alert-after-pro 0.2.0

Get notified when your commands complete - supports Telegram, SMS, DingDing, Ntfy, and more

Alert After Pro 🚀

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Get notified when your commands complete! Simply prefix any command with aa and receive notifications via Telegram, SMS, DingDing (钉钉), Ntfy, or Pushover.

Perfect for long-running builds, tests, deployments, or any command you want to monitor remotely.

✨ Features

• Super Simple: Just prefix your command with aa
• Multiple Channels: Telegram, SMS (Twilio), DingDing, Ntfy, Pushover
• Rich Notifications: Command status, duration, exit code, hostname
• Cross-platform: Works on Linux, macOS, and Windows
• Zero Dependencies: Minimal core dependencies
• Configurable: Optional command output capture, multiple simultaneous channels

🚀 Quick Start

Installation

pip install alert-after-pro

That's it! One line installation.

Setup

Run the configuration wizard:

aa --setup

Choose your notification channels and provide the necessary credentials.

Usage

Simply prefix any command with aa:

# Examples
aa make build
aa pytest tests/
aa docker-compose up
aa "sleep 10 && echo done"
aa npm install && npm run build

📱 Supported Notification Channels

Telegram

1. Create a bot via @BotFather
2. Get your bot token
3. Send a message to your bot
4. Get your chat ID from: https://api.telegram.org/bot<TOKEN>/getUpdates

Ntfy (ntfy.sh or self-hosted)

• Server: Use https://ntfy.sh or your own server
• Topic: Any topic name (e.g., "my-alerts")
• Auth: Optional username/password for private servers

DingDing (钉钉)

1. Create a robot in your DingDing group
2. Get the webhook URL
3. Optional: Enable signature verification with secret

SMS (via Twilio)

1. Sign up at Twilio
2. Get your Account SID and Auth Token
3. Get a phone number

Pushover

1. Sign up at Pushover
2. Create an application
3. Get your app token and user key

🔧 Command Options

aa --help                # Show help
aa --setup               # Run configuration wizard
aa --test                # Send test notification
aa --silent <command>    # Run command without notifications

📁 Configuration

Configuration is stored in ~/.aa/config.yaml:

enabled_notifiers:
  - telegram
  - ntfy

capture_output: false

telegram:
  bot_token: "your_bot_token"
  chat_id: "your_chat_id"

ntfy:
  server: "https://ntfy.sh"
  topic: "my-alerts"
  username: "optional"
  password: "optional"

dingding:
  webhook: "https://oapi.dingtalk.com/robot/send?access_token=..."
  secret: "optional_secret"

sms:
  provider: "twilio"
  account_sid: "your_account_sid"
  auth_token: "your_auth_token"
  from_number: "[phone]"
  to_number: "+0987654321"

pushover:
  app_token: "your_app_token"
  user_key: "your_user_key"

📋 What You'll Get

Rich notifications include:

• ✅/❌ Command status (success/failure)
• 🖥️ Hostname
• 💻 Full command
• ⏱️ Execution duration
• 📊 Exit code
• 🕐 Start and end times
• 📋 Command output (optional)
• ❌ Error messages (on failure)

🛠️ Development

Local Development

git clone https://github.com/alert-after-pro/alert-after-pro
cd alert-after-pro
pip install -e .

Testing

# Install with dev dependencies
pip install -e ".[dev]"

# Run tests
pytest

# Test specific notifier
aa --test

Project Structure

alert-after-pro/
├── src/alert_after_pro/
│   ├── main.py              # Entry point
│   ├── config.py            # Configuration management
│   └── notifiers/           # Notification implementations
│       ├── base.py          # Abstract base class
│       ├── telegram.py
│       ├── ntfy.py
│       ├── dingding.py
│       ├── sms.py
│       └── pushover.py
├── setup.py
└── requirements.txt

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request. Areas for contribution:

• New notification channels
• Improved error handling
• Better message formatting
• Documentation improvements
• Testing

📄 License

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details.

🙏 Acknowledgments

Inspired by alert-after. Built for developers who want to be notified when their long-running commands complete.

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Happy coding! 🎉

Made with ❤️ for developers who like to step away from their terminals.