com.webos.notification

Note
This API has been available since API level 11.

API Summary

Manages the system notifications.

Overview of the API

Enables apps or services to manage system notifications. The main types of notifications supported are:

  • Toast: This is an info alert that displays the message and title. It gets dismissed automatically after a few seconds. When creating the toast, it can be decided if it must be persisted in the Notification Center App.
  • Alert: This is a dialog message with at least one action button. It can be a modal or non-modal alert. For a modal alert, all interaction with the UI will be blocked until the alert is dismissed.

Methods

closeAlert

ACG: notification.management
  • Added: API level 11

Description

Closes the currently displayed alert notification.

Parameters

Name

Required

Type

Description

alertIdRequiredString

The ID of the alert notification to close.

Call Returns

Name

Required

Type

Description

returnValueRequiredBoolean

Indicates the status of operation. Possible values are:

  • true - Indicates that the operation was successful.
  • false - Indicates that the operation failed. Check the "errorText" field for details.
errorTextOptionalString

Indicates the reason for the failure of the operation. See the "Error Codes Reference" section of this method for details.

Error Codes Reference

Error Code

Error Text

Error Description

NoneMessage is not parsed

 This message implies that a JSON message parsing error occured. One of the following situations can cause the parsing error:

  • The Request object was not formatted correctly.
  • One or more of the required fields are missing.
  • One or more of the values provided were not the expected data type, for example a string was expected, however the app passed a number instead.
NoneAlert ID can't be empty

This message implies that the alertId field in the message is empty or missing.

NoneAlert ID parse error

       This message implies that the alertId is not formatted properly.

Example

Example code

# luna-send -n 1 -f -a com.webos.surfacemanager luna://com.webos.notification/closeAlert '{"alertId":"com.webos.surfacemanager-1582876366095"}'

Response:

{
    "returnValue": true
}

closeAllAlerts

ACG: notification.management
  • Added: API level 12

Description

Closes all the open alerts.

Note: This method is only used by com.webos.service.battest during BAT test. If the caller is not com.webos.service.battest, the method will fail.

Parameters

None

Call Returns

Name

Required

Type

Description

returnValueRequiredBoolean

Indicates the status of operation. Possible values are:

  • true - Indicates that the operation was successful.
  • false - Indicates that the operation failed. Check the "errorText" field for details.
errorTextOptionalString

Indicates the reason for the failure of the operation. See the Error Codes Reference of this method for more details.

Error Codes Reference

Error Code

Error Text

Error Description

NoneUnknown Source

This message implies that the system was unable to retrieve the app source ID from the system bus message.

NoneMessage is not parsed

This message implies that a JSON message parsing error occured. One of the following situations can cause the parsing error:

  • The Request object was not formatted correctly.
  • One ore more of the required fields are missing.
  • One or more of the values provided were not the expected data type, for example a string was expected, however the app passed a number instead.
NoneInvalid source ID specified

If call is not from com.webos.service.battest, notification refuses API request with this error.

Example

Example code

Example for a successful call:

# luna-send -n 1 -f -a com.webos.service.battest luna://com.webos.notification/closeAllAlerts '{}'

 

Response:


  "returnValue":true
}

 

Example for a failed call:

# luna-send -n 1 -f luna://com.webos.notification/closeAllAlerts '{}'

 

Response:


  "returnValue":false,
  "errorText":"Unknown Source"
}

closeToast

ACG: notification.management
  • Added: API level 11

Description

Removes a toast notification from the database.

Parameters

Name

Required

Type

Description

toastIdOptionalString

ID of the toast notification to remove from the database. 

Note: Either toastId or sourceId is required.

sourceIdOptionalString

ID of the app/service to remove from the database.

Note: Either toastId or sourceId is required.

Call Returns

Name

Required

Type

Description

returnValueRequiredBoolean

Indicates the status of the operation.

Possible values are:

  • true: Indicates that the operation was successful.
  • false: Indicates that the operation failed. Check the "errorText" field for details.
errorTextOptionalString

Indicates the reason for the failure of the operation. See the "Error Codes Reference" section of this method for details.

Error Codes Reference

Error Code

Error Text

Error Description

NoneToast ID parse error

Indicates that the toastId is not formatted properly. 

NoneBoth Toast ID and Source ID can't be empty

Indicates that neither toastId or sourceId field in the message is empty or missing.

