Toast notification examples for PowerShell

The toast template catalog (Windows Runtime apps)

ToastText01

$bodyText = 'A single string wrapped across a maximum of three lines of text.'

$ToastText01 = [Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastTemplateType, Windows.UI.Notifications, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::ToastText01
$TemplateContent = [Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotificationManager, Windows.UI.Notifications, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::GetTemplateContent($ToastText01)
$TemplateContent.SelectSingleNode('//text[@id="1"]').InnerText = $bodyText
$AppId = '{1AC14E77-02E7-4E5D-B744-2EB1AE5198B7}\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe'
[Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotificationManager]::CreateToastNotifier($AppId).Show($TemplateContent)

ToastText02

$headlineText = 'One string of bold text on the first line.'
$bodyText = 'One string of regular text wrapped across the second and third lines.'

$ToastText02 = [Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastTemplateType, Windows.UI.Notifications, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::ToastText02
$TemplateContent = [Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotificationManager, Windows.UI.Notifications, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::GetTemplateContent($ToastText02)
$TemplateContent.SelectSingleNode('//text[@id="1"]').InnerText = $headlineText
$TemplateContent.SelectSingleNode('//text[@id="2"]').InnerText = $bodyText
$AppId = '{1AC14E77-02E7-4E5D-B744-2EB1AE5198B7}\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe'
[Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotificationManager]::CreateToastNotifier($AppId).Show($TemplateContent)

ToastText03

$headlineText = 'One string of bold text wrapped across the first and second lines.'
$bodyText = 'One string of regular text on the third line.'

$ToastText03 = [Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastTemplateType, Windows.UI.Notifications, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::ToastText03
$TemplateContent = [Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotificationManager, Windows.UI.Notifications, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::GetTemplateContent($ToastText03)
$TemplateContent.SelectSingleNode('//text[@id="1"]').InnerText = $headlineText
$TemplateContent.SelectSingleNode('//text[@id="2"]').InnerText = $bodyText
$AppId = '{1AC14E77-02E7-4E5D-B744-2EB1AE5198B7}\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe'
[Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotificationManager]::CreateToastNotifier($AppId).Show($TemplateContent)

ToastText04

$headlineText = 'One string of bold text on the first line.'
$bodyText1 = 'One string of regular text on the second line.'
$bodyText2 = 'One string of regular text on the third line.'

$ToastText04 = [Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastTemplateType, Windows.UI.Notifications, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::ToastText04
$TemplateContent = [Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotificationManager, Windows.UI.Notifications, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::GetTemplateContent($ToastText04)
$TemplateContent.SelectSingleNode('//text[@id="1"]').InnerText = $headlineText
$TemplateContent.SelectSingleNode('//text[@id="2"]').InnerText = $bodyText1
$TemplateContent.SelectSingleNode('//text[@id="3"]').InnerText = $bodyText2
$AppId = '{1AC14E77-02E7-4E5D-B744-2EB1AE5198B7}\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe'
[Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotificationManager]::CreateToastNotifier($AppId).Show($TemplateContent)

ToastImageAndText01

$image = 'C:\Windows\IdentityCRL\WLive48x48.png'
$bodyText = 'A single string wrapped across a maximum of three lines of text.'

$ToastImageAndText01 = [Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastTemplateType, Windows.UI.Notifications, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::ToastImageAndText01
$TemplateContent = [Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotificationManager, Windows.UI.Notifications, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::GetTemplateContent($ToastImageAndText01)
$TemplateContent.SelectSingleNode('//image[@id="1"]').SetAttribute('src', $image)
$TemplateContent.SelectSingleNode('//text[@id="1"]').InnerText = $bodyText
$AppId = '{1AC14E77-02E7-4E5D-B744-2EB1AE5198B7}\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe'
[Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotificationManager]::CreateToastNotifier($AppId).Show($TemplateContent)

ToastImageAndText02

$image = 'C:\Windows\IdentityCRL\WLive48x48.png'
$headlineText = 'One string of bold text on the first line.'
$bodyText = 'One string of regular text wrapped across the second and third lines.'

$ToastImageAndText02 = [Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastTemplateType, Windows.UI.Notifications, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::ToastImageAndText02
$TemplateContent = [Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotificationManager, Windows.UI.Notifications, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::GetTemplateContent($ToastImageAndText02)
$TemplateContent.SelectSingleNode('//image[@id="1"]').SetAttribute('src', $image)
$TemplateContent.SelectSingleNode('//text[@id="1"]').InnerText = $headlineText
$TemplateContent.SelectSingleNode('//text[@id="2"]').InnerText = $bodyText
$AppId = '{1AC14E77-02E7-4E5D-B744-2EB1AE5198B7}\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe'
[Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotificationManager]::CreateToastNotifier($AppId).Show($TemplateContent)

ToastImageAndText03

$image = 'C:\Windows\IdentityCRL\WLive48x48.png'
$headlineText = 'One string of bold text wrapped across the first two lines.'
$bodyText = 'One string of regular text on the third line.'

