GitHub Notifications in i3bar

github-notifications

#!/bin/bash
# put this in your bin directory, e.g. /usr/bin or ~/.local/bin

sleep 20 # update interval

# you have to generate a new ACCESS_TOKEN for yourself here (https://github.com/settings/tokens, you only need "notifications" access) and replace the value
response=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/notifications?access_token=ACCESS_TOKEN)


if [[ $response =~ "{" ]]
then
  touch ~/.gn;
  echo "1" > ~/.gn;
else
  touch ~/.gn;
  echo "0" > ~/.gn;
fi

github-notifications

github-notifications.service

[Unit]
Description=github notifications daemon
[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=/path/to/github-notifications
KillSignal=SIGKILL
TimeoutStartSec=6

Restart=always
Environment=HOME=/home/YOUR_HOME
Environment=USER=YOUR_USER
Environment=XAUTHORITY=/home/YOUR_USER/.Xauthority
Environment=DISPLAY=:0

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target

i3status-custom

#!/bin/bash

# put this in your bin directory and set `status_command i3status-custom` in `~/.config/i3/config`
# I'm using FontAwesome for the icons, you can either install and configure it or use your own method.
# see: http://fontawesome.io/cheatsheet/

i3status | while :
do
  read line
  
  github="$(cat ~/.gn)"
  if [ $github -lt 1 ]
  then
    githubu="[{\"full_text\": \"\"},"
  else
    githubu="[{\"full_text\": \"\", \"color\": \"#78d966\"},"
  fi
  
  echo "${line/[/$githubu}" || exit 1