NoneMessage is not parsed

Indicates that a JSON message parsing error occured.

Possible situations that can cause the parsing error:

  • The Request object was not formatted correctly.
  • One or more of the required fields are missing.
  • One or more of the values provided were not the expected data type, for example a string was expected, however the app passed a number instead.

Example

Example : With toast ID

# luna-send -n 1 -f -a com.webos.app.test luna://com.webos.notification/closeToast '{
   "toastId":"com.webos.app.test-1433221930402"
}'

Response:


  "returnValue":true
}

Example : With source ID

# luna-send -n 1 -f -a com.webos.app.test luna://com.webos.notification/closeToast '{
   "sourceId":"com.webos.app.test"
}'

Response:


  "returnValue":true
}

createAlert

ACG: notification.operation
  • Added: API level 11

Description

Creates a system alert notification.

Parameters

Name

Required

Type

Description

iconUrlOptionalString

The file path of the alert icon. The file path must be local to the device.

titleOptionalString

A brief title for the alert notification. 

messageRequiredString

A detailed message for the alert notification.

modalOptionalBoolean

Indicates whether to display a modal or non-modal alert notification. Possible values are:

  • true: Display a modal alert notification
  • false: Display a non-modal alert notification

Note: The default value is false.

buttonsRequiredObject array: button

Defines the button label, and onclick action. Button specification is given in an array. An example is:

"buttons":[
        {"label":"button1", "onclick":"luna://com.webos.service.applicationmanager/launch", "params":{"id":"com.webos.app.settings"}},
        {"label":"button2", "focus":true},
        {"label":"button3"}
]

oncloseOptionalObject: onclose

Defines the close action to be performed when an alert is closed.

typeOptionalString

Defines the button type in the alert. Possible values are: 

  • confirm (default)
  • warning
isSysReqOptionalBoolean

Indicates whether the notification has come from an app or system

  • true : notification comes from system
  • false : notification comes from an app
onfailOptionalObject: onfail

Action to be performed on failure to create an alert.

Call Returns

Name

Required

Type

Description

alertIdOptionalString

The ID of the created alert notification. This would be sourceId + "-" + Timestamp.

returnValueRequiredBoolean

Indicates the status of operation. Possible values are:

  • true - Indicates that the operation was successful.
  • false - Indicates that the operation failed. Check the "errorText" field for details.
errorTextOptionalString

Indicates the reason for the failure of the operation. See the "Error Codes Reference" section of this method for details.

Error Codes Reference

Error Code

Error Text

Error Description

NoneUnknown Source

This message implies that the system was unable to retrieve the app's sourceId from the system bus message.

NonePermission Denied

This message implies that the app does not have permission to create system alerts.

NoneMessage is not parsed

This message implies that a JSON message parsing error occured. One of the following situations can cause the parsing error:

  • The Request object was not formatted correctly.
  • One ore more of the required fields are missing.
  • One or more of the values provided were not the expected data type, for example a string was expected, however the app passed a number instead.
NoneMessage can't be empty

This message implies that the field message in the request message is empty.

NoneInvalid Service Uri in the onclick

This message implies that the service URI given in the onclick object is invalid.

Example

Example scenario

# luna-send -n 1 -f -a com.webos.surfacemanager luna://com.webos.notification/createAlert '{
   "message":"hello world",
   "buttons":[
      {
         "label":"launch",
         "params":{
            "id":"youtube.leanback.v4"
         }
      }
   ]
}'

Response:

{
   "alertId":"com.webos.surfacemanager-1582247038454",
   "returnValue":true
}

createToast

ACG: notification.operation
  • Added: API level 11

Description

Creates a toast notification.

Parameters

Name

Required

Type

Description

sourceIdOptionalString

The ID of the application or service that creates the toast notification.

iconUrlOptionalString

The file path of the alert icon. The file path must be local to the device.

NOTE: The icon must be 80 x 80 and in PNG format.

messageRequiredString

The detailed message to be displayed as part of the toast notification. The message can be up to 60 characters long.

onclickOptionalObject: onclick

Defines the toast action. An example is: 

{"appId":"com.webos.app.test"}

noactionOptionalBoolean

Indicates no action is required. Possible values are:

  • true: If no action is required
  • false: If action is defined.

