Send Notifications with Rust

Pushinator is a powerful push notification service that lets you send real-time updates to iPhone, iPad, and Android devices. In this guide, we will show how to use Pushinator with Rust.

Set up your notification channel and devices

First, log in to the Pushinator Console and create a channel (e.g., "Rust Alerts"). Save Channel ID, obtain an API token and save it for later use too.

Install the Pushinator app from the App Store or Google Play on your devices. Use the app to scan your channel’s QR code and subscribe your devices to notifications.

Add the Pushinator crate to your project

Include the official Pushinator Rust crate in your Cargo.toml file.

[dependencies]
pushinator = "0.1.3"

Or install pushinator using cargo:

cargo add pushinator

Send notifications from your code

Use the pushinator crate in your Rust code to send push notifications to all subscribers of a channel.

use pushinator::PushinatorClient;

fn main() {
    let pushinator_client = PushinatorClient::new("PUSHINATOR_API_TOKEN".to_string());

    match pushinator_client.send_notification_sync("PUSHINATOR_CHANNEL_ID".to_string(), "🦀 Hello from Rust!") {
        Ok(_) => println!("Notification sent!"),
        Err(e) => eprintln!("Failed to send notification: {}", e),
    }
}

Example: notify when CPU overheats

Here's an example of a Rust program that sends a push notification when the CPU temperature exceeds a specified limit:

use pushinator::PushinatorClient;
use systemstat::{System, Platform};
use std::thread;
use std::time::Duration;

fn main() {
    let client = PushinatorClient::new("PUSHINATOR_API_KEY".to_string());
    let system = System::new();

    loop {
        if let Ok(cpu_temp) = system.cpu_temp() {
            if cpu_temp > 80.0 {
                let message = format!("⚠️ Warning: CPU temperature is too high! ({}°C)", cpu_temp);
                match client.send_notification_sync("PUSHINATOR_CHANNEL_ID".to_string(), &message) {
                    Ok(_) => println!("Alert sent: {}", message),
                    Err(e) => eprintln!("Failed to send alert: {}", e),
                }
            } else {
                println!("CPU temperature: {}°C", cpu_temp);
            }
        } else {
            eprintln!("Could not retrieve CPU temperature.");
        }

        thread::sleep(Duration::from_secs(60));
    }   
}

Send Notifications with Rust

Set up your notification channel and devices

Add the Pushinator crate to your project

Send notifications from your code

Example: notify when CPU overheats

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