Support for PushBullet events on notifications, #36

platypush/backend/pushbullet/__init__.py

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import websocket
 
 from platypush.config import Config
 from platypush.message import Message
+from platypush.message.event.pushbullet import PushbulletEvent
 
 from .. import Backend
 
@@ -68,18 +69,25 @@ class PushbulletBackend(Backend):
     def on_push(self):
         def _f(ws, data):
             try:
+                # Parse the push
                 try:
                     data = json.loads(data) if isinstance(data, str) else push
                 except Exception as e:
                     logging.exception(e)
                     return
 
+                # If it's a push, get it
                 if data['type'] == 'tickle' and data['subtype'] == 'push':
                     push = self._get_latest_push()
                 elif data['type'] == 'push':
                     push = data['push']
                 else: return  # Not a push notification
 
+                # Post an event, useful to react on mobile notifications if
+                # you enabled notification mirroring on your PushBullet app
+                event = PushbulletEvent(**push)
+                self.on_message(event)
+
                 if 'body' not in push: return
                 logging.debug('Received push: {}'.format(push))
 

platypush/message/event/pushbullet.py

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+from platypush.message.event import Event
+
+
+class PushbulletEvent(Event):
+    """
+    PushBullet event object.
+
+    If you have configured the PushBullet backend with your account token,
+    and enabled notification mirroring on the PushBullet app on your mobile
+    devices, then the backend will trigger a PushbulletEvent whenever
+    a new notiification hits your mobile, and you can react to that event
+    through hooks that can, for example, log your notifications on a database,
+    display them on a dashboard, let the built-in text-to-speech plugin read
+    them out loud to you if they match the package name of your news app,
+    display them on your smart watch if they are pictures, and so on.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        """ Platypush supports by default the PushBullet notification mirror
+            format, https://docs.pushbullet.com/#mirrored-notifications """
+
+        if 'type' in kwargs:
+            # Prevent name clash with event type attribute
+            kwargs['push_type'] = kwargs.pop('type')
+
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+
+
+# vim:sw=4:ts=4:et:
+