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GlideNotification- Client

The GlideNotification API provides methods that display messages over the page content.

Access this API using the g_notification global object. List V3 must be activated for the g_notification object to be available.

Parent Topic:Client API reference

GlideNotification - show(String type, String message, Number duration)

Displays the specified string over the page content as the specified type of message. When the duration timer expires, the message is removed.

Note: When using this method in a scoped application, you must specify the associated namespace nowapi. For example, nowapi.g_notification.show("info", "The record has been updated", 10000);

NameTypeDescription
typeStringType of message to display.Valid values: - error - info - warning
messageStringMessage to display.
durationNumberOptional. Amount of time to display the message.Unit: Milliseconds Default: 5,000
TypeDescription
void 
// Displays an info message at the top of the screen
g_notification.show("info", "The record has been updated", 10000);

// Displays an error message at the top of the screen in a scoped app
nowapi.g_notification.show("error", "You need to provide notes!");