From 06b2773a0079c978b4b6193fc2705f7aaa66733a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sam Rolfe <samuelrolfe@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2026 14:53:17 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] dashboard.ts: add local notify-send popups (desktop
 notifications) alongside NTFY/Apprise

---
 extensions/dashboard.ts | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/extensions/dashboard.ts b/extensions/dashboard.ts
index 3327b81..14db828 100644
--- a/extensions/dashboard.ts
+++ b/extensions/dashboard.ts
@@ -211,6 +211,19 @@ export default function (pi: ExtensionAPI) {
   }
 
   function notify(title: string, body: string) {
+    // Desktop notification (local machine popup)
+    try {
+      const child = spawn(
+        "notify-send",
+        ["-a", "Pi Dashboard", title, body],
+        { stdio: "ignore", timeout: 3000 }
+      );
+      child.on("error", () => {});
+      child.unref();
+    } catch {
+      // notify-send unavailable (e.g. headless server)
+    }
+
     // NTFY notification
     const ntfyTopic = process.env.PI_NTFY_TOPIC;
     if (ntfyTopic) {
@@ -236,16 +249,31 @@ export default function (pi: ExtensionAPI) {
       }
     }
 
-    // Apprise notification
+    // Apprise notification (HTTP API on .35 — fans out to Telegram/ntfy/email/callmebot)
+    const appriseApi =
+      process.env.APPRISE_API_URL ||
+      "http://192.168.20.35:8210/notify/eaef201fc995964c8a4013892563ae79879df4ecddbabdc4f4af1e549d3366e1";
     try {
-      const child = spawn("apprise", ["-b", `${title}: ${body}`], {
-        stdio: "ignore",
-        timeout: 3000,
-      });
+      const child = spawn(
+        "curl",
+        [
+          "-s",
+          "-o",
+          "/dev/null",
+          "-X",
+          "POST",
+          "-H",
+          "Content-Type: application/json",
+          "-d",
+          JSON.stringify({ title, body }),
+          appriseApi,
+        ],
+        { stdio: "ignore", timeout: 5000 }
+      );
       child.on("error", () => {});
       child.unref();
     } catch {
-      // Apprise not installed
+      // Apprise unavailable
     }
   }