netgrowl.py

This is a very simple script for sending Growl messages using Python to a Growl listener.

It has no dependancies except Python. It has been tested with Python 2.6.*, 2.7.2 with Growl 1.2.2

The original authors are listed within the file.

Usage

Usage:

$ ./netgrowl.py [-hs] [-H hostname] [-t title] [-d description] [-p priority] [-x password]

Send Growl messages over UDP

-h	help
-H	specify host
-t	title
-d	description
-p	priority [-2 to 2]
-s	make sticky
-x	password

This script is supplied as is.

Setup

On the Mac machine that will receive the growls:

• Growl PrefPane > Network:
  • Check "Listen for incoming notifications"
  • Check "Allow remote application registration"
  • Specify Server Password (and supply it in the code snippets you choose to use)
• You may need to restart Growl

Integration Snippets

rc_gnotif

Contains a small bash function to quickly send a growl notification.

Simply add its contents to your .bashrc file:

$ cat rc_gnotif >> ~/.bashrc
$ source ~/.bashrc

$ gnotif "Hello World" "Incoming Notification"
$ long_running_command; gnotif "Finished long_running_command"

• The first parameter is the growl message description.
• The second is the title of the growl notification (defaults to "Remote Task Finished")

rc_growl_long

In conjunction with the included .preexec.bash script, you can growl every time a command finishes in more than n seconds:

$ cp .preexec.bash ~
$ cat rc_growl_long >> ~/.bashrc
$ source ~/.bashrc

At the top of the snippet, you can modify:

• PREEXEC_MAX: The number of seconds
• PREEXEC_EXCLUDE_LIST: A list of commands to exclude. You don't usually care to know that you quit vim or less.

See this thread for more information on the preexec script: http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20071009124425468

Of Note:

• Depending on the directory you clone this into, you may need to correct the path to netgrowl.py in the snippets
• When using the preexec hooks, be careful not to source your bashrc more than once. You may end up getting duplicate growl notifications every time.