README.md

ActivitySmith Python Library

The ActivitySmith Python library provides convenient access to the ActivitySmith API from Python applications.

Documentation

See the API reference.

Installation

This package is available on PyPI:

pip install activitysmith

Alternatively, install from source with:

python -m pip install .

Setup

import os
from activitysmith import ActivitySmith

activitysmith = ActivitySmith(
    api_key=os.environ["ACTIVITYSMITH_API_KEY"],
)

Push Notifications

Send a Push Notification

activitysmith.notifications.send(
    {
        "title": "New subscription 💸",
        "message": "Customer upgraded to Pro plan",
    }
)

Rich Push Notifications with Media

activitysmith.notifications.send(
    {
        "title": "Homepage ready",
        "message": "Your agent finished the redesign.",
        "media": "https://cdn.example.com/output/homepage-v2.png",
        "redirection": "https://github.com/acme/web/pull/482",
    }
)

Send images, videos, or audio with your push notifications, press and hold to preview media directly from the notification, then tap through to open the linked content.

What will work:

• direct image URL: .jpg, .png, .gif, etc.
• direct audio file URL: .mp3, .m4a, etc.
• direct video file URL: .mp4, .mov, etc.
• URL that responds with a proper media Content-Type, even if the path has no extension

Actionable Push Notifications

Actionable push notifications can open a URL on tap or trigger actions when someone long-presses the notification. Webhooks are executed by the ActivitySmith backend.

activitysmith.notifications.send(
    {
        "title": "New subscription 💸",
        "message": "Customer upgraded to Pro plan",
        "redirection": "https://crm.example.com/customers/cus_9f3a1d",  # Optional
        "actions": [  # Optional (max 4)
            {
                "title": "Open CRM Profile",
                "type": "open_url",
                "url": "https://crm.example.com/customers/cus_9f3a1d",
            },
            {
                "title": "Start Onboarding Workflow",
                "type": "webhook",
                "url": "https://hooks.example.com/activitysmith/onboarding/start",
                "method": "POST",
                "body": {
                    "customer_id": "cus_9f3a1d",
                    "plan": "pro",
                },
            },
        ],
    }
)

Live Activities

Live Activities come in two UI types, but the lifecycle stays the same: start the activity, keep the returned activity_id, update it as state changes, then end it when the work is done.

• segmented_progress: best for jobs tracked in steps
• progress: best for jobs tracked as a percentage or numeric range

Shared flow

1. Call activitysmith.live_activities.start(...).
2. Save the returned activity_id.
3. Call activitysmith.live_activities.update(...) as progress changes.
4. Call activitysmith.live_activities.end(...) when the work is finished.

Segmented Progress Type

Use segmented_progress when progress is easier to follow as steps instead of a raw percentage. It fits jobs like backups, deployments, ETL pipelines, and checklists where "step 2 of 3" is more useful than "67%". number_of_steps is dynamic, so you can increase or decrease it later if the workflow changes.

Start

start = activitysmith.live_activities.start(
    {
        "content_state": {
            "title": "Nightly database backup",
            "subtitle": "create snapshot",
            "number_of_steps": 3,
            "current_step": 1,
            "type": "segmented_progress",
            "color": "yellow",
        },
        "channels": ["devs", "ops"],  # Optional
    }
)

activity_id = start.activity_id

Update

activitysmith.live_activities.update(
    {
        "activity_id": activity_id,
        "content_state": {
            "title": "Nightly database backup",
            "subtitle": "upload archive",
            "number_of_steps": 4,
            "current_step": 2,
        }
    }
)

End

activitysmith.live_activities.end(
    {
        "activity_id": activity_id,
        "content_state": {
            "title": "Nightly database backup",
            "subtitle": "verify restore",
            "number_of_steps": 4,
            "current_step": 4,
            "auto_dismiss_minutes": 2,
        }
    }
)

Progress Type

Use progress when the state is naturally continuous. It fits charging, downloads, sync jobs, uploads, timers, and any flow where a percentage or numeric range is the clearest signal.

Start

start = activitysmith.live_activities.start(
    {
        "content_state": {
            "title": "EV Charging",
            "subtitle": "Added 30 mi range",
            "type": "progress",
            "percentage": 15,
            "color": "lime",
        }
    }
)

activity_id = start.activity_id

Update

activitysmith.live_activities.update(
    {
        "activity_id": activity_id,
        "content_state": {
            "title": "EV Charging",
            "subtitle": "Added 120 mi range",
            "percentage": 60,
        }
    }
)

End

activitysmith.live_activities.end(
    {
        "activity_id": activity_id,
        "content_state": {
            "title": "EV Charging",
            "subtitle": "Added 200 mi range",
            "percentage": 100,
            "auto_dismiss_minutes": 2,
        }
    }
)

Live Activity Action

Just like Actionable Push Notifications, Live Activities can have a button that opens provided URL in a browser or triggers a webhook. Webhooks are executed by the ActivitySmith backend.

Open URL action

start = activitysmith.live_activities.start(
    {
        "content_state": {
            "title": "Deploying payments-api",
            "subtitle": "Running database migrations",
            "number_of_steps": 5,
            "current_step": 3,
            "type": "segmented_progress",
        },
        "action": {
            "title": "Open Workflow",
            "type": "open_url",
            "url": "https://github.com/acme/payments-api/actions/runs/1234567890",
        },
    }
)

activity_id = start.activity_id

Webhook action

activitysmith.live_activities.update(
    {
        "activity_id": activity_id,
        "content_state": {
            "title": "Reindexing product search",
            "subtitle": "Shard 7 of 12",
            "number_of_steps": 12,
            "current_step": 7,
        },
        "action": {
            "title": "Pause Reindex",
            "type": "webhook",
            "url": "https://ops.example.com/hooks/search/reindex/pause",
            "method": "POST",
            "body": {
                "job_id": "reindex-2026-03-19",
                "requested_by": "activitysmith-python",
            },
        },
    }
)

Channels

Channels are used to target specific team members or devices. Can be used for both push notifications and live activities.

activitysmith.notifications.send(
    {
        "title": "New subscription 💸",
        "message": "Customer upgraded to Pro plan",
        "channels": ["sales", "customer-success"],  # Optional
    }
)

Error Handling

try:
    activitysmith.notifications.send(
        {
            "title": "New subscription 💸",
        }
    )
except Exception as err:
    print("Request failed:", err)

Request/response models are included and can be imported from activitysmith_openapi.models.

Requirements

• Python 3.9 or newer

License

MIT