$ToastImageAndText03 = [Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastTemplateType, Windows.UI.Notifications, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::ToastImageAndText03
$TemplateContent = [Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotificationManager, Windows.UI.Notifications, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::GetTemplateContent($ToastImageAndText03)
$TemplateContent.SelectSingleNode('//image[@id="1"]').SetAttribute('src', $image)
$TemplateContent.SelectSingleNode('//text[@id="1"]').InnerText = $headlineText
$TemplateContent.SelectSingleNode('//text[@id="2"]').InnerText = $bodyText
$AppId = '{1AC14E77-02E7-4E5D-B744-2EB1AE5198B7}\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe'
[Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotificationManager]::CreateToastNotifier($AppId).Show($TemplateContent)

ToastImageAndText04

$image = 'C:\Windows\IdentityCRL\WLive48x48.png'
$headlineText = 'One string of bold text on the first line.'
$bodyText1 = 'One string of regular text on the second line.'
$bodyText2 = 'One string of regular text on the third line.'

$ToastImageAndText04 = [Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastTemplateType, Windows.UI.Notifications, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::ToastImageAndText04
$TemplateContent = [Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotificationManager, Windows.UI.Notifications, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::GetTemplateContent($ToastImageAndText04)
$TemplateContent.SelectSingleNode('//image[@id="1"]').SetAttribute('src', $image)
$TemplateContent.SelectSingleNode('//text[@id="1"]').InnerText = $headlineText
$TemplateContent.SelectSingleNode('//text[@id="2"]').InnerText = $bodyText1
$TemplateContent.SelectSingleNode('//text[@id="3"]').InnerText = $bodyText2
$AppId = '{1AC14E77-02E7-4E5D-B744-2EB1AE5198B7}\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe'
[Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotificationManager]::CreateToastNotifier($AppId).Show($TemplateContent)

New line `n

$bodyText = "ASCII.JP`nWindows Info"

$ToastText01 = [Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastTemplateType, Windows.UI.Notifications, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::ToastText01
$TemplateContent = [Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotificationManager, Windows.UI.Notifications, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::GetTemplateContent($ToastText01)
$TemplateContent.SelectSingleNode('//text[@id="1"]').InnerText = $bodyText
$AppId = '{1AC14E77-02E7-4E5D-B744-2EB1AE5198B7}\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe'
[Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotificationManager]::CreateToastNotifier($AppId).Show($TemplateContent)

Logo image `placement="appLogoOverride"`

$headlineText = 'One string of bold text on the first line.'
$bodyText = 'One string of regular text on the second line.'
$logo = 'C:\Windows\IdentityCRL\WLive48x48.png'
$image = 'C:\Windows\Web\Screen\img100.jpg'

$xml = @"
<toast>
    <visual>
        <binding template="ToastGeneric">
            <text>$($headlineText)</text>
            <text>$($bodyText)</text>
            <image placement="appLogoOverride" src="$($logo)"/>
            <image src="$($image)"/>
        </binding>
    </visual>
</toast>
"@
$XmlDocument = [Windows.Data.Xml.Dom.XmlDocument, Windows.Data.Xml.Dom.XmlDocument, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::New()
$XmlDocument.loadXml($xml)
$AppId = '{1AC14E77-02E7-4E5D-B744-2EB1AE5198B7}\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe'
[Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotificationManager, Windows.UI.Notifications, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::CreateToastNotifier($AppId).Show($XmlDocument)

Circle logo `hint-crop="circle"`

$headlineText = 'One string of bold text on the first line.'
$bodyText = 'One string of regular text on the second line.'
$logo = 'C:\Windows\IdentityCRL\WLive48x48.png'
$image = 'C:\Windows\Web\Screen\img100.jpg'

$xml = @"
<toast>
    <visual>
        <binding template="ToastGeneric">
            <text>$($headlineText)</text>
            <text>$($bodyText)</text>
            <image placement="appLogoOverride" hint-crop="circle" src="$($logo)"/>
            <image src="$($image)"/>
        </binding>
    </visual>
</toast>
"@
$XmlDocument = [Windows.Data.Xml.Dom.XmlDocument, Windows.Data.Xml.Dom.XmlDocument, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::New()
$XmlDocument.loadXml($xml)
$AppId = '{1AC14E77-02E7-4E5D-B744-2EB1AE5198B7}\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe'
[Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotificationManager, Windows.UI.Notifications, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::CreateToastNotifier($AppId).Show($XmlDocument)

Hero image `placement="hero"`

$headlineText = 'One string of bold text on the first line.'
$bodyText = 'One string of regular text on the second line.'
$logo = 'C:\Windows\IdentityCRL\WLive48x48.png'
$image = 'C:\Windows\Web\Screen\img100.jpg'

