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Novu – Service for managing multi-channel notifications with a single API

160 points by AnhTho_FR 4y ago

Svarto 4y ago
This looks really interesting, does this run on react native? Or is it only for web apps?
- Svarto 4y ago
  I can see from the docs that what I read as in-app notifications, is actually the notification feed rather than mobile in-app notifications (to make it feature complete, similar to Onesignal). Looks really promising and will follow this as it develops!
  - scopsy 4y ago
    For now we only support a react ,vue, angular and web component. So no react native component at the moment. But you can always consume the react library with the provided hooks and implement your own UI using the API.
- rpastuszak 4y ago
  It seems to support Expo for push notifications (https://github.com/novuhq/novu/tree/main/providers/expo https://github.com/novuhq/novu/tree/main/providers/expo). I'm not sure if you could use it with "vanilla" RN.
  - oakesm9 4y ago
    You can use either Expo or Firebase Cloud Messages by the looks of it
danr4 4y ago
Been following this project since before the rename. Is anyone using this in production (1M+ notifications) that can share her experience?
- beardedman 4y ago
  +1 for me. Would also like to know this.
sumitsaurabh927 4y ago
This looks really promising! Looking forward to seeing how this develops. Great stuff!
codethief 4y ago
Now here's what I'd like: The opposite API for users (i.e. not developers/companies) which allows me – the user – to collect and handle (and prioritize!) all my notifications across all communication channels, whether it's "Your order got shipped" emails by Amazon, "Someone commented on your post" notifications on Facebook/Instagram, Slack reminders, Office 365 calendar notifications, …
- nirga 4y ago
  Is it possible technically? I mean can you read notifications from other apps without the respective app’s API key?
- gmemstr 4y ago
  Isn't this just email?
  - TeMPOraL 4y ago
    If only applications sent their notifications through e-mail. I particularly miss the times when Facebook would send notifications to your e-mail, with full content included, within minutes to hours of an event, if you happened to be logged out from the service. This was a neat way of reading chat messages without making the sender aware you've read them (that was before the whole thing got separated out to become Messenger). EDIT: one major benefit of e-mail as notification channel is that a typical non-ISP personal mailbox has practically infinite storage and a sensible search mechanism, giving you historizing/archiving for free.
- nvahalik 4y ago
  I mean, in a sense, this is what Notification Center via macOS/iOS does. What types of banners, sounds, handling mutes, etc...
  - WastingMyTime89 4y ago
    Android notification manager is more advanced here. They force apps to separate their notifications by their nature so you can disable some of them. iOS is a bit too broad here. It’s a place where they have been copying Android for years but keep lagging for reasons I don’t grasp.
wiseowise 4y ago
What’s with the overuse of emojis, though?
giaour 4y ago
Sounds a lot like Wuphf: https://theoffice.fandom.com/wiki/WUPHF.com_(Website) https://theoffice.fandom.com/wiki/WUPHF.com_(Website)
bluelightning2k 4y ago
If I'm understanding it correctly, this is kind of great. Does this wrap all those various notification formats into a single API? Where I'm confused: does this also provide client side methods, like how does the user start the oAuth flow for Teams, Slack etc
- scopsy 4y ago
  For now we don't provide this and the developer is required to get the credentials by himself, but it's defiently on our roadmap!
donatzsky 4y ago
How does this compare to Apprise? https://github.com/caronc/apprise https://github.com/caronc/apprise
raywu 4y ago
They raised $6mn+, congrats. Are they going after SaaS, but keeping single Dev experience free?

160 points by AnhTho_FR 4y ago

Svarto 4y ago

This looks really interesting, does this run on react native? Or is it only for web apps?

Svarto 4y ago
I can see from the docs that what I read as in-app notifications, is actually the notification feed rather than mobile in-app notifications (to make it feature complete, similar to Onesignal). Looks really promising and will follow this as it develops!
- scopsy 4y ago
  For now we only support a react ,vue, angular and web component. So no react native component at the moment. But you can always consume the react library with the provided hooks and implement your own UI using the API.
rpastuszak 4y ago
It seems to support Expo for push notifications (https://github.com/novuhq/novu/tree/main/providers/expo https://github.com/novuhq/novu/tree/main/providers/expo). I'm not sure if you could use it with "vanilla" RN.
- oakesm9 4y ago
  You can use either Expo or Firebase Cloud Messages by the looks of it

danr4 4y ago

Been following this project since before the rename. Is anyone using this in production (1M+ notifications) that can share her experience?

beardedman 4y ago
+1 for me. Would also like to know this.

sumitsaurabh927 4y ago

This looks really promising! Looking forward to seeing how this develops. Great stuff!

codethief 4y ago

Now here's what I'd like: The opposite API for users (i.e. not developers/companies) which allows me – the user – to collect and handle (and prioritize!) all my notifications across all communication channels, whether it's "Your order got shipped" emails by Amazon, "Someone commented on your post" notifications on Facebook/Instagram, Slack reminders, Office 365 calendar notifications, …

nirga 4y ago
Is it possible technically? I mean can you read notifications from other apps without the respective app’s API key?
gmemstr 4y ago
Isn't this just email?
- TeMPOraL 4y ago
  If only applications sent their notifications through e-mail. I particularly miss the times when Facebook would send notifications to your e-mail, with full content included, within minutes to hours of an event, if you happened to be logged out from the service. This was a neat way of reading chat messages without making the sender aware you've read them (that was before the whole thing got separated out to become Messenger). EDIT: one major benefit of e-mail as notification channel is that a typical non-ISP personal mailbox has practically infinite storage and a sensible search mechanism, giving you historizing/archiving for free.
nvahalik 4y ago
I mean, in a sense, this is what Notification Center via macOS/iOS does. What types of banners, sounds, handling mutes, etc...
- WastingMyTime89 4y ago
  Android notification manager is more advanced here. They force apps to separate their notifications by their nature so you can disable some of them. iOS is a bit too broad here. It’s a place where they have been copying Android for years but keep lagging for reasons I don’t grasp.

wiseowise 4y ago

What’s with the overuse of emojis, though?

giaour 4y ago

Sounds a lot like Wuphf: https://theoffice.fandom.com/wiki/WUPHF.com_(Website) https://theoffice.fandom.com/wiki/WUPHF.com_(Website)

bluelightning2k 4y ago

If I'm understanding it correctly, this is kind of great. Does this wrap all those various notification formats into a single API? Where I'm confused: does this also provide client side methods, like how does the user start the oAuth flow for Teams, Slack etc

scopsy 4y ago
For now we don't provide this and the developer is required to get the credentials by himself, but it's defiently on our roadmap!

donatzsky 4y ago

How does this compare to Apprise? https://github.com/caronc/apprise https://github.com/caronc/apprise

raywu 4y ago

They raised $6mn+, congrats. Are they going after SaaS, but keeping single Dev experience free?