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Windows toast notification with Python
import sys
from xml.sax.saxutils import escape
import winrt.windows.ui.notifications as notifications
import winrt.windows.data.xml.dom as dom
from winrt.windows.ui.notifications import ToastNotificationManager, ToastNotification, ToastTemplateType
if not sys.argv[2:]:
print(f'Usage: {sys.argv[0]} <title> <message ...>')
sys.exit(1)
title = sys.argv[1]
message = '\n'.join(sys.argv[2:])
nManager = notifications.ToastNotificationManager
notifier = nManager.create_toast_notifier(title)
tString = f"""
<toast launch="app-defined-string">
<visual>
<binding template="ToastImageAndText01">
<!-- NB: The test image here doesn't work in Win10+? -->
<image id="1" placement="hero" src="https://picsum.photos/364/180?image=1043" alt="hero"/>
<text id="1">{escape(message)}</text>
</binding>
</visual>
<audio src="ms-winsoundevent:Notification.Reminder"/>
</toast>
"""
xDoc = dom.XmlDocument()
xDoc.load_xml(tString)
notification = notifications.ToastNotification(xDoc)
notifier.show(notification)
def toast_notification(AppID, title, text):
XML = ToastNotificationManager.get_template_content(ToastTemplateType.TOAST_TEXT02)
t = XML.get_elements_by_tag_name("text")
t[0].append_child(XML.create_text_node(title))
t[1].append_child(XML.create_text_node(text))
notifier = ToastNotificationManager.create_toast_notifier(AppID)
notifier.show(ToastNotification(XML))
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