Fedora Notification Wrapper for simple notification

notify.py

try:
    import gtk, pynotify
    pygtk.require('2.0')
except:
    print "Error: need python-notify, python-gtk2 and gtk"
class NotificationWrapper:
  def __init__(self, title="Testing Title", message="Testing message"):
        self.title = title
        self.message = message
  def showNotification(self):
    n = pynotify.Notification(self.title, self.message)
    
    # Below example is for icons
    # n = pynotify.Notification("Moo title", "test", "file:///path/to/icon.png")
    
    n.set_urgency(pynotify.URGENCY_CRITICAL)
    n.set_timeout(10000) # 10 seconds
    n.set_category("device")

    #Call an icon
    helper = gtk.Button()
    icon = helper.render_icon(gtk.STOCK_DIALOG_WARNING, gtk.ICON_SIZE_DIALOG)
    n.set_icon_from_pixbuf(icon)

    if not n.show():
        print "Failed to send notification"
        sys.exit(1)
## Call this script and pass in title and message as argument
n = NotificationWrapper( sys.argv[1],  sys.argv[2])
n.showNotification()