Node.js bindings insead of child process

[ORESoftware]

I see there are JavaScript libraries for displaying notifications, for example:
https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/LanguagesUtilities/Conceptual/MacAutomationScriptingGuide/DisplayNotifications.html

anyone know if there is a way to call the libs directly from JavaScript / Node.js, without launching a child process?

[sindresorhus]

You could create a native Node.js addon that calls the NSAppleScript API. However, if performance is a concern, I'm not sure it will matter much as AppleScript is very slow already.

I'm personally avoiding native Node.js addons as they only create problems. Both with building and with crashing.

[ORESoftware]

thanks, its possible that the electron api is based on bindings instead of applescript

https://www.electronjs.org/docs/api/notification

[sindresorhus]

Yes, that's what Electron is doing.

[ORESoftware]

yeah any idea if electron apis can be imported and used in a non-electron app, in some random nodejs code?

[sindresorhus]

They cannot.