boxcar-growl.py - Send Boxcar Notification with CLI (Python)

boxcarGrowl.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
import os
import sys
import subprocess
import shlex



def notify (token, mymessage, mytitle):
  # Default config
  DEFAULT_SOUND = 'clanging'
  DEFAULT_IMAGE = 'http://i.imgur.com/Fea7vsF.png'
  # Example: curl -d "user_credentials=ACCESS_TOKEN" -d "notification[title]=message title" -d "notification[long_message]=<b>Some text or HTML for the full layout page notification</b>" -d "notification[sound]=bird-1" -d "notification[source_name]=My own alert" -d "notification[icon_url]=http://new.boxcar.io/images/rss_icons/boxcar-64.png" https://new.boxcar.io/api/notifications
  curlCmd = []
  curlCmd.append('curl')
  curlCmd.append('-d "user_credentials=' + token + '"')
  curlCmd.append('-d "notification[title]=' + mytitle + '"')
  curlCmd.append('-d "notification[long_message]=' + mymessage + '"')
  curlCmd.append('-d "notification[sound]=' + DEFAULT_SOUND + '"')
  curlCmd.append('-d "notification[icon_url]=' + DEFAULT_IMAGE + '"')
  curlCmd.append('https://new.boxcar.io/api/notifications')

  subprocess.call(shlex.split(' '.join(curlCmd)))