Script that returns the number of unread notifications

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Is there any way to trigger an action based on the number of unread notifications? I want to add a widget that will display this to me, however, I don't know how to create a script that will allow me to do this

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Unfortunately I don't think there is a good way. The notifications are grouped and not really accessible and getting the total count is relatively complex. It is possible in theory using Apple Script (You can get a list of all groups via this Java Script For Automation / Apple Script:

var app = Application('System Events'); 
var notificationCenter = app.processes.whose({ bundleIdentifier: 'com.apple.notificationcenterui', })[0];
notificationCenter.windows.groups().at(0).at(0).scrollAreas.at(0).uiElements.at(0).groups()

Then you'd need to sum up the counts of each group.

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Sadly, I have an error.
Error: TypeError: undefined is not an object (evaluating 'notificationCenter.windows.groups().at(0).at')

4

Yes this code needs much edge case handling. I think it's not worth it :slight_smile:
Undefined probably happens if there are no visible notifications currently.