WWW::Notifo - Interface to notifo.com notification service
This document describes WWW::Notifo version 0.09
use WWW::Notifo; my $notifo = WWW::Notifo->new( username => 'foo', secret => 'xabc123' ); # Subscribe a user... my $status = $notifo->subscribe_user( username => 'bar' ); # Send a notification my $status = $notifo->send_notification( to => 'someone', msg => 'Hello!', label => 'JAPH', title => 'Boo', uri => 'http://example.com/' );
Notifo (http://notifo.com/) is a web based notification service that can send push messages to mobile deviceas.
From http://notifo.com/:
What Can I Do With Notifo? If you are a User, you can subscribe to receive notifications from your favorite services that integrate with Notifo. On Notifo's site you can set timers, send yourself messages, set stock alerts, and Google Voice SMS alerts. More built-in services will be released in the near future. If you are a Service, you can integrate with Notifo's API and start sending mobile notifications to your users within a few hours. No need to spend time or resources developing mobile applications just so you can reach your users!
new
Create a new WWW::Notifo object. In common with all methods exposed by the module accepts a number of key => value pairs. The username and secret options are mandatory:
WWW::Notifo
username
secret
my $notifo = WWW::Notifo->new( username => 'alice', secret => 'x3122b4c4d3bad5e8d7397f0501b617ce60afe5d' );
API calls provide access to the Notifo API.
On success they return a reference to a hash containing the response from notifo.com. On errors an exception will be thrown. In the case of an error the response hash can be retrieved by calling last.
last
subscribe_user
Service providers must call this method when users want to subscribe to notifo alerts. This method will send a confirmation message to the user where they can complete the opt-in process. The service provider will not be able to send notifications to the user until this subscribe/opt- in process has been completed.
Users sending notifications to themselves with their User account do not need to use this method. Since a User account can only send notifications to itself, it is already implicitly subscribed. Only Service accounts need to use this method to subscribe other users.
my $resp = $notifo->subscribe_user( username => 'hexten' );
send_notification
Once a user has subscribed to notifo alerts, service providers can call this method to send notifications to specific users. The to and msg parameters are required. The title parameter is optional, and can be thought of as a description of the type of notification being sent (almost like the subject of an email). The uri parameter is used to specify what URI (web address, app uri, etc) will be loaded when the user opens the notification. If omitted, the default service provider URL is used.
to
msg
title
uri
my $resp = $notifo->send_notification( to => 'hexten', msg => 'Testing...', label => 'Test', title => 'Hoot', uri => 'http://hexten.net/' );
api
API entry points other than subscribe_user and send_notification (of which there are currently none) can be accessed directly by calling api. For example, the above send_notification example can also be written as:
my $resp = $notifo->api( 'send_notification', to => 'hexten', msg => 'Testing...', label => 'Test', title => 'Hoot', uri => 'http://hexten.net/' );
Get the most recent response (a hash ref). Useful in the case of an HTTP error (which throws an exception).
The following convenience subroutine may be exported:
notifo
Send a notification.
notifo( username => 'alice', secret => 'x3122b4c4d3bad5e8d7397f0501b617ce60afe5d', to => 'hexten', msg => 'Testing...', label => 'Test', title => 'Hoot', uri => 'http://hexten.net/' );
Andy Armstrong <andy@hexten.net>
<andy@hexten.net>
Copyright (c) 2010, Andy Armstrong <andy@hexten.net>.
This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See perlartistic.
To install WWW::Notifo, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm WWW::Notifo
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install WWW::Notifo
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.