$xml = @"
<toast>
    <visual>
        <binding template="ToastGeneric">
            <text>$($headlineText)</text>
            <text>$($bodyText)</text>
            <image placement="appLogoOverride" src="$($logo)"/>
            <image placement="hero" src="$($image)"/>
        </binding>
    </visual>
</toast>
"@
$XmlDocument = [Windows.Data.Xml.Dom.XmlDocument, Windows.Data.Xml.Dom.XmlDocument, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::New()
$XmlDocument.loadXml($xml)
$AppId = '{1AC14E77-02E7-4E5D-B744-2EB1AE5198B7}\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe'
[Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotificationManager, Windows.UI.Notifications, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::CreateToastNotifier($AppId).Show($XmlDocument)

Basic

$xml = @"
<toast>
  
  <visual>
    <binding template="ToastGeneric">
      <text>Hello World</text>
      <text>This is a simple toast message</text>
    </binding>
  </visual>
  
</toast>
"@
$XmlDocument = [Windows.Data.Xml.Dom.XmlDocument, Windows.Data.Xml.Dom.XmlDocument, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::New()
$XmlDocument.loadXml($xml)
$AppId = '{1AC14E77-02E7-4E5D-B744-2EB1AE5198B7}\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe'
[Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotificationManager, Windows.UI.Notifications, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::CreateToastNotifier($AppId).Show($XmlDocument)

Audio

$xml = @"
<toast>
  
  <visual>
    <binding template="ToastGeneric">
      <text>Hello World</text>
      <text>This is a simple toast message</text>
    </binding>
  </visual>

  <audio src="ms-winsoundevent:Notification.Reminder"/>
  
</toast>
"@
$XmlDocument = [Windows.Data.Xml.Dom.XmlDocument, Windows.Data.Xml.Dom.XmlDocument, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::New()
$XmlDocument.loadXml($xml)
$AppId = '{1AC14E77-02E7-4E5D-B744-2EB1AE5198B7}\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe'
[Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotificationManager, Windows.UI.Notifications, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::CreateToastNotifier($AppId).Show($XmlDocument)

Available audio https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/uwp/schemas/tiles/toastschema/element-audio#attributes

Loop audio

$xml = @"
<toast>
  
  <visual>
    <binding template="ToastGeneric">
      <text>Hello World</text>
      <text>This is a simple toast message</text>
    </binding>
  </visual>

  <audio src="ms-winsoundevent:Notification.Reminder" loop="true"/>
  
</toast>
"@
$XmlDocument = [Windows.Data.Xml.Dom.XmlDocument, Windows.Data.Xml.Dom.XmlDocument, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::New()
$XmlDocument.loadXml($xml)
$AppId = '{1AC14E77-02E7-4E5D-B744-2EB1AE5198B7}\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe'
[Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotificationManager, Windows.UI.Notifications, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::CreateToastNotifier($AppId).Show($XmlDocument)

Silent

$xml = @"
<toast>
  
  <visual>
    <binding template="ToastGeneric">
      <text>Hello World</text>
      <text>This is a simple toast message</text>
    </binding>
  </visual>

  <audio silent="true"/>
  
</toast>
"@
$XmlDocument = [Windows.Data.Xml.Dom.XmlDocument, Windows.Data.Xml.Dom.XmlDocument, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::New()
$XmlDocument.loadXml($xml)
$AppId = '{1AC14E77-02E7-4E5D-B744-2EB1AE5198B7}\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe'
[Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotificationManager, Windows.UI.Notifications, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::CreateToastNotifier($AppId).Show($XmlDocument)

Audio from URL

$xml = @"
<toast>
  
  <visual>
    <binding template="ToastGeneric">
      <text>Hello World</text>
      <text>This is a simple toast message</text>
    </binding>
  </visual>

  <audio silent="true"/>
  
</toast>
"@
$XmlDocument = [Windows.Data.Xml.Dom.XmlDocument, Windows.Data.Xml.Dom.XmlDocument, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::New()
$XmlDocument.loadXml($xml)
$AppId = '{1AC14E77-02E7-4E5D-B744-2EB1AE5198B7}\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe'
[Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotificationManager, Windows.UI.Notifications, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::CreateToastNotifier($AppId).Show($XmlDocument)

$MediaPlayer = [Windows.Media.Playback.MediaPlayer, Windows.Media, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::New()
$MediaPlayer.Source = [Windows.Media.Core.MediaSource]::CreateFromUri('https://nyanpass.com/nyanpass.mp3')
$MediaPlayer.Play()

Audio from File

$xml = @"
<toast>
  
  <visual>
    <binding template="ToastGeneric">
      <text>Hello World</text>
      <text>This is a simple toast message</text>
    </binding>
  </visual>

  <audio silent="true"/>
  
</toast>
"@
$XmlDocument = [Windows.Data.Xml.Dom.XmlDocument, Windows.Data.Xml.Dom.XmlDocument, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::New()
$XmlDocument.loadXml($xml)
$AppId = '{1AC14E77-02E7-4E5D-B744-2EB1AE5198B7}\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe'
[Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotificationManager, Windows.UI.Notifications, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::CreateToastNotifier($AppId).Show($XmlDocument)

$MediaPlayer = [Windows.Media.Playback.MediaPlayer, Windows.Media, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::New()
$MediaPlayer.Source = [Windows.Media.Core.MediaSource]::CreateFromUri('C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\nyanpass.mp3')
$MediaPlayer.Play()

