	` ARRAY OBJECT_PATH` property (read)	List of all applications where the owning application is no longer running.
notificationAdded	signal - (out) `OBJECT_PATH`	Signal sent when a notification has been added.
notificationRemoved	signal - (out) `OBJECT_PATH`	Signal sent when a notification has been removed.
notificationChanged	signal - (out) `OBJECT_PATH`	Signal sent when a notification has been modified.
add	method - (in) identifier `STRING` - (in) application `STRING` - (in) text `STRING` - (in) icon `STRING` - (out) `OBJECT_PATH`	Add a new notification. If the application doesn’t have permission to add the notification, or it fails to be added it will return `/`.
take	method - (in) identifier `STRING` - (out) `BOOLEAN`	Take ownership of a notification.
notifications	method - (out) ` ARRAY OBJECT_PATH`	List of all notifications owned by the current application.
get	method - (in) identifier `STRING` - (out) `OBJECT_PATH`	Get the object path for a notification based on it’s identifier.

Example Usage#

#include <liboxide.h>
#include "dbusservice_interface.h"
#include "notificationapi_interface.h"
#include "notification_interface.h"

using namespace codes::eeems::oxide1;

int main(int argc, char *argv[]){
    Q_UNUSED(argc);
    Q_UNUSED(argv);

    auto bus = QDBusConnection::systemBus();
    General api(OXIDE_SERVICE, OXIDE_SERVICE_PATH, bus);
    qDebug() << "Requesting notification API...";
    QDBusObjectPath path = api.requestAPI("notification");
    if(path.path() == "/"){
        qDebug() << "Unable to get notification API";
        return EXIT_FAILURE;
    }
    qDebug() << "Got the notification API!";

    Notifications notifications(OXIDE_SERVICE, path.path(), bus);
    qDebug() << "Notificaitons:" << notifications.allNotifications();
    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

#!/bin/bash
echo -n "Notifications: "
rot notification get notifications | jq

Notification Object#

Name	Specification	Description
identifier	`STRING` property (read)	Unique identifier for the notification.
application	`STRING` property (read/write)	Name of the application that owns this notification.
text	`STRING` property (read/write)	Text of the notification.
icon	`STRING` property (read/write)	Icon used for the notification.
changed	signal - (out) ` ARRAY{STRING VARIANT}`	Signal sent when something on the notification has changed. The first output property contains a map of changed properties and their values.
removed	signal	Signal sent when this notification has been removed.
displayed	signal	Signal sent when this notification has been displayed.
clicked	signal	Signal sent when this notification has been clicked.
display	method	Display the notification to the user. This will interrupt what the user is doing to display the text on the bottom left corner.
remove	method	Remove the notification.
click	method	Emit the `clicked` signal on the notification so that the owning application can handle the click.

Example Usage#

#include <QUuid>
#include <liboxide.h>
#include "dbusservice_interface.h"
#include "notificationapi_interface.h"
#include "notification_interface.h"

using namespace codes::eeems::oxide1;

int main(int argc, char *argv[]){
    Q_UNUSED(argc);
    Q_UNUSED(argv);

    auto bus = QDBusConnection::systemBus();
    General api(OXIDE_SERVICE, OXIDE_SERVICE_PATH, bus);
    qDebug() << "Requesting notification API...";
    QDBusObjectPath path = api.requestAPI("notification");
    if(path.path() == "/"){
        qDebug() << "Unable to get notification API";
        return EXIT_FAILURE;
    }
    qDebug() << "Got the notification API!";

    Notifications notifications(OXIDE_SERVICE, path.path(), bus);
    auto guid = QUuid::createUuid().toString();
    qDebug() << "Adding notification" << guid;
    path = notifications.add(guid, "codes.eeems.fret", "Hello world!", "");
    if(path.path() == "/"){
        qDebug() << "Failed to add notification";
        return EXIT_FAILURE;
    }

    Notification notification(OXIDE_SERVICE, path.path(), bus);
    qDebug() << "Displaying notification" << guid;
    notification.display().waitForFinished();
    notification.remove();
    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

#!/bin/bash
uuid=$(cat /proc/sys/kernel/random/uuid)
path=$(rot notification call add \
        "QString:\"$uuid\"" \
        'QString:"sample-application"' \
        'QString:"Hello world!"' \
        'QString:""' \
     | jq -cr \
     | sed 's|/codes/eeems/oxide1/||'
)
echo "Displaying notification $uuid"
rot --object Notification:$path notification call display
rot --object Notification:$path notification call remove