From 333ce2bd9b55ca6378bfd90fd0114267516e382b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jorran de Wit <jorrandewit@outlook.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2017 22:06:25 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Easy sending of notifications using signals
---
notifications/__init__.py | 1 +
notifications/apps.py | 5 +++++
notifications/signals.py | 13 +++++++++++++
3 files changed, 19 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 notifications/signals.py
diff --git a/notifications/__init__.py b/notifications/__init__.py
index e69de29bb..41f694b45 100644
--- a/notifications/__init__.py
+++ b/notifications/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+default_app_config = 'notifications.apps.Config'
diff --git a/notifications/apps.py b/notifications/apps.py
index 9c260e0b1..5a0aef11b 100644
--- a/notifications/apps.py
+++ b/notifications/apps.py
@@ -3,3 +3,8 @@ from django.apps import AppConfig
class NotificationsConfig(AppConfig):
name = 'notifications'
+
+ def ready(self):
+ super().ready()
+ import notifications.signals
+ notifications.notify = notifications.signals.notify
diff --git a/notifications/signals.py b/notifications/signals.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3de9da7d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/notifications/signals.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+from django.dispatch import Signal
+
+notify = Signal(providing_args=[
+ 'recipient', 'actor', 'verb', 'action_object', 'target', 'description',
+ 'timestamp', 'level'
+])
+
+
+# Basic working method to send a notification to a user using signals:
+# ---
+# from notifications.signals import notify
+# notify.send(user, recipient=user, verb='you reached level 10')
+# ---
--
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