exec-notifier
This is a command line utility to execute commands and get a feedback notification on the exit status of the notification of the command.
Install
In order to install this utility, you need Node.js. To install it globally, execute the following command:
npm install -g exec-notify
Usage
To use this command, simply time node-exec command. If the command
returns with a normal exit code, a success notification will pop-up in
your screen:
exec-notify echo Success! # -> Success notification
However, if the command fails for some reason, you will receive a failure notification:
exec-notify "echo Failure... && false" # -> Failure notification
Using with your project
Suppose you are developing a Node.js application and you want to get
a notification when your deploy is completed. You can use exec-notify
in an npm script so that you get a notification of your deploy with
a success or error message.
In order to do this, install exec-notify as a development dependency
in your project (so whoever clones the source code can get notifications
as well)
npm install --save-dev exec-notify
The, include a new entry in the scripts session of your package.json.
"scripts": {
"deploy": "exec-notify echo Deploying app",
// ...
},
Afterwards, you will get a notification whenever you run npm run deploy.
Supported Systems
This package uses the excellent Node Notifier. So theorically, Windows, GNU-Linux and Mac OS X are supported. In case you have problems, open an issue so I can take a look.
Credits
Thanks to:
- @mikaelbr for maintaining Node Notifier.
- Custom Icon Design for creating the Success icon.
- Martz90 for creating the Warning icon