periodic-notifier

A CLI to notify you something periodically

Install

npm i -g periodic-notifier

How it looks?

Usage

To know usage, try running

periodic-notifier --help

will give you a quick guide.

Usage: periodic-notifier [options]


  Options:

    -V, --version           output the version number
    -I --interval <time>    Interval at which the notification should be fired. To know more about time formats see docs.
    -T --title [title]      Title of the message
    -M --message <message>  Actual message
    -C --icon <icon>        absolute path to icon.png
    -S --sound              set this flag to make sound
    -W --wait               set this flag to wait the notification
    -h, --help              output usage information

Possible <time> formats

Following are the values you can use with -I or --interval option:

• '2 days'
• '1d'
• '10h'
• '2.5 hrs'
• '2h'
• '1m'
• '5s'
• '1y'
• '100' (milliseconds)

Example

periodic-notifier -I 5s -T "Feed the cat" -M "Because they are awesome.." -W

Change log

• v1.1.0
  • bug fix with icon
  • works in more node versions.
  • notifies if a new version of the cli is available
  • better docs
• v1.0.0
  • initial release

Licence

MIT © Vajahath Ahmed