activitysmith 1.1.0

Official ActivitySmith Python SDK

ActivitySmith Python Library

The ActivitySmith Python library provides convenient access to the ActivitySmith API from Python applications.

Documentation

See the API reference.

Installation

This package is available on PyPI:

pip install activitysmith

Alternatively, install from source with:

python -m pip install .

Setup

import os
from activitysmith import ActivitySmith

activitysmith = ActivitySmith(
    api_key=os.environ["ACTIVITYSMITH_API_KEY"],
)

Push Notifications

Send a Push Notification

activitysmith.notifications.send(
    {
        "title": "New subscription 💸",
        "message": "Customer upgraded to Pro plan",
    }
)

Rich Push Notifications with Media

activitysmith.notifications.send(
    {
        "title": "Homepage ready",
        "message": "Your agent finished the redesign.",
        "media": "https://cdn.example.com/output/homepage-v2.png",
        "redirection": "https://github.com/acme/web/pull/482",
    }
)

Send images, videos, or audio with your push notifications, press and hold to preview media directly from the notification, then tap through to open the linked content.

What will work:

• direct image URL: .jpg, .png, .gif, etc.
• direct audio file URL: .mp3, .m4a, etc.
• direct video file URL: .mp4, .mov, etc.
• URL that responds with a proper media Content-Type, even if the path has no extension

Actionable Push Notifications

Actionable push notifications can open a URL on tap or trigger actions when someone long-presses the notification. Webhooks are executed by the ActivitySmith backend.

activitysmith.notifications.send(
    {
        "title": "New subscription 💸",
        "message": "Customer upgraded to Pro plan",
        "redirection": "https://crm.example.com/customers/cus_9f3a1d",  # Optional
        "actions": [  # Optional (max 4)
            {
                "title": "Open CRM Profile",
                "type": "open_url",
                "url": "https://crm.example.com/customers/cus_9f3a1d",
            },
            {
                "title": "Start Onboarding Workflow",
                "type": "webhook",
                "url": "https://hooks.example.com/activitysmith/onboarding/start",
                "method": "POST",
                "body": {
                    "customer_id": "cus_9f3a1d",
                    "plan": "pro",
                },
            },
        ],
    }
)

Live Activities

ActivitySmith supports two ways to drive Live Activities:

• Recommended: stream updates with activitysmith.live_activities.stream(...)
• Advanced: manual lifecycle control with start, update, and end

Use stream updates when you want the easiest, stateless flow. You don't need to store activity_id or manage lifecycle state yourself. Send the latest state for a stable stream_key and ActivitySmith will start or update the Live Activity for you. When the tracked process is over, call end_stream(...).

Use the manual lifecycle methods when you need direct control over a specific Live Activity instance.

Live Activity UI types:

• metrics: best for live operational stats like server CPU and memory, queue depth, or replica lag
• segmented_progress: best for step-based workflows like deployments, backups, and ETL pipelines
• progress: best for continuous jobs like uploads, reindexes, and long-running migrations tracked as a percentage

Recommended: Stream updates

Use a stable stream_key to identify the system or workflow you are tracking, such as a server, deployment, build pipeline, cron job, or charging session. This is especially useful for cron jobs and other scheduled tasks where you do not want to store activity_id between runs.

Metrics

status = activitysmith.live_activities.stream(
    "prod-web-1",
    {
        "content_state": {
            "title": "Server Health",
            "subtitle": "prod-web-1",
            "type": "metrics",
            "metrics": [
                {"label": "CPU", "value": 9, "unit": "%"},
                {"label": "MEM", "value": 45, "unit": "%"},
            ],
        },
    },
)

Segmented progress

activitysmith.live_activities.stream(
    "nightly-backup",
    {
        "content_state": {
            "title": "Nightly Backup",
            "subtitle": "upload archive",
            "type": "segmented_progress",
            "number_of_steps": 3,
            "current_step": 2,
        },
    },
)

Progress

activitysmith.live_activities.stream(
    "search-reindex",
    {
        "content_state": {
            "title": "Search Reindex",
            "subtitle": "catalog-v2",
            "type": "progress",
            "percentage": 42,
        },
    },
)

Call stream(...) again with the same stream_key whenever the state changes.

End a stream

Use this when the tracked process is finished and you no longer want the Live Activity on devices. content_state is optional here; include it if you want to end the stream with a final state.

activitysmith.live_activities.end_stream(
    "prod-web-1",
    {
        "content_state": {
            "title": "Server Health",
            "subtitle": "prod-web-1",
            "type": "metrics",
            "metrics": [
                {"label": "CPU", "value": 7, "unit": "%"},
                {"label": "MEM", "value": 38, "unit": "%"},
            ],
        },
    },
)

If you later send another stream(...) request with the same stream_key, ActivitySmith starts a new Live Activity for that stream again.

Stream responses include an operation field:

• started: ActivitySmith started a new Live Activity for this stream_key
• updated: ActivitySmith updated the current Live Activity
• rotated: ActivitySmith ended the previous Live Activity and started a new one
• noop: the incoming state matched the current state, so no update was sent
• paused: the stream is paused, so no Live Activity was started or updated
• ended: returned by end_stream(...) after the stream is ended

Advanced: Manual lifecycle control

Use these methods when you want to manage the Live Activity lifecycle yourself.

