# Notifd

A [notification daemon](https://specifications.freedesktop.org/notification-spec/latest/) implementation as a library and CLI tool.

## How it works

The first instantiation of the [Notifd](https://aylur.github.io/libastal/notifd/class.Notifd.html) class will become the daemon and every subsequent instantiation will queue up to act as the daemon and will act as a client in the meantime. This means this library can be used throughout multiple processes.

## Installation

1. install dependencies

:::code-group

```sh [<i class="devicon-archlinux-plain"></i> Arch]
sudo pacman -Syu meson vala gdk-pixbuf2 json-glib gobject-introspection
```

```sh [<i class="devicon-fedora-plain"></i> Fedora]
sudo dnf install meson gcc valac gdk-pixbuf2-devel json-glib-devel gobject-introspection-devel
```

```sh [<i class="devicon-ubuntu-plain"></i> Ubuntu]
sudo apt install meson valac libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-dev libjson-glib-dev gobject-introspection
```

:::

2. clone repo

```sh
git clone https://github.com/aylur/astal.git
cd astal/lib/notifd
```

3. install

```sh
meson setup build
meson install -C build
```

:::tip
Most distros recommend manual installs in `/usr/local`,
which is what `meson` defaults to. If you want to install to `/usr`
instead which most package managers do, set the `prefix` option:

```sh
meson setup --prefix /usr build
```

:::

## Usage

You can browse the [Notifd reference](https://aylur.github.io/libastal/notifd).

### CLI

```sh
astal-notifd --help
```

### Library

:::code-group

```js [<i class="devicon-javascript-plain"></i> JavaScript]
import Notifd from "gi://AstalNotifd";

const notifd = Notifd.get_default()

notifd.connect("notified", (_, id) => {
    const n = notifd.get_notification(id)
    console.log(n.summary, n.body)
})
```

```py [<i class="devicon-python-plain"></i> Python]
# Not yet documented
```

```lua [<i class="devicon-lua-plain"></i> Lua]
-- Not yet documented
```

```vala [<i class="devicon-vala-plain"></i> Vala]
// Not yet documented
```

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