Notify example for mate-notification-daemon

confirm_deny_notification.py

from __future__ import print_function, unicode_literals
from gi.repository import Notify, GLib, Gdk

screen = Gdk.Screen.get_default()
monitor = screen.get_monitor_geometry(0)

x_hint = GLib.Variant('i', monitor.width / 2)
y_hint = GLib.Variant('i', monitor.height / 2)
sound_hint = GLib.Variant('s', '/usr/share/sounds/freedesktop/stereo/dialog-information.oga')

icon_name = "mate"
summary = "Test"
message =\
    """\
    <b>bold</b>, <i>italic</i>, <u>underline</u>
    and even <a href="http://mate-desktop.org">links</a> are supported!
    """

# Initialize the notification, argument is application name
Notify.init("MATE")

# Setup a loop so that callback/signals are send
loop = GLib.MainLoop()

# Callback function that handles the action responses
def response_cb(notification, action_id, data):
    if action_id == "confirm":
        print("You pressed \"Confirm\"")
        if data:
            print("I also got data from you \o/")
            print("Data: %s" % data)
    if action_id == "deny":
        print("You pressed \"Deny\"")
        if data:
            print("I also got data from you \o/")
            print("Data: %s" % data)

# Function to terminate mainloop when notification is closed
def on_closed(notification, data):
    data.quit()

# Create notification
n = Notify.Notification.new(summary, message, icon_name)

# Set some properties
# Never expire
n.set_timeout(3000)
# OMG MFG this one is super uber urgent
n.set_urgency(Notify.Urgency.CRITICAL)
# Add some actions, args passed below in order are:
# action id, label, callback function, data
n.add_action("confirm", "Confirm", response_cb, "Confirmed: This is send as 3rd arg to callback")
n.add_action("deny", "Deny", response_cb, "Denied: This is send as 3rd arg to callback")

# Add some hints
n.set_hint("x", x_hint)
n.set_hint("y", y_hint)
n.set_hint("sound-file", sound_hint)

# Connect the closed signal
n.connect("closed", on_closed, loop)

# Show the notification
n.show()

# Run the mainloop to fire signals
loop.run()