notif-mgmt is a Python/Django-based Web application for managing a
user's notifications, authorizations, and rules and methods for user
alerts. It also provides the API for authorizing new notifiers. It
works alongside the
notif-agent package, which
runs continuously as a daemon for processing incoming notifications.
This Nōtifs agent uses the PostgreSQL database. This is a change from earlier versions that had used MongoDB because of the lack of MongoDB support in current, supported versions of Django.
The notif-mgmt code uses and has been tested with:
- Python 3.7.3
- Django 3.0.7
- PostgreSQL 11.7
- ZURB Foundation 5.5.1
This software has not yet been extensively tested for security, and should be treated with caution. In particular, the multitenant capabilities (multiple users, each with their own notifications, authorizations, etc.) are thought to be incomplete.
It is assumed that you have some familiarity with Django application structure; if not, please refer to the documentation.
The notif/settings.py file will need particular attention. It contains
domain names and the like, but also has site-specific secret values
that have been removed from the version on the repository.
Note that when running the code in production (with DEBUG turned off in the configuration file), it is necessary to move the static files to a separate location, normally hosted directly directly from a web server such as Apache or nginx. Refer to the Django Deployment Checklist for more information on putting the server into production.