Add basic desktop notifications support

requirements.txt

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ lxml            >= 4.5.1,  < 5
 matrix-nio[e2e] >= 0.15.0, < 0.16
 mistune         >= 0.8.4,  < 0.9
 pymediainfo     >= 4.2.1,  < 5
+plyer           >= 1.4.3,  < 2
 
 async_generator >= 1.10,  < 2;   python_version < "3.7"
 dataclasses     >= 0.6,   < 0.7; python_version < "3.7"

src/backend/backend.py

@@ -9,10 +9,11 @@ import time
 import traceback
 from datetime import datetime
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Any, DefaultDict, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
+from typing import Any, DefaultDict, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple, Union
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
 import aiohttp
+import plyer
 from appdirs import AppDirs
 
 import nio
@@ -538,3 +539,17 @@ class Backend:
 
         await asyncio.gather(*coros)
         await session.close()
+
+
+    async def desktop_notify(
+        self, title: str, body: str = "", image: Union[Path, str] = "",
+    ) -> None:
+        # XXX: images on windows must be .ICO
+        plyer.notification.notify(
+            title    = title,
+            message  = body,
+            app_name = __app_name__,
+            app_icon = str(image),
+            timeout  = 10,
+            toast    = False,
+        )

src/backend/matrix_client.py

@@ -2101,6 +2101,23 @@ class MatrixClient(nio.AsyncClient):
             item.id                             = f"echo-{tx_id}"
             self.event_to_echo_ids[ev.event_id] = item.id
 
+            notif_room   = room.display_name
+            notif_sender = item.sender_name or item.sender_id
+            body_start   = f"{notif_sender}: "
+
+            if notif_room == notif_sender:
+                body_start = ""
+            elif isinstance(ev, nio.RoomMessageEmote):
+                body_start = f"<i>{notif_sender} </i>"
+
+            await self.backend.desktop_notify(
+                title = notif_room,
+                body  = f"{body_start}{item.inline_content}",
+                # await self.backend.media_cache.get_thumbnail(
+                #     item.sender_avatar, 32, 32,
+                # ),
+            )
+
         model[item.id] = item
         await self.set_room_last_event(room.room_id, item)