Notification ​

notify ​

Programmatically display a push notification popup, which when clicked may be programmed to open a new window or close.

Anything from a simple text snippet to a full fledged HTML markup can be displayed inside the notification.

Simple text ​

Full HTML ​

Syntax ​

{
  "method": "notify",
  "params": {
    "html": <the html content inside the notification>,
    "action": <action name>,
    "href": <the url>,
    "target": <the 'target' attribute for window.open()>,
    "features": <the 'windowFeatures' attribute for window.open()>  // "app" opens the page in pinokio,
  }
}

• html: The html content to display in the notification popup. Can be any HTML
• href: The link to open when the notification is clicked. If unspecified, do nothing.
• action: Action name (currently supported action: "close")
• target: When there's an href parameter, this attribute acts as the "target" parameter of the window.open() method (see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window/open#parameters)
• features: When there's an href parameter, this attribute acts as the windowFeatures parameter of the window.open() method (See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window/open#parameters)

Examples ​

Move to another url ​

{
  "run": [{
    "method": "notify",
    "params": {
      "html": "Click to visit index.json",
      "href": "./index.json"
    }
  }]
}

Open a link in a browser ​

{
  "run": [{
    "method": "notify",
    "params": {
      "html": "Click to open https://github.com",
      "href": "https://github.com",
      "target": "_blank"
    }
  }]
}

Close the current window ​

{
  "run": [{
    "method": "notify",
    "params": {
      "action": "close"
    }
  }]
}