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Mobile and native notifications for Earth Engine tasks
https://github.com/aazuspan/taskee

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Mobile and native notifications for Earth Engine tasks

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`taskee` is a command-line tool for monitoring [Google Earth Engine](https://developers.google.com/earth-engine) tasks that can send notifications to your phone or computer to let you know when your tasks finish.

![](assets/dashboard.gif)

# Features

- 🔍 Monitor [Google Earth Engine](https://developers.google.com/earth-engine) tasks created with the Python API and/or the Javascript Code Editor
- 💻 Native notifications for Linux, Mac, and Windows
- :speech_balloon: Mobile push notifications for Android
- :tv: Built-in CLI dashboard

# Setup

```bash
pip install taskee
```

Run the setup steps below as needed.

Earth Engine (required)
Set up a Google Earth Engine account. If you haven't authenticated Earth Engine before, you'll be asked to do so the first time you run taskee.

Pushbullet (optional)
If you want to receive mobile notifications (Android only), you'll need to create or connect an account with Pushbullet, download the app on your device(s), and install the Pushbullet Python API using pip install pushbullet.py.
Once Pushbullet is installed and you're logged in, go to your Account Settings, create an Access Token, and copy the API key. The first time you run taskee with a pushbullet notifier, you'll need to enter your API key. That key will be stored locally so you don't have to enter it again.

notify-send (Linux only)
Linux users may need to install notify-send to enable native notifications. If taskee is not working with the native notifier, run sudo apt install libnotify-bin.

# Usage

`taskee` offers a few different commands which you can see by running `taskee --help`.

```bash
Usage: taskee [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...

Monitor Earth Engine tasks and send notifications when they change states.

Examples
$ taskee test
$ taskee tasks
$ taskee start log
$ taskee start dashboard failed completed -n pushbullet -i 0.5

Options:
--version Show the version and exit.
--help Show this message and exit.

Commands:
start Start running the notification system.
tasks Display a table of current Earth Engine tasks.
test Send test notifications.
```

## Starting taskee

The `taskee start` command initializes and runs the notification system. It will continue running until you cancel it, periodically checking your Earth Engine tasks and sending you notifications.

`taskee start` requires one argument: `mode`.

### Choosing a Mode

There are two modes that `taskee start` can run in: `dashboard` and `log`.

`dashboard` shows a live-updating dashboard that makes it easy to visually keep track of your tasks and events.

```bash
taskee start dashboard
```

![A dashboard showing live-updating tasks and events](assets/dashboard.gif)

`log` is designed to be run in the background and prints minimal logs as events occur.

```bash
taskee start log
```

![A terminal showing logs of new events.](assets/log.gif)

### Filtering Events

There are a lot of possible events that can happen to Earth Engine tasks. The list below describes the events recognized by `taskee`.

| Event | Description |
| ----: | :----- |
| *created* | :seedling: A new task is submitted. |
| *started* | :herb: A task starts processing. |
| *attempted* | :fallen_leaf: An attempt fails and the task is restarted. |
| *completed* | :evergreen_tree: A task finished successfully. |
| *failed* | :fire: A task fails to complete. |
| *cancelled* | :axe: The user cancels the task. |
| *error* | :exclamation: `taskee` crashes. |

By default, `taskee` will notify you of `errors` and `completed` or `failed` tasks, but you can specify which events to watch for by listing them when you launch `taskee`. For example:

```bash
taskee start dashboard failed attempted cancelled error
```

You can also use `all` as a shortcut and `taskee` will notify you of all events.

```bash
taskee start dashboard all
```

### Selecting Notifiers

By default, `taskee` will use the `native` notification system built into your computer's operating system.

![](assets/notification_native_windows.gif)

If you want notifications on other devices, set up Pushbullet and then select it with the `-n --notifier` option.

```bash
taskee start dashboard --notifier pushbullet
```

![](assets/notification_pushbullet.gif)

Like with events, you can use `all` as a shortcut and `taskee` will send both `native` and `pushbullet` notifications.

```bash
taskee start dashboard -n all
```

### Other Options

You can set how often tasks are re-checked (in minutes) using the `-i --interval_mins` option.

```bash
taskee start dashboard -i 10
```

> **Warning**
> `taskee` doesn't set a minimum interval, but if updates occur too frequently you may run into rate limits for Earth Engine or Pushbullet.

### Service Credentials

By default, `taskee` uses the persistent credentials stored on your local machine (whichever account you authenticated last). To use a [service account](https://developers.google.com/earth-engine/guides/service_account) instead, pass the relative path to your private key file using the `-k --private-key` option.

```bash
taskee start dashboard -k path/to/private-key.json
```

### Example

Using what we learned above, let's set up `taskee` to start running in `log` mode, check for `cancelled` or `completed` task events, send us notifications using `pushbullet`, and update every `30` minutes.

```bash
taskee start log cancelled completed -n pushbullet -i 30
```

## Other Commands

Aside from running the notification system, `taskee` has a few more commands that may be helpful.

### Task Summaries

The `tasks` command checks your Earth Engine tasks once, giving you a snapshot of your current tasks in a nice, readable table.

```bash
taskee tasks
```

![A table showing details for a list of tasks.](assets/tasks.png)

### Test Notifications

The `test` command sends a mock notification to any notifiers selected with the `-n --notifier` option. You can use this to make sure notifications are set up and working.

```bash
taskee test -n native
```

![](assets/test.gif)