Speak

$xml = @"
<toast>
  
  <visual>
    <binding template="ToastGeneric">
      <text>Hello World</text>
      <text>This is a simple toast message</text>
    </binding>
  </visual>

  <audio silent="true"/>
  
</toast>
"@
$XmlDocument = [Windows.Data.Xml.Dom.XmlDocument, Windows.Data.Xml.Dom.XmlDocument, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::New()
$XmlDocument.loadXml($xml)
$AppId = '{1AC14E77-02E7-4E5D-B744-2EB1AE5198B7}\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe'
[Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotificationManager, Windows.UI.Notifications, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::CreateToastNotifier($AppId).Show($XmlDocument)

Add-Type -AssemblyName System.speech
([System.Speech.Synthesis.SpeechSynthesizer]::New()).Speak('Hello world')

Open link

$xml = @"
<toast activationType="protocol" launch="https://www.google.com/" >
  
  <visual>
    <binding template="ToastGeneric">
      <text>Click to open Google</text>
    </binding>
  </visual>
  
</toast>
"@
$XmlDocument = [Windows.Data.Xml.Dom.XmlDocument, Windows.Data.Xml.Dom.XmlDocument, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::New()
$XmlDocument.loadXml($xml)
$AppId = '{1AC14E77-02E7-4E5D-B744-2EB1AE5198B7}\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe'
[Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotificationManager, Windows.UI.Notifications, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::CreateToastNotifier($AppId).Show($XmlDocument)

Open link when button is clicked

$xml = @"
<toast>
  
  <visual>
    <binding template="ToastGeneric">
      <text>Hello World</text>
      <text>This is a simple toast message</text>
    </binding>
  </visual>
  
  <actions>
    <action content="Open Google" activationType="protocol" arguments="https://www.google.com/" />
  </actions>

</toast>
"@
$XmlDocument = [Windows.Data.Xml.Dom.XmlDocument, Windows.Data.Xml.Dom.XmlDocument, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::New()
$XmlDocument.loadXml($xml)
$AppId = '{1AC14E77-02E7-4E5D-B744-2EB1AE5198B7}\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe'
[Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotificationManager, Windows.UI.Notifications, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::CreateToastNotifier($AppId).Show($XmlDocument)

Execute Python Script

$PSDefaultParameterValues['Out-File:Encoding'] = 'utf8'
'import webbrowser; webbrowser.open("https://www.python.org")' > handler.pyw
$xml = @"
<toast>
  
  <visual>
    <binding template="ToastGeneric">
      <text>Hello World</text>
      <text>This is a simple toast message</text>
    </binding>
  </visual>
  
  <actions>
    <action content="Execute Python Script" activationType="protocol" arguments="$($PWD)\handler.pyw" />
  </actions>

</toast>
"@
$XmlDocument = [Windows.Data.Xml.Dom.XmlDocument, Windows.Data.Xml.Dom.XmlDocument, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::New()
$XmlDocument.loadXml($xml)
$AppId = '{1AC14E77-02E7-4E5D-B744-2EB1AE5198B7}\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe'
[Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotificationManager, Windows.UI.Notifications, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::CreateToastNotifier($AppId).Show($XmlDocument)

Long duration

$xml = @"
<toast duration="long">
  
  <visual>
    <binding template="ToastGeneric">
      <text>Hello World</text>
      <text>This is a simple toast message</text>
    </binding>
  </visual>
  
</toast>
"@
$XmlDocument = [Windows.Data.Xml.Dom.XmlDocument, Windows.Data.Xml.Dom.XmlDocument, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::New()
$XmlDocument.loadXml($xml)
$AppId = '{1AC14E77-02E7-4E5D-B744-2EB1AE5198B7}\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe'
[Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotificationManager, Windows.UI.Notifications, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::CreateToastNotifier($AppId).Show($XmlDocument)

displayed for 25 seconds

No timeout

$xml = @"
<toast scenario="incomingCall">
  
  <visual>
    <binding template="ToastGeneric">
      <text>Hello World</text>
      <text>This is a simple toast message</text>
    </binding>
  </visual>
  
</toast>
"@
$XmlDocument = [Windows.Data.Xml.Dom.XmlDocument, Windows.Data.Xml.Dom.XmlDocument, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::New()
$XmlDocument.loadXml($xml)
$AppId = '{1AC14E77-02E7-4E5D-B744-2EB1AE5198B7}\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe'
[Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotificationManager, Windows.UI.Notifications, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::CreateToastNotifier($AppId).Show($XmlDocument)

The scenario your toast is used for, like an alarm, reminder, incomingCall or urgent.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/uwp/schemas/tiles/toastschema/element-toast#:~:text=None-,scenario,-The%20scenario%20your

Alarm

$xml = @"
<toast launch="action=viewAlarm&amp;alarmId=3" scenario="alarm">

  <visual>
    <binding template="ToastGeneric">
      <text>Time to wake up!</text>
      <text>To prove you're awake, select which of the following fruits is yellow...</text>
    </binding>
  </visual>

