Ruby script to send yourself Notifo notifications with the 'notifo' gem

notifo

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

##
# notifo -- A simple Ruby script to send yourself a push notification via Notifo
#
# Usage:
# 
# 1. Create a Notifo account (if you don't already have one) at notifo.com
# 2. Create a ~/.notifo file in the format NOTIFO_USERNAME:API_PASSWORD
# 3. $ gem install notifo
# 4. Add this script to your path
# 5. $ notifo "Hello World"
#
# You can setup notifications to be pushed to your iPhone or Email account on Notifo's website.
#
# Enjoy!
#
##


require 'rubygems'
require 'notifo'
require 'optparse'

CONFIG_FILE = File.expand_path('~/.notifo')

msg = {}

unless File.exists?(CONFIG_FILE)
  raise "Add configuration file @ ~/.notifo in the format NOTIFO_USERNAME:API_PASSWORD"
end

# Read in the config file
file = File.open(CONFIG_FILE, 'r')
(msg[:user], msg[:pass]) = file.readlines.join.strip.split(':')
file.close

# Parse command line options
parser = OptionParser.new do |opts|
  opts.banner = "usage: notifo MESSAGE"
  opts.separator "Send a message to yourself (#{msg[:user]}) via the notifo service"
  opts.separator ""
  opts.separator "Options:"

  opts.on('-t TITLE', '--title TITLE', 'Use this title') { |title| msg[:title] = title }
  opts.on('-u URI', '--uri URI', 'Attach this URI') { |uri| msg[:uri] = uri }
  # opts.on('-l LABEL', '--label LABEL', 'Attach this label') { |lbl| msg[:label] = lbl }
  opts.on('-h', '--help', 'Display this text') do
    puts opts
    exit
  end
end

parser.parse!

# Set message text and default title
msg[:message] = ARGV[0]
msg[:title] ||= "Command Line Message"

# Only send if user provided a message otherwise print out usage and quit
if msg[:message]
  notifo = Notifo.new(msg[:user], msg[:pass])
  notifo.post(msg[:user], msg[:message], msg[:title], msg[:uri])#, msg[:label])
else
  puts parser 
end