Shared flow

1. Call activitysmith.live_activities.start(...).
2. Save the returned activity_id.
3. Call activitysmith.live_activities.update(...) as progress changes.
4. Call activitysmith.live_activities.end(...) when the work is finished.

Metrics Type

Use metrics when you want to keep a small set of live stats visible, such as server health, queue pressure, or database load.

Start

start = activitysmith.live_activities.start(
    {
        "content_state": {
            "title": "Server Health",
            "subtitle": "prod-web-1",
            "type": "metrics",
            "metrics": [
                {"label": "CPU", "value": 9, "unit": "%"},
                {"label": "MEM", "value": 45, "unit": "%"},
            ],
        },
    }
)

activity_id = start.activity_id

Update

activitysmith.live_activities.update(
    {
        "activity_id": activity_id,
        "content_state": {
            "title": "Server Health",
            "subtitle": "prod-web-1",
            "type": "metrics",
            "metrics": [
                {"label": "CPU", "value": 76, "unit": "%"},
                {"label": "MEM", "value": 52, "unit": "%"},
            ],
        },
    }
)

End

activitysmith.live_activities.end(
    {
        "activity_id": activity_id,
        "content_state": {
            "title": "Server Health",
            "subtitle": "prod-web-1",
            "type": "metrics",
            "metrics": [
                {"label": "CPU", "value": 7, "unit": "%"},
                {"label": "MEM", "value": 38, "unit": "%"},
            ],
            "auto_dismiss_minutes": 2,
        },
    }
)

Segmented Progress Type

Use segmented_progress when progress is easier to follow as steps instead of a raw percentage. It fits jobs like backups, deployments, ETL pipelines, and checklists where "step 2 of 3" is more useful than "67%". number_of_steps is dynamic, so you can increase or decrease it later if the workflow changes.

Start

start = activitysmith.live_activities.start(
    {
        "content_state": {
            "title": "Nightly database backup",
            "subtitle": "create snapshot",
            "number_of_steps": 3,
            "current_step": 1,
            "type": "segmented_progress",
            "color": "yellow",
        },
    }
)

activity_id = start.activity_id

Update

activitysmith.live_activities.update(
    {
        "activity_id": activity_id,
        "content_state": {
            "title": "Nightly database backup",
            "subtitle": "upload archive",
            "number_of_steps": 3,
            "current_step": 2,
        },
    }
)

End

activitysmith.live_activities.end(
    {
        "activity_id": activity_id,
        "content_state": {
            "title": "Nightly database backup",
            "subtitle": "verify restore",
            "number_of_steps": 3,
            "current_step": 3,
            "auto_dismiss_minutes": 2,
        },
    }
)

Progress Type

Use progress when the state is naturally continuous. It fits charging, downloads, sync jobs, uploads, timers, and any flow where a percentage or numeric range is the clearest signal.

Start

start = activitysmith.live_activities.start(
    {
        "content_state": {
            "title": "EV Charging",
            "subtitle": "Added 30 mi range",
            "type": "progress",
            "percentage": 15,
        }
    }
)

activity_id = start.activity_id

Update

activitysmith.live_activities.update(
    {
        "activity_id": activity_id,
        "content_state": {
            "title": "EV Charging",
            "subtitle": "Added 120 mi range",
            "percentage": 60,
        }
    }
)

End

activitysmith.live_activities.end(
    {
        "activity_id": activity_id,
        "content_state": {
            "title": "EV Charging",
            "subtitle": "Added 200 mi range",
            "percentage": 100,
            "auto_dismiss_minutes": 2,
        }
    }
)

Live Activity Action

Just like Actionable Push Notifications, Live Activities can have a button that opens a URL in a browser or triggers a webhook. Webhooks are executed by the ActivitySmith backend.

Open URL action

start = activitysmith.live_activities.start(
    {
        "content_state": {
            "title": "Server Health",
            "subtitle": "prod-web-1",
            "type": "metrics",
            "metrics": [
                {"label": "CPU", "value": 76, "unit": "%"},
                {"label": "MEM", "value": 52, "unit": "%"},
            ],
        },
        "action": {
            "title": "Open Dashboard",
            "type": "open_url",
            "url": "https://ops.example.com/servers/prod-web-1",
        },
    }
)

activity_id = start.activity_id

Webhook action

activitysmith.live_activities.update(
    {
        "activity_id": activity_id,
        "content_state": {
            "title": "Server Health",
            "subtitle": "prod-web-1",
            "type": "metrics",
            "metrics": [
                {"label": "CPU", "value": 91, "unit": "%"},
                {"label": "MEM", "value": 57, "unit": "%"},
            ],
        },
        "action": {
            "title": "Restart Service",
            "type": "webhook",
            "url": "https://ops.example.com/hooks/servers/prod-web-1/restart",
            "method": "POST",
            "body": {
                "server_id": "prod-web-1",
                "requested_by": "activitysmith-python",
            },
        },
    }
)

Channels

Channels are used to target specific team members or devices. Can be used for both push notifications and live activities.

activitysmith.notifications.send(
    {
        "title": "New subscription 💸",
        "message": "Customer upgraded to Pro plan",
        "channels": ["sales", "customer-success"],  # Optional
    }
)

Error Handling

try:
    activitysmith.notifications.send(
        {
            "title": "New subscription 💸",
        }
    )
except Exception as err:
    print("Request failed:", err)

Request/response models are included and can be imported from activitysmith_openapi.models.

Requirements

• Python 3.9 or newer

License

MIT