  <actions>

    <input id="answer" type="selection" defaultInput="wrongDefault">
      <selection id="wrong" content="Orange"/>
      <selection id="wrongDefault" content="Blueberry"/>
      <selection id="right" content="Banana"/>
      <selection id="wrong" content="Avacado"/>
      <selection id="wrong" content="Cherry"/>
    </input>

    <action
      activationType="system"
      arguments="snooze"
      content=""/>

    <action
      activationType="background"
      arguments="dismiss"
      content="Dismiss"/>

  </actions>

</toast>
"@
$XmlDocument = [Windows.Data.Xml.Dom.XmlDocument, Windows.Data.Xml.Dom.XmlDocument, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::New()
$XmlDocument.loadXml($xml)
$AppId = '{1AC14E77-02E7-4E5D-B744-2EB1AE5198B7}\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe'
[Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotificationManager, Windows.UI.Notifications, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::CreateToastNotifier($AppId).Show($XmlDocument)

Breaking news

$xml = @"
<toast launch="action=viewStory&amp;storyId=92187">

    <visual>
        <binding template="ToastGeneric">
            <text>Tortoise beats rabbit in epic race</text>
            <text>In a surprising turn of events, Rockstar Rabbit took a nasty crash, allowing Thomas the Tortoise to win the race.</text>
            <text placement="attribution">The Animal Times</text>
        </binding>
    </visual>

</toast>
"@
$XmlDocument = [Windows.Data.Xml.Dom.XmlDocument, Windows.Data.Xml.Dom.XmlDocument, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::New()
$XmlDocument.loadXml($xml)
$AppId = '{1AC14E77-02E7-4E5D-B744-2EB1AE5198B7}\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe'
[Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotificationManager, Windows.UI.Notifications, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::CreateToastNotifier($AppId).Show($XmlDocument)

Event invite

$xml = @"
<toast launch="action=viewEvent&amp;eventId=63851">
  
  <visual>
    <binding template="ToastGeneric">
      <text>Surface Launch Party</text>
      <text>Studio S / Ballroom</text>
      <text>4:00 PM, 10/26/2015</text>
    </binding>
  </visual>

  <actions>
    
    <input id="status" type="selection" defaultInput="yes">
      <selection id="yes" content="Going"/>
      <selection id="maybe" content="Maybe"/>
      <selection id="no" content="Decline"/>
    </input>

    <action
      activationType="background"
      arguments="action=rsvpEvent&amp;eventId=63851"
      content="RSVP"/>

    <action
      activationType="system"
      arguments="dismiss"
      content=""/>
    
  </actions>
  
</toast>
"@
$XmlDocument = [Windows.Data.Xml.Dom.XmlDocument, Windows.Data.Xml.Dom.XmlDocument, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::New()
$XmlDocument.loadXml($xml)
$AppId = '{1AC14E77-02E7-4E5D-B744-2EB1AE5198B7}\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe'
[Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotificationManager, Windows.UI.Notifications, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::CreateToastNotifier($AppId).Show($XmlDocument)

Friend request

$xml = @"
<toast launch="action=viewFriendRequest&amp;userId=49183">

  <visual>
    <binding template="ToastGeneric">
      <text>Matt sent you a friend request</text>
      <text>Hey, wanna dress up as wizards and ride around on our hoverboards together?</text>
      <image placement="appLogoOverride" hint-crop="circle" src="C:\Windows\IdentityCRL\WLive48x48.png"/>
    </binding>
  </visual>

  <actions>
    <action content="Accept" activationType="background" arguments="action=acceptFriendRequest&amp;userId=49183"/>
    <action content="Decline" activationType="background" arguments="action=declineFriendRequest&amp;userId=49183"/>
  </actions>

</toast>
"@
$XmlDocument = [Windows.Data.Xml.Dom.XmlDocument, Windows.Data.Xml.Dom.XmlDocument, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::New()
$XmlDocument.loadXml($xml)
$AppId = '{1AC14E77-02E7-4E5D-B744-2EB1AE5198B7}\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe'
[Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotificationManager, Windows.UI.Notifications, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::CreateToastNotifier($AppId).Show($XmlDocument)

Incoming call

$xml = @"
<toast launch="action=answer&amp;callId=938163" scenario="incomingCall">

  <visual>
    <binding template="ToastGeneric">
      <text>Andrew Bares</text>
      <text>Incoming Call - Mobile</text>
      <image hint-crop="circle" src="https://unsplash.it/100?image=883"/>
    </binding>
  </visual>

  <actions>

    <action
      content="Text reply"
      imageUri="https://storage.googleapis.com/rppico.appspot.com/message.png"
      activationType="foreground"
      arguments="action=textReply&amp;callId=938163"/>

    <action
      content="Reminder"
      imageUri="https://storage.googleapis.com/rppico.appspot.com/reminder.png"
      activationType="background"
      arguments="action=reminder&amp;callId=938163"/>