Note: The default value is false.

staleOptionalBoolean

Possible values are:

  • true: To indicate the toast notification is old and does not need to be displayed.
  • false: If the toast notification is current and should be displayed.

Note: The default value is false.

persistentOptionalBoolean

Indicates whether the toast message should be saved in the database. If persistent is set to true, the toast message will be saved in the database.

isSysReqOptionalBoolean

Defines notification comes from app or system

  • true : notification comes from system
  • false : notification comes from app
scheduleOptionalObject: schedule

Creates a toast notification as a persistent message and defines its schedule.

typeOptionalString

Defines the toast type.

extraOptionalObject array: image

Defines extra toast resource.

onlyToastOptionalBoolean

Indicates if notification to be created is just a simple toast.

Possible values are:

  • true: Shows simple information
  • false: Calls createNotification API and notiInfo is added in notification list

Default: true

Call Returns

Name

Required

Type

Description

returnValueRequiredBoolean

Indicates the status of operation.

Possible values are:

  • true: Indicates that the operation was successful.
  • false: Indicates that the operation failed.
toastIdOptionalString

The id of the created toast notification. This would be sourceId + "-" + Timestamp.

errorTextOptionalString

Indicates the reason for the failure of the operation. See the "Error Codes Reference" section of this method for details.

Error Codes Reference

Error Code

Error Text

Error Description

NoneUnknown Source

Indicates that the system was unable to retrieve the app source id from the System Bus message.

NoneMessage is not parsed

Indicates that the JSON message parsing error occured.

Possible situations that can cause the parsing error:

  • Request object was not formatted correctly.
  • One ore more of the required fields are missing.
  • One or more of the values provided were not the expected data type, for example a string was expected, however the app passed a number instead.
NoneInvalid id specified

Indicates that the app is missing from the requested message.

NoneInvalid source id specified

Indicates that the app Id given in the requested message does not match with the system bus caller Id.

NoneMessage can't be empty

Indicates that the message field in the requested message is empty.

Example

Example code

# luna-send -n 1 -f -a com.webos.app.test luna://com.webos.notification/createToast '{
      "sourceId":"com.webos.app.test",
      "onclick": {"appId":"com.webos.app.test"},
      "message":"hello world",
      "noaction": false,
      "persistent":true
}'

Response:

{
    "toastId": "com.webos.app.test-1435192659892",
    "returnValue": true
}

disable

ACG: notification.management
  • Added: API level 21

Description

Disables all notification features (Toast, Alert, Input Alert, Pin Prompt).

Note: Only a privileged application or service can call this method.

Parameters

None

Call Returns

Name

Required

Type

Description

returnValueRequiredBoolean

Indicates the status of the operation.

Possible values are:

  • true: Indicates that the operation was successful.
  • false: Indicates that the operation failed.
errorTextOptionalString

Indicates the reason for the failure of the operation. See the "Error Codes" section of this method for details.

Error Codes Reference

Error Code

Error Text

Error Description

NoneUnknown Source

Indicates that the system was unable to retrieve the app/service's source id from the system bus message.

NonePermission Denied

Indicates that the app/service does not have permission to enable notifications.

Example

Example code

# luna-send -n 1 -f -a com.webos.app.test luna://com.webos.notification/disable '{}'

Response:

{
   "returnValue": true
}

enable

ACG: notification.management
  • Added: API level 21

Description

Enables all notification features (Toast, Alert, Input Alert, Pin Prompt).

Note: Only a privileged app/service can call this method.

Parameters

None

Call Returns

Name

Required

Type

Description

returnValueRequiredBoolean

Indicates the status of the operation.

Possible values are:

  • true: Indicates that the operation was successful.
  • false: Indicates that the operation failed.
errorTextOptionalString

Indicates the reason for the failure of the operation. See the "Error Codes" section of this method for details.

Error Codes Reference

Error Code

Error Text

Error Description

NoneUnknown Source

Indicates that the system was unable to retrieve the app/service's source id from the system bus message.

NonePermission Denied

Indicates that the app/service does not have permission to enable notifications.

Example

Example code

# luna-send -n 1 -f -a com.webos.app.test luna://com.webos.notification/enable '{}'

Response:

{
   "returnValue": true
}

getAlertNotification

ACG: notification.management
  • Added: API level 12

Description

Subscribe to create alert notifications.

Note: This method should only be used by the Surface Manager.

