Python Support for Growl

Growl developer documentation

About Python Support

Python support for Growl is accomplished through a module called Growl. This module provides a class called GrowlNotifier that abstracts the process of registering and posting notifications to the Growl daemon.

A script called gNotify is also provided with the ability to send notifications based on arguments passed to the script.

Requirements

• Python 2.3 (comes with Mac OS X Panther) or later

Installing

Navigate to the 'Growl/Bindings/python' directory and run the following command:

sudo python setup.py install
When asked for a password, enter your user password

This may require admin access because with a default installation of Python, setup.py will attempt to install the Growl module into /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/lib/python2.3/site-packages. It may not require admin access if you have installed another version of Python yourself. gNotify will be installed in /usr/local/bin.

Usage

• GrowlNotifier Python Interface
• gNotify, an example program