    <action
      content="Ignore"
      imageUri="https://storage.googleapis.com/rppico.appspot.com/cancel.png"
      activationType="background"
      arguments="action=ignore&amp;callId=938163"/>

    <action
      content="Answer"
      imageUri="https://storage.googleapis.com/rppico.appspot.com/telephone.png"
      arguments="action=answer&amp;callId=938163"/>

  </actions>

</toast>
"@
$XmlDocument = [Windows.Data.Xml.Dom.XmlDocument, Windows.Data.Xml.Dom.XmlDocument, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::New()
$XmlDocument.loadXml($xml)
$AppId = 'Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_8wekyb3d8bbwe!App'
[Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotificationManager, Windows.UI.Notifications, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::CreateToastNotifier($AppId).Show($XmlDocument)

Messaging

$xml = @"
<toast launch="action=openThread&amp;threadId=92187">

    <visual>
        <binding template="ToastGeneric">
            <text hint-maxLines="1">Jill Bender</text>
            <text>Check out where we camped last weekend! It was incredible, wish you could have come on the backpacking trip!</text>
            <image placement="appLogoOverride" hint-crop="circle" src="https://unsplash.it/64?image=1027"/>
            <image placement="hero" src="https://unsplash.it/360/180?image=1043"/>
        </binding>
    </visual>

    <actions>

        <input id="textBox" type="text" placeHolderContent="reply"/>

        <action
          content="Send"
          imageUri="https://storage.googleapis.com/rppico.appspot.com/send.png"
          hint-inputId="textBox"
          activationType="background"
          arguments="action=reply&amp;threadId=92187"/>

    </actions>

</toast>
"@
$XmlDocument = [Windows.Data.Xml.Dom.XmlDocument, Windows.Data.Xml.Dom.XmlDocument, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::New()
$XmlDocument.loadXml($xml)
$AppId = 'Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_8wekyb3d8bbwe!App'
[Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotificationManager, Windows.UI.Notifications, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::CreateToastNotifier($AppId).Show($XmlDocument)

Photo tagged

$xml = @"
<toast launch="action=viewPhoto&amp;photoId=92187">

  <visual>
    <binding template="ToastGeneric">
      <image placement="appLogoOverride" hint-crop="circle" src="https://unsplash.it/64?image=669"/>
      <text>Adam Wilson tagged you in a photo</text>
      <text>On top of McClellan Butte - with Andrew Bares</text>
      <image src="https://unsplash.it/360/202?image=883"/>
    </binding>
  </visual>

  <actions>

    <action
      content="Like"
      activationType="background"
      arguments="likePhoto&amp;photoId=92187"/>
    
    <action
      content="Comment"
      arguments="action=commentPhoto&amp;photoId=92187"/>
    
  </actions>

</toast>
"@
$XmlDocument = [Windows.Data.Xml.Dom.XmlDocument, Windows.Data.Xml.Dom.XmlDocument, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::New()
$XmlDocument.loadXml($xml)
$AppId = 'Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_8wekyb3d8bbwe!App'
[Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotificationManager, Windows.UI.Notifications, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::CreateToastNotifier($AppId).Show($XmlDocument)

Progress bar

$xml = @"
<toast launch="action=viewDownload&amp;downloadId=9438108">
  
  <visual>
    <binding template="ToastGeneric">
      <text>Downloading this week's new video...</text>
      <progress
        title="{progressTitle}"
        value="{progressValue}"
        valueStringOverride="{progressValueString}"
        status="{progressStatus}"/>
    </binding>
  </visual>

  <actions>

    <action
      activationType="background"
      arguments="action=pauseDownload&amp;downloadId=9438108"
      content="Pause"/>

    <action
      activationType="background"
      arguments="action=cancelDownload&amp;downloadId=9438108"
      content="Cancel"/>
    
  </actions>
  
</toast>
"@
$XmlDocument = [Windows.Data.Xml.Dom.XmlDocument, Windows.Data.Xml.Dom.XmlDocument, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::New()
$XmlDocument.loadXml($xml)
$ToastNotification = [Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotification, Windows.UI.Notifications, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::New($XmlDocument)
$ToastNotification.Tag = 'my_tag'
$Dictionary = [System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary[String, String]]::New()
$Dictionary.Add('progressTitle', 'YouTube')
$Dictionary.Add('progressValue', '0')
$Dictionary.Add('progressValueString', '0/15 videos')
$Dictionary.Add('progressStatus', 'Downloading...')
$ToastNotification.Data = [Windows.UI.Notifications.NotificationData]::New($Dictionary)
$ToastNotification.Data.SequenceNumber = 1
$AppId = '{1AC14E77-02E7-4E5D-B744-2EB1AE5198B7}\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe'
[Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotificationManager, Windows.UI.Notifications, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::CreateToastNotifier($AppId).Show($ToastNotification)


for ($index = 1; $index -le 15; $index++) {
  Start-Sleep 1
  $Dictionary = [System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary[String, String]]::New()
  $Dictionary.Add('progressValue', $index / 15)
  $Dictionary.Add('progressValueString', "$index/15 videos")
  $NotificationData = [Windows.UI.Notifications.NotificationData]::New($Dictionary)
  $NotificationData.SequenceNumber = 2
  [Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotificationManager]::CreateToastNotifier($AppId).Update($NotificationData, 'my_tag')
}

