pushbullet-notifier

Simple pushbullet-notifier for Linux desktop.

Why:

The Chrome extension store has ended support for MV2 extensions and the author has no plans to port the Pushbullet extension to MV3 as far as am aware.

So we make our own replacement listener client using the API. And queue incoming notifications to desktop using notify-send.

Requirements:

python and libnotify.

Works on:

Benefits:

• Extremely simple - Uses std python libraries for websocket connections to Pushbullet's API.
• Local cache of client pushes.
• Resilient auto-resume from last message. HTTP polling keeps pushes always fresh.

Use: Easy as 1,2,3

1. Get API Access Token from https://www.pushbullet.com/#settings/account

2. Create pushbullet client aka $DEVICE_ID.

   curl -u $PUSHBULLET_API_KEY: -X POST https://api.pushbullet.com/v2/devices \
       -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
       -d '{"nickname": "LinuxPC", "icon": "laptop"}'
   
   

   from the response iden is your $PUSHBULLET_DEVICE_ID

3. Run the python app as a daemon service to listen for new pushes

   Configure the environment variables in the service

   nano ~/.config/systemd/user/pushbullet-notify.service

    [Unit]
    Description=Pushbullet Notification Service
    After=graphical-session.target network-online.target
    Requires=graphical-session.target
    
    [Service]
    ExecStartPre=/bin/sleep 15
    ExecStart=%h/.stuff/push.py
    Restart=always
    WatchdogSec=900
    Type=notify
    RestartSec=10
    WorkingDirectory=%h/.stuff
    
    # Pushbullet API
    Environment="PUSHBULLET_API_KEY=o.8ZxSAMPLEpKo8uRp"
    Environment="PUSHBULLET_DEVICE_ID=ujxSAMPLEZ32i"
    
    [Install]
    WantedBy=graphical-session.target
   
   

   then run:

   systemctl --user enable --now pushbullet-notify.service

Learn more about the pushbullet API here: https://docs.pushbullet.com/