Send push notifications from shell

.bashrc

#
# Send push notifications from shell, like this:
#
#   $ push Your message here
#   $ echo 'Lorem ipsum or another awesome command' | push
#   $ docker pull image/tag && push 'Image image/tag download done'
#
# Append the following lines in your ~/.bashrc and set your PUSHBULLET_APIKEY
# To update current bash session, run 
#   $ . ~/.bashrc
#
# Tested on Ubuntu Trusty 14.04
#

PUSHBULLET_APIKEY=<your pushbullet api key, found at https://www.pushbullet.com/account>

function push() {
    if [[ -z $1 ]]; then
        while read content; do
            curl -s -u $PUSHBULLET_APIKEY: -X POST https://api.pushbullet.com/v2/pushes --header 'Content-Type: application/json' --data-binary "{\"type\":\"note\",\"title\":\"$content\"}" > /dev/null 2> /dev/null
        done
    else
        curl -s -u $PUSHBULLET_APIKEY: -X POST https://api.pushbullet.com/v2/pushes --header 'Content-Type: application/json' --data-binary "{\"type\":\"note\",\"title\":\"$(echo $@)\"}" > /dev/null 2> /dev/null
    fi
}