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The `@cap-js/notifications` package is a [CDS plugin](https://cap.cloud.sap/docs/node.js/cds-plugins#cds-plugin-packages) providing out-of-the box support for publishing business notifications.
The `@cap-js/notifications` package is a [CDS plugin](https://cap.cloud.sap/docs/node.js/cds-plugins#cds-plugin-packages) that provides support for publishing business notifications.

### Table of Contents

- [Setup](#setup)
- [Usage](#usage)
- [Update Notification Configuration](#update-notification-configuration)
- [Notification Destination](#notification-destination)
- [Notification Types Path](#notification-types-path)
- [Notification Type Prefix](#notification-type-prefix)
- [Add Notification Types](#add-notification-types)
- [Update handlers to publish notification](#update-handlers-to-publish-notification)
- [Simple Notificaiton with title](#simple-notificaiton-with-title)
- [Simple Notificaiton with title & description](#simple-notificaiton-with-title)
- [Custom Notifications with notification types](#simple-notificaiton-with-title)
- [Add code to send notifications](#add-code-to-send-notifications)
- [Simple Notification with title](#simple-notification-with-title)
- [Simple Notification with title and description](#simple-notification-with-title-and-description)
- [Custom Notifications](#custom-notifications)
- [Sample Application with notifications](#sample-application-with-notifications)
- [In Local Environment](#in-local-environment)
- [In Production Environment](#in-production-environment)
- [Notification Destination](#notification-destination)
- [Integrate with SAP Build Work Zone](#integrate-with-sap-build-work-zone)
- [Contributing](#contributing)
- [Code of Conduct](#code-of-conduct)
- [Licensing](#licensing)
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<img width="1300" alt="Default Notification config" style="border-radius:0.5rem" src="_assets/packageJsonConfig.gif">

#### **Notification Destination**

As a pre-requisite to publish the notification, you need to have a [destination](https://help.sap.com/docs/build-work-zone-standard-edition/sap-build-work-zone-standard-edition/enabling-notifications-for-custom-apps-on-sap-btp-cloud-foundry#configure-the-destination-to-the-notifications-service) configured to publish the notification. In the `package.json` by default destination name `SAP_Notification` is added, you can modify the destination name that you are configuring.

#### **Notification Types Path**
#### Notification Types Path

When you run `cds add notifications`, it will add `notificationstype.json` file with template for a notification type in the project root folder. You can add the notification types in the `notificationtype.json` file for sending the custom notification types.

#### **Notification Type Prefix**
#### Notification Type Prefix

To make notification types unique to the application, prefix is added to the type key. By default, `application name` is added as the prefix. You can update the `prefix` if required.

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```

### Update handlers to publish notification
### Add code to send notifications

In the handler files, connect to the notifications plugin by:

```js
const alert = await cds.connect.to('notifications');
```

#### **Simple Notificaiton with title**
#### Simple Notification with title
You can use the following signature to send the simple notification with title
```js
alert.notify({
recipients: recipients,
priority: priority,
title: title
recipients: ["[email protected]","[email protected]"],
priority: "HIGH",
title: "New incident is reported!"
});
```
#### **Simple Notificaiton with title & description**
#### Simple Notification with title and description
You can use the following signature to send the simple notification with title and description
```js
alert.notify({
recipients: recipients,
priority: priority,
title: title,
description: description
recipients: ["[email protected]"],
priority: "HIGH",
title: "New high priority incident is assigned to you!",
description: "Incident titled 'Engine overheating' created by 'customer X' with priority high is assigned to you!"
});
```
#### **Custom Notifications with notification types**
#### Custom Notifications
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I cannot see the AFC way for posting notifications

You can use the following signature to send the custom notification with pre-defined notification types.
```js
alert.notify({
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### Sample Application with notifications

#### **In Local Environment**
#### In Local Environment
In local environment, when you publish notification, it is mocked to publish the nofication to the console.

<img width="1300" alt="Notify to console" style="border-radius:0.5rem;padding:1rem;background:rgb(24 24 24)" src="_assets/notifyToConsole.png">

#### **In Production Environment**
#### In Production Environment

##### Notification Destination

As a pre-requisite to publish the notification, you need to have a [destination](https://help.sap.com/docs/build-work-zone-standard-edition/sap-build-work-zone-standard-edition/enabling-notifications-for-custom-apps-on-sap-btp-cloud-foundry#configure-the-destination-to-the-notifications-service) configured to publish the notification. In the `package.json` by default destination name `SAP_Notification` is added, you can modify the destination name that you are configuring.

##### Integrate with SAP Build Work Zone

Once application is deployed and integrated with SAP Build Work Zone, you can see the notification under fiori notifications icon!
Once application is deployed and [integrated with SAP Build Work Zone](https://github.com/cap-js/calesi/tree/main/samples/notifications), you can see the notification under fiori notifications icon!

<img width="1300" alt="Sample Application Demo" style="border-radius:0.5rem;" src="_assets/incidentsNotificationDemo.gif">

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