Notifications
3.5.9The Notifications API provides a way to display native notifications with actions and to handle notification and action clicks.
io.Connect Browser supports all available Notification settings as defined in the DOM Notifications API.
The io.Connect Browser Notifications API extends the DOM Notifications API with the option to handle notification and action clicks using Interop methods.
The Notifications API is accessible through the io.notifications object.
APIobject
Methods
clearmethod
Signature
(id: string) => Promise<void>
Description
Clears a specified notification.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | string | The id of the notification to be removed. |
clearAllmethod
Signature
() => Promise<void>
Description
Removes all known notifications from the system.
clearOldmethod
Signature
() => Promise<void>
Description
Clears all notifications that the user has already seen.
clickmethod
Signature
(id: string, action?: string) => Promise<void>
Description
Issues a programmatic click on a notification.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | string | The id of the notification to click on. |
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| action | string |
configuremethod
Signature
(options: Configuration) => Promise<void>
Description
Configures the Global notification settings.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| options | Configuration | configuration options |
getConfigurationmethod
Signature
() => Promise<Configuration>
Description
Retrieves the current global notification settings.
getFiltermethod
Signature
() => Promise<NotificationFilter>
Description
Retrieves the current filter with apps allowed or not allowed to raise notifications.
getPermissionmethod
Signature
() => Promise<"default" | "granted" | "denied">
Description
io.Connect Browser only. Retrieves the state of the native browser notification permission for the platform.
listmethod
onActiveCountChangedmethod
Signature
(callback: (info: { count: number; }) => void) => UnsubscribeFunction
Description
Notifies when the number of active notification is changed.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| callback | (info: { count: number; }) => void | Callback function for handling the event. |
onClosedmethod
Signature
(callback: (notification: { id: string; }) => void) => UnsubscribeFunction
Description
Notifies the user when a notification was removed via the Notifications API.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| callback | (notification: { id: string; }) => void | A function which will be called when a notification is removed. |
onConfigurationChangedmethod
Signature
(callback: (configuration: Configuration) => void) => UnsubscribeFunction
Description
Notifies when the global notification settings are changed.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| callback | (configuration: Configuration) => void | Callback function for handling the event. |
onRaisedmethod
Signature
(callback: (notification: NotificationData) => void) => UnsubscribeFunction
Description
Notifies the user of any new raised notifications via the Notifications API.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| callback | (notification: NotificationData) => void | A function which will be called when a new notification is raised. |
onStateChangedmethod
Signature
(callback: (notification: { id: string; }, state: State) => void) => UnsubscribeFunction
Description
Notifies when the state of a notification is changed.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| callback | (notification: { id: string; }, state: State) => void | Callback function for handling the event. |
raisemethod
Signature
(notification: RaiseOptions) => Promise<Notification>
Description
Raises a new notification
Parameters
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| notification | RaiseOptions | notification options |
requestPermissionmethod
Signature
() => Promise<boolean>
Description
io.Connect Browser only. Triggers the native browser permission dialog. Must only be called from within a platform.
