win11toast 0.19

Toast notifications for Windows 10 and 11

win11toast

Toast notifications for Windows 10 and 11 based on WinRT

Installation

pip install win11toast

Usage

from win11toast import toast

toast('Hello Python🐍')

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/uwp/schemas/tiles/toastschema/element-text

Body

from win11toast import toast

toast('Hello Python', 'Click to open url', on_click='https://www.python.org')

Wrap text

from win11toast import toast

toast('Hello', 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit. Earum accusantium porro numquam aspernatur voluptates cum, odio in, animi nihil cupiditate molestias laborum. Consequatur exercitationem modi vitae. In voluptates quia obcaecati!')

Callback

from win11toast import toast

toast('Hello Python', 'Click to open url', on_click=lambda args: print('clicked!', args))
# clicked! {'arguments': 'http:', 'user_input': {}}

Icon

from win11toast import toast

toast('Hello', 'Hello from Python', icon='https://unsplash.it/64?image=669')

Square

from win11toast import toast

icon = {
    'src': 'https://unsplash.it/64?image=669',
    'placement': 'appLogoOverride'
}

toast('Hello', 'Hello from Python', icon=icon)

Image

from win11toast import toast

toast('Hello', 'Hello from Python', image='https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-u-uyq3FEqeY/UkJLl773BHI/AAAAAAAAYPQ/7bY05EeF1oI/s800/cooking_toaster.png')

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/uwp/schemas/tiles/toastschema/element-image

Hero

from win11toast import toast

image = {
    'src': 'https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-u-uyq3FEqeY/UkJLl773BHI/AAAAAAAAYPQ/7bY05EeF1oI/s800/cooking_toaster.png',
    'placement': 'hero'
}

toast('Hello', 'Hello from Python', image=image)

Progress

from time import sleep
from win11toast import notify, update_progress

notify(progress={
    'title': 'YouTube',
    'status': 'Downloading...',
    'value': '0',
    'valueStringOverride': '0/15 videos'
})

for i in range(1, 15+1):
    sleep(1)
    update_progress({'value': i/15, 'valueStringOverride': f'{i}/15 videos'})

update_progress({'status': 'Completed!'})

Attributes https://docs.microsoft.com/en-ca/uwp/schemas/tiles/toastschema/element-progress

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/design/shell/tiles-and-notifications/toast-progress-bar

Audio

from win11toast import toast

toast('Hello', 'Hello from Python', audio='ms-winsoundevent:Notification.Looping.Alarm')

Available audio https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/uwp/schemas/tiles/toastschema/element-audio

From URL

from win11toast import toast

toast('Hello', 'Hello from Python', audio='https://nyanpass.com/nyanpass.mp3')

From file

from win11toast import toast

toast('Hello', 'Hello from Python', audio=r"C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\nyanpass.mp3")

I don't know how to add custom audio please help.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/design/shell/tiles-and-notifications/custom-audio-on-toasts

Loop

from win11toast import toast

toast('Hello', 'Hello from Python', audio={'loop': 'true'})

from win11toast import toast

toast('Hello', 'Hello from Python', audio={'src': 'ms-winsoundevent:Notification.Looping.Alarm', 'loop': 'true'})

Silent

from win11toast import toast

toast('Hello Python🐍', audio={'silent': 'true'})

Long duration

from win11toast import toast

toast('Hello Python🐍', duration='long')

displayed for 25 seconds https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/uwp/schemas/tiles/toastschema/element-toast

Button

from win11toast import toast

toast('Hello', 'Hello from Python', button='Dismiss')
# {'arguments': 'http:Dismiss', 'user_input': {}}

from win11toast import toast

toast('Hello', 'Hello from Python', button={'activationType': 'protocol', 'arguments': 'https://google.com', 'content': 'Open Google'})
# {'arguments': 'https://google.com', 'user_input': {}}

from win11toast import toast

toast('Hello', 'Click a button', buttons=['Approve', 'Dismiss', 'Other'])

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/uwp/schemas/tiles/toastschema/element-action

Play music or Open Explorer

from win11toast import toast

buttons = [
    {'activationType': 'protocol', 'arguments': 'C:\Windows\Media\Alarm01.wav', 'content': 'Play'},
    {'activationType': 'protocol', 'arguments': 'file:///C:/Windows/Media', 'content': 'Open Folder'}
]

toast('Music Player', 'Download Finished', buttons=buttons)

Input

from win11toast import toast

toast('Hello', 'Type anything', input='reply', button='Send')
# {'arguments': 'http:Send', 'user_input': {'reply': 'Hi there'}}

from win11toast import toast

toast('Hello', 'Type anything', input='reply', button={'activationType': 'protocol', 'arguments': 'http:', 'content': 'Send', 'hint-inputId': 'reply'})
# {'arguments': 'http:', 'user_input': {'reply': 'Hi there'}}

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/uwp/schemas/tiles/toastschema/element-input

Selection

from win11toast import toast

toast('Hello', 'Which do you like?', selection=['Apple', 'Banana', 'Grape'], button='Submit')
# {'arguments': 'dismiss', 'user_input': {'selection': 'Grape'}}

No arguments

from win11toast import toast

toast()

Non blocking

from win11toast import notify

notify('Hello Python', 'Click to open url', on_click='https://www.python.org')

Async

from win11toast import toast_async

async def main():
    await toast_async('Hello Python', 'Click to open url', on_click='https://www.python.org')

Jupyter

from win11toast import notify

notify('Hello Python', 'Click to open url', on_click='https://www.python.org')

from win11toast import toast_async

await toast_async('Hello Python', 'Click to open url', on_click='https://www.python.org')

Debug

from win11toast import toast

xml = """
<toast launch="action=openThread&amp;threadId=92187">

    <visual>
        <binding template="ToastGeneric">
            <text hint-maxLines="1">Jill Bender</text>
            <text>Check out where we camped last weekend! It was incredible, wish you could have come on the backpacking trip!</text>
            <image placement="appLogoOverride" hint-crop="circle" src="https://unsplash.it/64?image=1027"/>
            <image placement="hero" src="https://unsplash.it/360/180?image=1043"/>
        </binding>
    </visual>

    <actions>

        <input id="textBox" type="text" placeHolderContent="reply"/>

        <action
          content="Send"
          imageUri="Assets/Icons/send.png"
          hint-inputId="textBox"
          activationType="background"
          arguments="action=reply&amp;threadId=92187"/>

    </actions>

</toast>"""

toast(xml=xml)

Notifications Visualizer

Acknowledgements

• winsdk_toast
• Windows-Toasts
• MarcAlx/notification.py