ctx.notify

Sends a custom notification to Interval users via email or Slack. To send Slack notifications, you'll need to connect your Slack workspace to the Interval app in your organization settings.

TypeScript

await ctx.notify({
  message: "A charge of $500 was refunded",
  title: "Refund over threshold",
  delivery: [
    {
      to: "#interval-notifications",
      method: "SLACK",
    },
    {
      to: "foo@example.com",
    },
  ],
});

JavaScript

await ctx.notify({
  message: "A charge of $500 was refunded",
  title: "Refund over threshold",
  delivery: [
    {
      to: "#interval-notifications",
      method: "SLACK",
    },
    {
      to: "foo@example.com",
    },
  ],
});

Python

await ctx.notify(
  message="A charge of $500 was refunded",
  title="Refund over threshold",
  delivery=[
    {
      "to": "#interval-notifications",
      "method": "SLACK",
    },
    {
      "to": "foo@example.com",
    },
  ],
)

TypeScript

delivery

Optional

DeliveryInstruction[]

List of intended recipients for the notification.

delivery: {
  // Address or handle of the recipient. Can be an email address, or a Slack handle or channel.
  to: string;
  // Delivery method by which to send the notification. Defaults to the preferred notification method(s) configured by the recipient, or email if none set.
  method?: "EMAIL" | "SLACK";
}[]

message

Required

string

Body text of the notification.

title

Optional

string

Title text identifying the notification. This will be included in the subject for email notifications.

Returns

null

JavaScript

delivery

Optional

DeliveryInstruction[]

List of intended recipients for the notification.

delivery: {
  // Address or handle of the recipient. Can be an email address, or a Slack handle or channel.
  to: string;
  // Delivery method by which to send the notification. Defaults to the preferred notification method(s) configured by the recipient, or email if none set.
  method?: "EMAIL" | "SLACK";
}[]

message

Required

string

Body text of the notification.

title

Optional

string

Title text identifying the notification. This will be included in the subject for email notifications.

Returns

null

Python

delivery

Optional

Iterable[DeliveryInstruction]

List of indended recipients for the notification.

class DeliveryInstruction(TypedDict):
    to: str
    method: NotRequired[Literal["EMAIL", "SLACK"]]

message

Required

str

Body text of the notification.

title

Optional

str

Title text identifying the notification. This will be included in the subject for email notifications.

Returns

None

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