Parameters

Name

Required

Type

Description

subscribeOptionalBoolean

Indicates if subscribed to get notifications.

Possible values are:

  • true: Subscribed for notifications.
  • false: Not subscribed

Default: false

Call Returns

Name

Required

Type

Description

returnValueRequiredBoolean

Indicates the status of operation.

Possible values are:

  • true: Indicates that the operation was successful.
  • false: Indicates that the operation failed.

Note: This method always returns returnValue as true.

subscribedOptionalBoolean

Indicates if subscribed to get notifications.

Possible values are:

  • true: Subscribed for notifications.
  • false: Not subscribed

Note: No explicit error message will be sent out when the subscription fails because this method is intended for one specific client that is the Surface Manager.

Subscription Returns

Name

Required

Type

Description

alertInfoRequiredObject: alertInfo

Contains alert info.

timestampRequiredString

Indicates the timestamp string.

Note: It indicates epoch time as milliseconds.

returnValueRequiredBoolean

Indicates the status of operation.

Possible values are:

  • true: Indicates that the operation was successful.
  • false: Indicates that the operation failed.

Note: This method always returns returnValue as true.

alertActionRequiredString

Indicates the action that the subscriber should take.

Possible alert types are:

  • open: Indicates that the SystemUI should show the alert.
  • close: Indicates that the SystemUI should close the currently open alert. 
onFailActionOptionalObject: onFailAction

Indicates the action to be performed on failure to create an alert.

Example

Example code

# luna-send -i -f -a com.webos.surfacemanager luna://com.webos.notification/getAlertNotification '{"subscribe":true}'

Response:

{
    "subscribed": true,
    "returnValue": true
}

Subscription Response:

{
   "returnValue":true,
   "alertAction":"open",
   "alertInfo":{
      "iconPath":"/usr/share/asm/130x130 usb-port2.png",
      "sourceId":"com.webos.surfacemanager",
      "displayId":0,
      "buttons":[
         {
            "action":{
               "launchParams":{
                  "id":"youtube.leanback.v4"
               },
               "serviceURI":"luna://com.webos.service.applicationmanager/",
               "serviceMethod":"launch"
            },
            "focus":false,
            "label":"launch"
         }
      ],
      "message":"hello world",
      "isNotiSave":false,
      "iconUrl":" [file:///usr/share/asm/130x130]  usb-port2.png",
      "modal":false,
      "onCloseAction":{
         
      },
      "progress":0,
      "alertId":"com.webos.surfacemanager-1690213268617",
      "type":"progress",
      "title":"this is to get alertInfo",
      "isSysReq":false,
      "onFailAction":{
         
      }
   },
   "timestamp":"1690213268617"
}

getToastCount

ACG: notification.management
  • Added: API level 12

Description

Queries the toast notification details of the stored messages and provides the read/unread count of the toast notifications.

Note: Only "com.webos.surfacemanager" and "com.webos.app.notification" have permission to monitor the notification status change.

Parameters

Name

Required

Type

Description

subscribeOptionalBoolean

Indicates if subscribed to get notifications.

Possible values are:

  • true: Subscribe for notifications
  • false: Not subscribed
displayIdOptionalNumber

Identifier of the display where the notification is to be displayed. Possible values are 0 and 1.

Call Returns

Name

Required

Type

Description

returnValueRequiredBoolean

Indicates the status of operation.

Possible values are:

  • true: Indicates that the operation was successful.
  • false: Indicates that the operation failed.
subscribedRequiredBoolean

Indicates if subscribed to get notifications.

Possible values are:

  • true: Subscribe for notifications
  • false: Not subscribed

Subscription Returns

Name

Required

Type

Description

readCountRequiredNumber

Indicates the count of toast notifications read by a specific user.

unreadCountRequiredNumber

Indicates the count of toast notifications unread by the user.

totalCountRequiredNumber

Indicates the total count of toast notifications respective to a user.

returnValueRequiredBoolean

Indicates the status of operation.

Possible values are:

  • true: Indicates that the operation was successful.
  • false: Indicates that the operation failed.

Example

Example: Get toast count form a specific displayId

# luna-send -i -f -a com.webos.app.notification luna://com.webos.notification/getToastCount '{
   "subscribe":true,

   "displayId": 0
}'

Response:

{
    "returnValue" : true,
    "subscribed" : true
}

Subscription response:

{
    "unreadCount": 2,
    "totalCount": 3,
    "readCount": 1,
    "returnValue": true
}

getToastList

ACG: notification.management
  • Added: API level 12

Description

Lists the toasts created for the app/client based on the user logged into the particular session.

