unicef-notification 0.1.0

Django package that handles sending of notifications

# UNICEF Notification

Notification is a library that provides handles sending of notifications.


## Installation

pip install unicef-notification


## Setup

Add ``unicef_notification`` to ``INSTALLED_APPS`` in ``settings.py``

INSTALLED_APPS = [
...
'unicef_notification',
]

Define the notification template directory to be used;

UNICEF_NOTIFICATION_TEMPLATE_DIR = 'notifications'

This is the directory where notifcation templates are to be placed in your applications.

## Usage

Create notification template in defined `UNICEF_NOTIFICATION_TEMPLATE_DIR` from setup.

name = "<unique name for notification">
defaults = {
"description": "Sample notification",
"subject": "Subject of notification",
"content": "Content of notification",
"html_content": "Notificaton content in HTML format",
}

Update the notifications;

python manage.py update_notifications

Send notification with template;

from unicef_notification.utils import send_notification_with_template

context = {}
send_notification_with_template(
["[e-mail]"],
"<name-of-template>",
context,
)

Send notification without a template;

from unicef_notification.utils import send_notification

send_notification(
["[e-mail]"],
subject="Subject of notification",
content="Content of notification",
html_content="Notification content in HTML format",
)


## Contributing

### Environment Setup

To install the necessary libraries

$ make install


### Coding Standards

See `PEP 8 Style Guide for Python Code <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/>`_ for complete details on the coding standards.

To run checks on the code to ensure code is in compliance

$ make lint


### Testing

Testing is important and tests are located in `tests/` directory and can be run with;

$ make test

Coverage report is viewable in `build/coverage` directory, and can be generated with;


### Project Links

- Continuos Integration - https://circleci.com/gh/unicef/unicef-notification/tree/develop
- Source Code - https://github.com/unicef/unicef-notification