The (Unofficial) Ably Toast Component

A simple component that allows you to easily send toast notifications to your users via Ably.

Installation

NPM

npm install ably-toast

Yarn

yarn add ably-toast

PNPM

pnpm add ably-toast

Usage

Note:

• Be sure to include REACT_APP_ABLY_KEY and REACT_APP_CLIENTID in your .env
• We recommend using the subscriber key for your REACT_APP_ABLY_KEY until token authentication is implemented

Client

import { AblyReactToast } from 'ably-toast';

const App = () => {
  return (
    <AblyReactToast
      channelName="YOUR_CHANNEL_NAME (default is 'notifications')"
    />
  )
}

export default App;

Server (Node.js)

var client = new Ably.Realtime(key: string);
var channel = client.channels.get('YOUR_CHANNEL_NAME (default is 'notifications')');

// Note: Including the text in channel data is required, but the other properties are optional

channel.publish('YOUR_CHANNEL_NAME', {
  type: "default" || "success" || "error" || "warning" || "info",
  text: "Your message here",
  position: "top-right" || "top-center" || "top-left" || "bottom-right" || "bottom-center" || "bottom-left",
});

Server (typescript)

import * as Ably from 'ably';

const client = new Ably.Realtime(key: string);
const channel = client.channels.get('YOUR_CHANNEL_NAME (default is 'notifications')');

//Note: Including the text in channel data is required, but the other properties are optional.

channel.publish('YOUR_CHANNEL_NAME', {
  type: "default" || "success" || "error" || "warning" || "info",
  text: "Your message here",
  position: "top-right" || "top-center" || "top-left" || "bottom-right" || "bottom-center" || "bottom-left",
});

Props

Property	Description	Type	Required	Default
channelName	What channel to subscribe to	string	yes	'notifications'
position	You can either declare the position globally or per event. Available options are top-right, top-center, top-left, bottom-right, bottom-center, and bottom-left	string	no	'top-right'
theme	light | dark	string	no	'light'