Parameters

Name

Required

Type

Description

displayIdOptionalNumber

Identifier of the display where the notification is to be displayed. Possible values are 0 and 1.

Call Returns

Name

Required

Type

Description

returnValueRequiredBoolean

Indicates the status of the operation.

Possible values are:

  • true: Indicates that the operation was successful.
  • false: Indicates that the operation failed.
toastInfoRequiredObject array: toastInfo

Contains information of the stored toasts.

errorTextOptionalString

Indicates the reason for the failure of the operation. See the "Error Codes Reference" section of this method for details.

Error Codes Reference

Error Code

Error Text

Error Description

NoneUnknown Source

Indicates that the system was unable to retrieve the app/service's source id from the system bus message.

NonePermission Denied

Indicates that the app/service does not have permission to query toast list.

NoneMessage is not parsed

Indicates that the required parameters were not passed to API.

NoneCan't get the notification info from db

Failed to fetch the toast list from the database.

Example

Example

# luna-send -n 1 -f -a com.webos.app.notification luna://com.webos.notification/getToastList '{"displayId": 0}'

Response:

{
    "returnValue": true
    "toastInfo" : [
        {
            "sourceId" : "com.webos.app.notification",
            "toastId" : "com.webos.app.notification-1584349101435",
            "timestamp" : "1584349101435",
            "iconUrl" : "file:///usr/palm/notificationmgr/images/toast-notification-icon.png",
            "iconPath" : "/usr/palm/notificationmgr/images/toast-notification-icon.png",
            "title" : "",
            "message" : "hello world",
            "isSysReq" : false,
            "user" : "guest",
            "schedule" : {
                "expire": 1590207128
            },
            "type" : "standard",
            "action" : {
                "launchParams": {
                    "id": "com.webos.app.notification"
                },
                "serviceMethod": "launch",
                "serviceURI": "luna://com.webos.service.applicationmanager/"
            }
            "readStatus" : false
        },
    ],

    "displayId": 0
}

getToastNotification

ACG: notification.management
  • Added: API level 12

Description

Subscribe to created toast notification. 

Note: This method should only be used by Surface Manager only.

Parameters

Name

Required

Type

Description

subscribeOptionalBoolean

Indicates if subscribed to get notifications.

Possible values are:

  • true: Subscribe for notifications
  • false: Not subscribed

Default: false

Call Returns

Name

Required

Type

Description

subscribedOptionalBoolean

Indicates if subscribed to get notifications.

Possible values are:

  • true: Subscribe for notifications
  • false: Not subscribed

Note: No explicit error message will be sent out when subscription fails because this method is intended for one speicific client that is the Surface Manager.

returnValueRequiredBoolean

Indicates the status of the operation.

Possible values are:

  • true: Indicates that the operation was successful.
  • false: Indicates that the operation failed.

Note: This method always returns returnValue as true.

Subscription Returns

Name

Required

Type

Description

returnValueRequiredBoolean

Indicates the status of the operation.

Possible values are:

  • true: Indicates that the operation was successful.
  • false: Indicates that the operation failed.

Note: This method always returns returnValue as true.

messageRequiredString

Contains the message to be displayed.

typeOptionalString

Indicates the type of the toast message.

Note: This is optional parameter and currently not used. This is reserved for future purpose.

titleOptionalString

Contains the title information to be displayed for the toast.

isCradleReqOptionalBoolean

Indicates if this is a Cradle Request or not. Cradle Request is used for Battery Notifications only. So, it will be set to false for all other cases.

Note:

  • A Cradle is used for charging the watch wirelessly. When a watch is put on an inductive charger, it sends a notification indicating the current battery level.
  • A Cradle Request is used for showing that notification.
sourceIdRequiredString

Contains the source Id of the requester. 

timestampRequiredString

Indicates the time stamp string. It indicates epoch time as milliseconds.

isSysReqRequiredBoolean

Indicates if the notification comes from an app or system.

