Notification

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Note: This feature is available in Web Workers.

The Notification interface of the Notifications API is used to configure and display desktop notifications to the user.

These notifications' appearance and specific functionality vary across platforms but generally they provide a way to asynchronously provide information to the user.

EventTargetNotification

Constructor

Notification()

Creates a new instance of the Notification object.

Static properties

Also inherits properties from its parent interface, EventTarget.

Notification.permission Read only

A string representing the current permission to display notifications. Possible values are:

Notification.maxActions Read only

The maximum number of actions supported by the device and the User Agent.

Instance properties

Also inherits properties from its parent interface, EventTarget.

Notification.actions Read only

The actions array of the notification as specified in the constructor's options parameter.

Notification.badge Read only

A string containing the URL of an image to represent the notification when there is not enough space to display the notification itself such as for example, the Android Notification Bar. On Android devices, the badge should accommodate devices up to 4x resolution, about 96 by 96 px, and the image will be automatically masked.

Notification.body Read only

The body string of the notification as specified in the constructor's options parameter.

Notification.data Read only

Returns a structured clone of the notification's data.

Notification.dir Read only

The text direction of the notification as specified in the constructor's options parameter.

Notification.icon Read only

The URL of the image used as an icon of the notification as specified in the constructor's options parameter.

Notification.image Read only

The URL of an image to be displayed as part of the notification, as specified in the constructor's options parameter.

Notification.lang Read only

The language code of the notification as specified in the constructor's options parameter.

Notification.navigate Read only

The navigation URL of the notification. When set, activating the notification navigates to this URL instead of firing the click or notificationclick event.

Notification.renotify Read only

Specifies whether the user should be notified after a new notification replaces an old one.

Notification.requireInteraction Read only

A boolean value indicating that a notification should remain active until the user clicks or dismisses it, rather than closing automatically.

Notification.silent Read only

Specifies whether the notification should be silent — i.e., no sounds or vibrations should be issued regardless of the device settings.

Notification.tag Read only

The ID of the notification (if any) as specified in the constructor's options parameter.

Notification.timestamp Read only

Specifies the time at which a notification is created or applicable (past, present, or future).

Notification.title Read only

The title of the notification as specified in the first parameter of the constructor.

Notification.vibrate Read only

Specifies a vibration pattern for devices with vibration hardware to emit.

Static methods

Also inherits methods from its parent interface, EventTarget.

Notification.requestPermission()

Requests permission from the user to display notifications.

Instance methods

Also inherits methods from its parent interface, EventTarget.

Notification.close()

Programmatically closes a notification instance.

Events

Also inherits events from its parent interface, EventTarget.

click

Fires when the user clicks the notification.

close

Fires when the user closes the notification.

error

Fires when the notification encounters an error.

show

Fires when the notification is displayed.

Examples

Assume this basic HTML:

html
<button>Notify me!</button>

It's possible to send a notification as follows — here we present a fairly verbose and complete set of code you could use if you wanted to first check whether notifications are supported, then check if permission has been granted for the current origin to send notifications, then request permission if required, before then sending a notification.

js
document.querySelector("button").addEventListener("click", notifyMe);

function notifyMe() {
  if (!("Notification" in window)) {
    // Check if the browser supports notifications
    alert("This browser does not support desktop notification");
  } else if (Notification.permission === "granted") {
    // Check whether notification permissions have already been granted;
    // if so, create a notification
    const notification = new Notification("Hi there!");
    // …
  } else if (Notification.permission !== "denied") {
    // We need to ask the user for permission
    Notification.requestPermission().then((permission) => {
      // If the user accepts, let's create a notification
      if (permission === "granted") {
        const notification = new Notification("Hi there!");
        // …
      }
    });
  }

  // At last, if the user has denied notifications, and you
  // want to be respectful there is no need to bother them anymore.
}

We no longer show a live sample on this page, as Chrome and Firefox no longer allow notification permissions to be requested from cross-origin <iframe>s, with other browsers to follow. To see an example in action, check out our To-do list example (also see the app running live).

Note: In the above example we spawn notifications in response to a user gesture (clicking a button). This is not only best practice — you should not be spamming users with notifications they didn't agree to — but going forward browsers will explicitly disallow notifications not triggered in response to a user gesture. Firefox is already doing this from version 72, for example.

Specifications

See also