How does termux:API work?

[shanness]

Hey,

Great project! Just wondering how the termux:API is designed to be used? Does it require ntfy on the phone?

[dschep]

Yup, it's intended for use entirely on your phone. Think of it as the Android equivalent of the windows/darwin/linux backend for desktop computers.

To use it follow these steps:

1. install Termux https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.termux
2. install Termux:API https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.termux.api
3. open Termux
4. install termux api client: apt install termux-api
5. install ntfy: pip install ntfy
6. Test it!: ntfy -b termux send test

let me know if you have any issues, it was built mostly as a curiosity and I haven't used it since I first implemented and tested it.

[Dan1jel]

Got this error when I try to send a message via Termux, i use the F-Droid version because google play is not updated anymore.

Edit, forgot the error code :P

command ntfy -b termux send test
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/bin/ntfy", line 8, in
sys.exit(main())
File "/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/ntfy/cli.py", line 329, in main
config = load_config(DEFAULT_CONFIG)
File "/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/ntfy/config.py", line 45, in load_config
if 'backend' in config:
TypeError: argument of type 'NoneType' is not iterable

[Dan1jel]

Tried this again after using a different method, but now I get this error instead (termux and termux-api is installed via F-droid instead due to Google Play version is outdated).

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/bin/ntfy", line 5, in <module>
    from ntfy.cli import main
  File "/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/ntfy/__init__.py", line 6, in <module>
    from inspect import getargspec
ImportError: cannot import name 'getargspec' from 'inspect' (/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/lib/python3.11/inspect.py)

[dschep]

Hey @Dan1jel, it looks like inspect.getargspec was removed in python 3.11. I created #262 to track this bug.