Possible values are:

  • true: Notification comes from system.
  • false: Notification comes from app.
iconUrlRequiredString

Contains the file path to icon to be displayed.

actionOptionalObject: action

Contains the action parameter.

scheduleOptionalObject: schedule

Describes the toast schedule.

iconPathRequiredString

Specifies the path of the icon. It should be absolute local file system path.

userOptionalString

Indicates the names of the user logged in to the corresponding session. If the user is logged in as guest user, the value will be "guest".

_kindOptionalString

Displays the db kind in which the toast is stored.

Note: It is an internal parameter.

onlyToastRequiredBoolean

Indicates if notification is created as a simple toast.

Note: It is set when creating the toast.

Example

Example scenario

# luna-send -i -f -a com.webos.surfacemanager luna://com.webos.notification/getToastNotification '{"subscribe":true}

Response:

{
    "subscribed": true,
    "returnValue": true
}

Subscription response:

{
   "iconUrl":" [file:///usr/palm/notificationmgr/images/toast-notification-icon.png] ",
   "onlyToast":true,
   "iconPath":"/usr/palm/notificationmgr/images/toast-notification-icon.png",
   "readStatus":false,
   "isSysReq":false,
   "message":"hello world",
   "sourceId":"com.webos.app.test",
   "isCradleReq":false,
   "_kind":"com.webos.notificationhistory:1",
   "schedule":{
      "expire":1692788497
   },
   "type":"standard",
   "title":"",
   "user":"guest",
   "timesource":"ntp",
   "displayId":0,
   "timestamp":"1690196497182",
   "returnValue":true,
   "action":{
      "launchParams":{
         "id":"com.webos.app.test"
      },
      "serviceURI":"palm://com.webos.applicationManager/",
      "serviceMethod":"launch"
   }
}

removeAllNotification

ACG: notification.management
  • Added: API level 12

Description

Removes all notifications that are currently being displayed.

Parameters

Name

Required

Type

Description

displayIdOptionalNumber

Identifier of the display where the notification is to be displayed. Possible values are 0 and 1.

Call Returns

Name

Required

Type

Description

returnValueRequiredBoolean

Indicates the status of operation.

Possible values are:

  • true: Indicates that the operation was successful.
  • false: Indicates that the operation failed. Check the "errorText" field for details.
removeAllNotiIdOptionalBoolean

Indicates whether all notifications were removed successfully.

Possible values are: 

  • true: Notifications were removed successfully.
  • false: Notification removal failed.
errorTextOptionalString

Indicates the reason for the failure of the operation. See the "Error Codes" section of this method for details.

displayIdOptionalNumber

Identifier of the display where the notification is to be displayed.

Possible values are 0 and 1.

Error Codes Reference

Error Code

Error Text

Error Description

NonePermission Denied

This error message implies that calling App or source is not previleged source for this method. Only SystemUI component is allowed to call this method.

Example

Example scenario

# luna-send -a com.webos.surfacemanager -n 1 luna://com.webos.notification/removeAllNotification '{"displayId": 0}'

Response:

{
    "removeAllNotiId":true,
    "returnValue":true
}

removeNotification

ACG: notification.management
  • Added: API level 21

Description

Deletes the given notification(s) from DB. We can remove given set of notifications or remove all notifications from a given sourceId.

Parameters

Name

Required

Type

Description

removeNotiIdOptionalString array

A list of IDs of the notifications to be deleted. Notification ID is composed of the URI of the notification source, a dash, and the timestamp of the time when the notification was issued.

Format: "Source URI-Timestamp"

Example "com.webos.surfacemanager-1393548223764"

Note: Either one of "removeNotiId" or "sourceId" is mandatory to be provided.

sourceIdOptionalString

Identifies the app or service that created the notification to be deleted.

Format: URI

Note: Either one of "removeNotiId" or "sourceId" is mandatory to be provided.

Call Returns

Name

Required

Type

Description

returnValueRequiredBoolean

Indicates the status of operation. Possible values are:

  •  true - Indicates that the operation was successful.
  •  false - Indicates that the operation failed. Check the "errorText" field for details.
removeNotiIdOptionalString array

A list of IDs of the notification that has been deleted.

Format: "Source URI-Timestamp"

Example: "com.webos.surfacemanager-1393548223764"

Note: Returned when "removeNotiId" is passed as input parameter

sourceIdOptionalString

The app or service that created the notification that are deleted.

Format: URI

Example: "com.webos.surfacemanager"

Note: Returned when "sourceId" is passed as input parameter

errorTextOptionalString

Indicates the reason for the failure of the operation. See the "Error Codes" section of this method for details.

