Send Quip notification messages to OSX notification center

Quip does not notify me about any notifications I receive, so I missed essential messages pretty often. This little app was created to fix that.

What it does

It sends Quip notifications to OSX notification center.

Features

• Notifies about direct messages, mentions, and all messages in threads (channels) that are configured as "important".
• Delivers all missed messages once the program re-connects, so no messages are missed if a laptop was closed, offline, etc.
• Will automatically re-connect if disconnected.
• Configurable sound effect.
• One notification visible per channel, new messages replace old ones (for the same channel)

Caveats

• Quip format parsing is pretty rudimentary.
• Requires some knowledge to install and use it (it's a Ruby app).
• This app is good enough for me but no more: this is a quick one-evening project because Quip was giving me rage fits; it's nowhere near production quality.

TODOs

• The app should notify if/when it crashes, loses connection to Quip for a long time, etc.
• Find out about token validity. It might expire on me here, and I have no way of knowing when.
• Maybe support notification methods other than the OSX notification center?

How to install and use it

• Clone the repo
• Install dependencies: gem install bundler ; bundle
• Configure it: Copy config/application.yml-sample to config\application.yml and edit it to your liking. Only an access token is required, other settings are optional, but api_base_url is essential if using on-premises Quip!
• Run quip_notifier.rb -d, it should daemonize itself when run with "-d" parameter.
• Check logs/quip_notifier.log for more info.
• Configuring this app for running upon user login is left as an exercise to the reader.