Notifier is a Python messaging gateway, that can be used as a Python module or standalone CLI script. Messages can be sent to either SMTP email server or the notification service PushOver

Download and unpack notifier.py to the /usr/local/bin folder.

cp notifier.py /usr/local/bin
chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/notifier.py

Copy etc/notifier.conf to the /etc/ directory

cp notifier.conf /etc

Edit the /etc/notifier.conf file and add your SMTP Email and notification service settings.

You can send a message to both email and push notification via the CLI by using the following format

python notifier.py -s Subject -m Message to send

To use within Python simple place notifier.py within your project and use the following code example

# Notifier
import notifier

# Config
import ConfigParser

# Use your own application based config file
config_file = '/etc/myApp.conf'

# Create your message
message = "This is the message I wish to send \n"

# Set the Config
notifier.setConfig(config)

# Set the Message
notifier.setMessage(message) 

# Send the Message to email and notification service
notifier.sendMessage()