Error Codes Reference

Error Code

Error Text

Error Description

NoneMessage is not parsed

This message implies that a JSON message parsing error occured. One of the following situations can cause the parsing error:

  • The Request object was not formatted correctly.
  • One ore more of the required fields are missing.
  • One or more of the values provided were not the expected data type, for example a string was expected, however the app passed a number instead.
Noneinput sourceId or removeNotiId parameter

This message implies that both sourceId and removeNotiId parameters are missing. At least one should be present.

NonesourceId can't be empty

This message implies that given sourceId parameter does not have any value. It cannot be empty. 

NoneNoti Id can't be Empty

This message implies that given NotiId is empty.

Example

Example : WIth removeNotiId provided

# luna-send -a com.webos.surfacemanager -n 1 -f luna://com.webos.notification/removeNotification '{"removeNotiId": ["com.sloy.jbnotif-1393548393417"]}'

Response:

{
   "removeNotiId": [
      "com.sloy.jbnotif-1393548393417"
   ],
   "returnValue": true
}

Example : With sourceId provided

# luna-send -n 1 -f -a com.webos.surfacemanager luna://com.webos.notification/removeNotification '{"sourceId": "com.sloy.jbnotif"}'

Response:
{
    "sourceId": "com.sloy.jbnotif",
    "returnValue": true
}

setToastStatus

ACG: notification.management
  • Added: API level 12

Description

Specifies whether the toast is to be marked as read or unread.

Parameters

Name

Required

Type

Description

toastIdRequiredString

Indicates the unique ID of the toast created.

readStatusRequiredBoolean

Indicates the status of a toast to be set by the user.

Possible values are: 

  • true: toast is read.
  • false: toast is unread.

Call Returns

Name

Required

Type

Description

returnValueRequiredBoolean

Indicates the status of the operation.

Possible values are:

  • true: Indicates that the operation was successful.
  • false: Indicates that the operation failed.
toastIdOptionalString

Contains the unique ID of the toast created.

readStatusOptionalBoolean

Indicates the status of a toast set by the user.

Possible values are:

  • true: toast is read.
  • false: toast is unread.
errorTextOptionalString

Indicates the reason for the failure of the operation. See the "Error Codes Reference" section of this method for details.

Error Codes Reference

Error Code

Error Text

Error Description

NoneFailed to set status

Failed to set the read / unread status of the toast.

Example

Example code

# luna-send -i -f -a com.webos.app.notification luna://com.webos.notification/setToastStatus '{
   "toastId" : "com.webos.app.notification-1584349101435",
   "readStatus" : true
}'

Response:

{
    "returnValue" : true,
    "toastId" : "com.webos.app.notification-1584349101435",
    "readStatus" : true
}

Objects

$activity

Contains detailed information of an activity which is fired by the Actvity Manager. This object is returned from the Activity Manager. For more details, see com.webos.service.activitymanager.

Name

Required

Type

Description

activityIdRequiredNumber (uint64_t)

Activity Id that is fired.

action

Describes the action parameter for the toast.

Name

Required

Type

Description

launchParamsRequiredObject

launchParams must be passed in the format below where "appid" is a string that contains the id of the app to be launched. 

{

"id": "appid"

}

serviceMethodRequiredString

Contains the LS2 service method name.

serviceURIRequiredString

Contains LS2 Service URI.

alertInfo

Contains the alert information.

Name

Required

Type

Description

appIdOptionalString

App ID related to this alert.

timeoutOptionalNumber

Indicates milliseconds in time that the caller waits to dismiss an alert when the user does nothing.

portTypeOptionalString

Indicates port type.

portNameOptionalString

Indicates port name.

portIconOptionalString

Indicates port icon path.

deviceNameOptionalString

Indicates device name.

paramsOptionalObject

Contains parameters when appId is launched.

inputsOptionalObject: input

Contains information about an input alert.

onFailActionOptionalObject

"onFailAction": { "launchParams": { "id": "com.webos.app.browser" }, "serviceMethod": "launch", "serviceURI": "com.webos.service.applicationmanager/" }

sourceIdOptionalString

ID the application or service that created the alert notification.

