notify - Gnome Notification Script

gistfile1.py

#!/usr/bin/python
# Filename          notify
# Description       Show a notification in Gnome3
# Author            Drew Fradette <http://www.github.com/drewfradette>
# Last Updated      2012-04-18
# Usage             notify -t "Eat cheese" -m "It tastes delicious"
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import pynotify
import sys

class Notify:
    def __init__(self, title, message, timeout=500, icon='dialog-information'):
        self.title = title
        self.message = message
        self.timeout = timeout
        self.icon = icon
    
    def show(self):
        pynotify.init(self.title)
        n = pynotify.Notification(self.title, self.message, self.icon)
        n.set_timeout(int(self.timeout))
        n.show()
         
if __name__ == '__main__':
    from optparse import OptionParser

    usage = 'Usage: notify [-t <title> | --title=<title>] [-m <message> | --message=<message>] ([-i <icon> | --icon=<icon> ] [-n <timeout> | --timeout=<timeout>])'
    parser = OptionParser(usage=usage)
    parser.add_option('-t', '--title', action='store', dest='title',
            default='Notification', help='The title of the notification.')
    parser.add_option('-m', '--message', action='store', dest='message',
            default='', help='The message on the notofication.')
    parser.add_option('-n', '--timeout', action='store', dest='timeout',
            default=500, help='The time to display the notification.')
    parser.add_option('-i', '--icon', action='store', dest='icon',
            default='dialog-information', help='The icon to display.')

    (options, args) = parser.parse_args()
    options = vars(options)
    n = Notify(**options)
    n.show()