$Dictionary = [System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary[String, String]]::New()
$Dictionary.Add('progressStatus', 'Completed!')
$NotificationData = [Windows.UI.Notifications.NotificationData]::New($Dictionary)
$NotificationData.SequenceNumber = 2
[Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotificationManager]::CreateToastNotifier($AppId).Update($NotificationData, 'my_tag')

Reminder

$xml = @"
<toast launch="action=viewEvent&amp;eventId=1983" scenario="reminder">
  
  <visual>
    <binding template="ToastGeneric">
      <text>Adaptive Tiles Meeting</text>
      <text>Conf Room 2001 / Building 135</text>
      <text>10:00 AM - 10:30 AM</text>
    </binding>
  </visual>

  <actions>
    
    <input id="snoozeTime" type="selection" defaultInput="15">
      <selection id="1" content="1 minute"/>
      <selection id="15" content="15 minutes"/>
      <selection id="60" content="1 hour"/>
      <selection id="240" content="4 hours"/>
      <selection id="1440" content="1 day"/>
    </input>

    <action
      activationType="system"
      arguments="snooze"
      hint-inputId="snoozeTime"
      content=""/>

    <action
      activationType="system"
      arguments="dismiss"
      content=""/>
    
  </actions>
  
</toast>
"@
$XmlDocument = [Windows.Data.Xml.Dom.XmlDocument, Windows.Data.Xml.Dom.XmlDocument, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::New()
$XmlDocument.loadXml($xml)
$AppId = '{1AC14E77-02E7-4E5D-B744-2EB1AE5198B7}\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe'
[Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotificationManager, Windows.UI.Notifications, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::CreateToastNotifier($AppId).Show($XmlDocument)

Restaurant

$xml = @"
<toast launch="action=viewRestaurant&amp;restaurantId=92187">

    <visual>
        <binding template="ToastGeneric">
            <image placement="hero" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/rppico.appspot.com/Food1.jpg"/>
            <text hint-maxLines="1">New suggested restaurant</text>
            <text>There's a popular chinese restaurant near you that we think you'd like!</text>
            <image src="https://storage.googleapis.com/rppico.appspot.com/RestaurantMap.jpg"/>
            <group>
                <subgroup>
                    <text hint-style="body">Pho Licious</text>
                    <text hint-style="captionSubtle">4.6 stars</text>
                </subgroup>
                <subgroup hint-textStacking="bottom">
                    <text hint-style="captionSubtle" hint-wrap="true" hint-align="right">4018 148th Ave NE, Redmond, WA 98052</text>
                </subgroup>
            </group>
        </binding>
    </visual>

    <actions>

        <action
          content="Map"
          arguments="bingmaps:?q=4018 148th Ave NE, Redmond, WA 98052"
          activationType="protocol"/>

        <action
          content="Reviews"
          arguments="action=viewRestaurantReviews&amp;restaurantId=92187"/>

    </actions>

</toast>
"@
$XmlDocument = [Windows.Data.Xml.Dom.XmlDocument, Windows.Data.Xml.Dom.XmlDocument, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::New()
$XmlDocument.loadXml($xml)
$AppId = 'Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_8wekyb3d8bbwe!App'
[Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotificationManager, Windows.UI.Notifications, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::CreateToastNotifier($AppId).Show($XmlDocument)

Weather

$xml = @"
<toast>

    <visual baseUri="https://storage.googleapis.com/rppico.appspot.com/">
        <binding template="ToastGeneric">
            <text>Today will be sunny with a high of 63 and a low of 42.</text>

            <group>
                <subgroup hint-weight="1">
                    <text hint-align="center">Mon</text>
                    <image src="Mostly Cloudy.png" hint-removeMargin="true"/>
                    <text hint-align="center">63°</text>
                    <text hint-style="captionsubtle" hint-align="center">42°</text>
                </subgroup>
                <subgroup hint-weight="1">
                    <text hint-align="center">Tue</text>
                    <image src="Cloudy.png" hint-removeMargin="true"/>
                    <text hint-align="center">57°</text>
                    <text hint-style="captionsubtle" hint-align="center">38°</text>
                </subgroup>
                <subgroup hint-weight="1">
                    <text hint-align="center">Wed</text>
                    <image src="Sunny.png" hint-removeMargin="true"/>
                    <text hint-align="center">59°</text>
                    <text hint-style="captionsubtle" hint-align="center">43°</text>
                </subgroup>
                <subgroup hint-weight="1">
                    <text hint-align="center">Thu</text>
                    <image src="Sunny.png" hint-removeMargin="true"/>
                    <text hint-align="center">62°</text>
                    <text hint-style="captionsubtle" hint-align="center">42°</text>
                </subgroup>
                <subgroup hint-weight="1">
                    <text hint-align="center">Fri</text>
                    <image src="Sunny.png" hint-removeMargin="true"/>
                    <text hint-align="center">71°</text>
                    <text hint-style="captionsubtle" hint-align="center">66°</text>
                </subgroup>
            </group>
        </binding>
    </visual>

