new plugin: Notifier

[rejetto]

a new plugin is available, to get a system notification when something happens.
At the moment the events that can be notified are

• uploads
• connection from a new IP (and you decide after how long the IP should be forgotten, so that you may get a new notification from the same)

For plugin makers: this plugin offers its cross-platform notification feature to other plugins, as customApi "notify".

[StiuNu]

Is there any way to send the notification via email at a certain intervals?
Something like:
Userx uploded 5 files: path1 path 2...5
Usery uploaded 1 file: path

after the email is sent only new uploads or connectione will be sent in the next email

Thank you

[rejetto]

not at the moment, maybe in a future version of the plugin

[StiuNu]

can i interact in any other way with the plugin ?
i'm not a programmer, so if u can dumb down the answer i would appreciate it

Thank You

[rejetto]

can i interact in any other way with the plugin ?

system notifications (managed by the operating system) are the only way.
What else do you have in my mind?

[StiuNu]

maybe a temporary log file? like writing it down in a file every x (x being something i can modify )amount of time? i can just monitor the folder or make it publicly available i'm talking about uploads only not connections

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On Tue, Sep 9, 2025 at 3:26 PM Massimo Melina ***@***.***> wrote: can i interact in any other way with the plugin ? system notifications (managed by the operating system) are the only way. What else do you have in my mind? — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#1065 (reply in thread)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AVRUZTC6VMXQN6DEDZIUEY33R3BOVAVCNFSM6AAAAACEM2G5GOVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43URDJONRXK43TNFXW4Q3PNVWWK3TUHMYTIMZVGEZDAOI> . You are receiving this because you commented.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[rejetto]

the purpose of this plugin is to have something visible when you look at your computer, without having to open HFS.
sending email can still make sense.
it's not clear to me what is your final purpose, but if you want to write a log file, this is a bit far from this plugin.
Consider filtering the existing hfs log file. You can run a batch/bash script, with a timer/cron, to filter and extract only the things that are relevant for you, and write them to another file. GPT can write one in no time.

[StiuNu]

well HFS is running as a service so there is no interaction with the desktop, especially if nobody is logged in The purpose would be in letting everyone know who and what files were uploaded thank you for the script suggestion, i'll try it and let you know

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On Mon, Sep 15, 2025 at 12:41 AM Massimo Melina ***@***.***> wrote: the purpose of this plugin is to have something visible when you look at your computer, without having to open HFS. sending email can still make sense. it's not clear to me what is your final purpose, but if you want to write a log file, this is a bit far from this plugin. Consider filtering the existing hfs log file. You can run a batch/bash script, with a timer/cron, to filter and extract only the things that are relevant for you, and write them to another file. GPT can write one in no time. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#1065 (reply in thread)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AVRUZTBXZ2GM6MN72EWQM2T3SXOJDAVCNFSM6AAAAACEM2G5GOVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43URDJONRXK43TNFXW4Q3PNVWWK3TUHMYTIMZZHA2DINA> . You are receiving this because you commented.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[rejetto]

sure, notifications make sense only if it's not running as a service (which is true for some users), or if you configured the service to interact with your session (which exists but i'm not sure how it works).
If you want to discuss the log based solution further, please open a dedicated discussion.

[ssbaksa]

If I may add. This functionality will be greatly appreciated. User can have option to choose will he/she will be informed by e-mail when someone (maintainer, maybe) upload new file into any kind of folder which that user/group follow. If user opt out or file/files are for different group then notification will be sent only to that group of users with option "I won't be informed about new files" checked.

[rejetto]

@StiuNu latest version of the plugin supports email