setFiltermethod
Signature
(filter: NotificationFilter) => Promise<NotificationFilter>
Description
Sets a filter with apps allowed or not allowed to raise notifications.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| filter | NotificationFilter | Filter with names of apps allowed or not allowed to raise notifications. |
ActionClickHandlerobject
Properties
| Property | Type | Default | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| action | string | |||
| handler | NotificationClickHandler |
Configurationobject
Description
Global notification settings
Properties
| Property | Type | Default | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| enable | boolean | If |
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| enableToasts | boolean | If |
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| sourceFilter | NotificationFilter | Filter with names of apps that are allowed or not allowed to raise notifications. |
InteropActionSettingsobject
Properties
| Property | Type | Default | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| arguments | any | |||
| method | string | |||
| target | "all" | "best" |
Notificationobject
Properties
| Property | Type | Default | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| id | string | |||
| onclick | () => any | |||
| onshow | () => any |
NotificationActionobject
Properties
| Property | Type | Default | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| action | string | |||
| icon | string | |||
| interop | InteropActionSettings | set to make the action invoke an interop method with specific arguments |
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| title | string |
NotificationDataobject
Properties
| Property | Type | Default | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| actions | NotificationAction[] | List of action attached to the notification. Those will appear as buttons in the notification UI |
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| clickInterop | InteropActionSettings | Set to make the notification click invoke an interop method with specific arguments |
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| focusPlatformOnDefaultClick | boolean | io.Connect Browser* only. If set to |
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| id | string | |||
| severity | "Low" | "Medium" | "High" | "Critical" | "None" | Severity of the alert |
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| showInPanel | boolean | Indicates whether the notification should appear in notification panels. Defaults to |
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| showToast | boolean | Indicates whether a native toast will be shown or not. Defaults to |
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| state | State | Notification state. Defaults to |
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| title | string | The title of the notification |
NotificationDefinitionobject
Properties
| Property | Type | Default | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| badge | string | |||
| body | string | |||
| data | any | |||
| dir | "auto" | "ltr" | "rtl" | |||
| icon | string | |||
| image | string | |||
| lang | string | |||
| renotify | boolean | |||
| requireInteraction | boolean | |||
| silent | boolean | |||
| tag | string | |||
| timestamp | number | |||
| vibrate | number[] |
NotificationFilterobject
Description
Filter with names of apps that are allowed or not allowed to raise notifications.
Properties
| Property | Type | Default | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| allowed | string[] | Array of names of apps allowed to raise notifications. |
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| blocked | string[] | Array of names of apps not allowed to raise notifications. |
RaiseOptionsobject
Properties
| Property | Type | Default | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| actions | NotificationAction[] | List of action attached to the notification. Those will appear as buttons in the notification UI |
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| badge | string | |||
| body | string | |||
| clickInterop | InteropActionSettings | Set to make the notification click invoke an interop method with specific arguments |
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| data | any | |||
| dir | "auto" | "ltr" | "rtl" | |||
| focusPlatformOnDefaultClick | boolean | io.Connect Browser* only. If set to |
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| icon | string | |||
| image | string | |||
| lang | string | |||
| renotify | boolean | |||
| requireInteraction | boolean | |||
| severity | "Low" | "Medium" | "High" | "Critical" | "None" | Severity of the alert |
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| showInPanel | boolean | Indicates whether the notification should appear in notification panels. Defaults to |
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| showToast | boolean | Indicates whether a native toast will be shown or not. Defaults to |
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| silent | boolean | |||
| state | State | Notification state. Defaults to |
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| tag | string | |||
| timestamp | number | |||
| title | string | The title of the notification |
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| vibrate | number[] |
Settingsobject
Properties
| Property | Type | Default | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| actionClicks | ActionClickHandler[] | |||
| defaultClick | NotificationClickHandler |
NotificationClickHandlerfunction
Signature
(io: API, notificationDefinition: NotificationDefinition) => void
Parameters
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| io | API | ||
| notificationDefinition | NotificationDefinition |
Stateenumeration
Description
Notification states that are used by the platform when handling notifications. These states can also be used in your custom logic for processing notifications on the client or on the server side. Defaults to "Active".
"Active"- a notification can be marked as active when it is raised, but the user hasn't seen it, or interacted in any way with it yet;"Acknowledged"- a notification can be marked as acknowledged when the user has interacted with it by clicking on the notification or on an action in it;"Seen"- a notification can be marked as seen when the user has seen it (e.g., by opening the Notification Panel);"Closed"- a notification can be marked as closed when the user has closed the notification in the Notification Panel;"Stale"- a notification can be marked as stale after a predefined period of time;"Snoozed"- a notification can be marked as snoozed when the user snoozes it from the UI;"Processing"- a notification can be marked as"Processing"when its state is in the process of changing (e.g., the user interacts with a notification from the UI, you make a request to a remote service to update the notification state, and you are still waiting for a response);
- "Active"
- "Acknowledged"
- "Seen"
- "Closed"
- "Stale"
- "Snoozed"
- "Processing"