Format: URI

Example: "com.webos.surfacemanager"

displayIdOptionalNumber

ID of the display where the notification is to be displayed. Possible values are 0 and 1.

titleOptionalString

Title information to be displayed for the alert.

messageOptionalString

Message to be displayed.

iconUrlOptionalString

File path to icon to be displayed.

modalOptionalBoolean

Indicates whether the alert is a modal or non-modal notification.

Possible values are: 

  • true: modal alert notification
  • false: non-modal alert notification
typeOptionalString

Defines the button type in the alert. Possible values are: 

  • confirm
  • warning
  • progress
isSysReqOptionalBoolean

Indicates whether the notification comes from an app or a system.

  • true: Notification comes from a system
  • false: Notification comes from an app
isNotiSaveOptionalBoolean

Indicate whether the notification saved or not.

Possible values are: 

  • true: Notification saved
  • false: Notification not saved
onCloseActionOptionalObject: onclose

Indicates the action to be performed when close an alert. 

buttonsOptionalObject array: button

Defines the button label, and onclick action. Button specification is given in an array.

An example is:

"buttons":[
       {"label":"button1", "onclick":"luna://com.webos.service.applicationmanager/launch", "params":{"id":"com.webos.app.settings"}},
        {"label":"button2", "focus":true},
        {"label":"button3"}
]

alertIdOptionalString

The ID of the created alert notification. The ID is composed of the URI of the notification source, a dash, and the timestamp of the time when the notification was issued.

Format: "Source URI-Timestamp"

Example: "com.webos.surfacemanager-1393548223764"

timestampOptionalString

Timestamp of the time when the notification was issued.

It indicates epoch time as milliseconds. 

deviceIconOptionalString

Connected device icon file name.

button

Contains alert button information

Name

Required

Type

Description

labelRequiredString

The text on the button.

onclickOptionalString

Luna API to be called when a button is clicked.

onClickOptionalString

Same as onclick

paramsOptionalObject

Parameters for a service call.

buttonTypeOptionalString

The type of the button. It can be either ok or cancel.

focusOptionalBoolean

Set to true if button has default focus.

image

Defines extra toast image.

Name

Required

Type

Description

uriOptionalString

Image resource URI.

onFailAction

Action to be performed on failure to create alert.

Name

Required

Type

Description

serviceURIRequiredString

URI to be called on failure to create alert.

serviceMethodRequiredString

Method to be called on failure to create alert.

launchParamsRequiredObject

Parameters to be passed when URI (specified above) is called.

onclick

Contains action information when a user clicks the toast

Name

Required

Type

Description

appIdOptionalString

Application Id to be launched

paramsOptionalObject

Contains parameters when appId is launched.

onclose

Contains close action when alert is closed with close button or automatically

Name

Required

Type

Description

uriOptionalString

Luna API to be called when an alert window is closed.

paramsOptionalObject

Contains parameters to be passed when uri is called.

onfail

Action to be performed on failure to create alert from view side (LSM).

Name

Required

Type

Description

uriRequiredString

Luna API to be called when an alert window is closed.

paramsRequiredObject

Parameters for the above URI.

schedule

Creates a toast notification as a persistent message and define its schedule.

Name

Required

Type

Description

expireOptionalNumber (int64_t)

If this field is set, the created persistent message will be automatically removed after the specified amount of time has passed.

The value should be the number of seconds that have elapsed since 00:00:00 UTC, 1 Jan 1970.

toastInfo

Contains information about the stored toasts

Name

Required

Type

Description

displayIdRequiredNumber

Identifier of the display where the notification is displayed. Possible values are 0 and 1

sourceIdRequiredString

Contains the source Id of the requester

toastIdRequiredString

Contains the unique ID of the toast created

timestampRequiredString

Time stamp string. It indicates epoch time as milliseconds

iconUrlRequiredString

Contains the file path to icon to be displayed

iconPathRequiredString

Describe icon path. It should be absoulte local file system path

titleRequiredString

Contains the title information to be displayed for the toast

messageRequiredString

Indicates the toast message.

isSysReqRequiredBoolean

Indicates whether the notification comes from an app or system

  • true: notification from system
  • false: notification from app
scheduleRequiredObject: schedule

Describe toast schedule.

typeRequiredString

Indicates the type of the toast message

readStatusRequiredBoolean

Indicates whether the toast is read by the user or still unread

  • true: toast is read
  • false: toast is unread
actionRequiredObject: action

Contains the on-click action parameter.

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