If you want gntp on the mac (which I think is the right approach by the way) then you'll need to wait until 1.3 is out. We're close to completing it and hitting beta with it. Assumedly you would need time to work through this anyhow.
The gntp spec is here: http://www.growlforwindows.com/gfw/help/gntp.aspx <http://www.growlforwindows.com/gfw/help/gntp.aspx>Why do you want a username? Chris On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 11:16 AM, JupiterMoonBeam < [email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > I wish to send users growl notifications from an internal server > application when certain events happen. For example if a widget is ordered > all the users who subscribe will receive a notification. > > How best to do this? > > Here's the basic requirements: > > - Any authenticated user can receive notifications > - Users must be authenticated > - Preferably using their credentials for the website > - They will want to configure which notifications to receive > - They will mostly be windows users but there are some Mac users out > there. > > Here's a simple use case: > > - User goes to their Growl app and adds the details for the server > - Someone adds an order for 1000 units > - User gets a notification "New order placed for 1000 units" > > > From my research I believe it would be best to target the GNTP protocol. > Based on that I can see two options: > > 1. Broadcast notifications from the server to all 'subscribed' users > 2. Write client apps that poll the server and generate their own > notifications to the local growl client > > I feel the 1 is the correct architecture but cannot find any examples or > "how to"s to guide me to what I need to do to write an application that does > this. Are there any examples or source code I could look at? > > Also, from Growl for Windows it seems you can only subscribe with a > password. It would be useful if this worked with both username and > password. > > Thank you for your help in advance > Peter > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Growl Discuss" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/growldiscuss?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Growl Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/growldiscuss?hl=en.