</toast>
"@
$XmlDocument = [Windows.Data.Xml.Dom.XmlDocument, Windows.Data.Xml.Dom.XmlDocument, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::New()
$XmlDocument.loadXml($xml)
$AppId = 'Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_8wekyb3d8bbwe!App'
[Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotificationManager, Windows.UI.Notifications, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::CreateToastNotifier($AppId).Show($XmlDocument)

Download Finished

$xml = @"
<toast>
  <visual>
    <binding template="ToastGeneric">
      <text>Music Player</text>
      <text>Download Finished</text>
    </binding>
  </visual>
  <actions>
    <action content="Play" activationType="protocol" arguments="C:\Windows\Media\Alarm01.wav" />
    <action content="Open Folder" activationType="protocol" arguments="file:///C:/Windows/Media" />
  </actions>
</toast>
"@
$XmlDocument = [Windows.Data.Xml.Dom.XmlDocument, Windows.Data.Xml.Dom.XmlDocument, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::New()
$XmlDocument.loadXml($xml)
$AppId = '{1AC14E77-02E7-4E5D-B744-2EB1AE5198B7}\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe'
[Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotificationManager, Windows.UI.Notifications, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::CreateToastNotifier($AppId).Show($XmlDocument)

No content

$XmlDocument = [Windows.Data.Xml.Dom.XmlDocument, Windows.Data.Xml.Dom.XmlDocument, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::New()
$XmlDocument.loadXml('<toast></toast>')
$AppId = '{1AC14E77-02E7-4E5D-B744-2EB1AE5198B7}\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe'
[Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotificationManager, Windows.UI.Notifications, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::CreateToastNotifier($AppId).Show($XmlDocument)

Listening to events

$PSVersionTable

PowerShell 7.1

Invoke-WebRequest https://github.com/Windos/BurntToast/raw/main/BurntToast/lib/Microsoft.Windows.SDK.NET/WinRT.Runtime.dll -OutFile WinRT.Runtime.dll
Add-Type -Path WinRT.Runtime.dll
Invoke-WebRequest https://github.com/Windos/BurntToast/raw/main/BurntToast/lib/Microsoft.Windows.SDK.NET/Microsoft.Windows.SDK.NET.dll -OutFile Microsoft.Windows.SDK.NET.dll
Add-Type -Path Microsoft.Windows.SDK.NET.dll

$xml = @"
<toast>
  
  <visual>
    <binding template="ToastGeneric">
      <text>Hello World</text>
      <text>This is a simple toast message</text>
    </binding>
  </visual>
  
  <actions>
    <input id="textBox" type="text"/>
    <action content="Send" activationType="system" arguments="dismiss" />
  </actions>

</toast>
"@
$XmlDocument = [Windows.Data.Xml.Dom.XmlDocument]::New()
$XmlDocument.loadXml($xml)
$toast = [Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotification]::New($XmlDocument)

Register-ObjectEvent -InputObject $toast -EventName Activated -Action {
  Write-Host $Event.SourceArgs.Arguments
  Write-Host $Event.SourceArgs.UserInput.Value
}

[Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotificationManager]::CreateToastNotifier().Show($toast)

PowerShell/PowerShell#13042 (comment)

https://toastit.dev/2020/08/08/actionable/

You can install the latest PowerShell in the Microsoft store

PowerShell 5.1

Invoke-WebRequest https://github.com/GitHub30/PoshWinRT/releases/download/1.2/PoshWinRT.dll -OutFile PoshWinRT.dll

$xml = @"
<toast>
  
  <visual>
    <binding template="ToastGeneric">
      <text>Hello World</text>
      <text>This is a simple toast message</text>
    </binding>
  </visual>
  
  <actions>
    <input id="textBox" type="text"/>
    <action content="Send" activationType="system" arguments="dismiss" />
  </actions>

</toast>
"@
$XmlDocument = [Windows.Data.Xml.Dom.XmlDocument, Windows.Data.Xml.Dom.XmlDocument, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::New()
$XmlDocument.loadXml($xml)
$toast = [Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotification, Windows.UI.Notifications, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::New($XmlDocument)

function WrapToastEvent {
  param($target, $eventName)

  Add-Type -Path PoshWinRT.dll
  $wrapper = new-object "PoshWinRT.EventWrapper[Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotification,System.Object]"
  $wrapper.Register($target, $eventName)
}

Register-ObjectEvent -InputObject (WrapToastEvent $toast 'Activated') -EventName FireEvent -Action {
  Write-Host arguments:, $args[1].Result.arguments
  Write-Host textBox:, $args[1].Result.userinput['textBox']
}

$AppId = '{1AC14E77-02E7-4E5D-B744-2EB1AE5198B7}\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe'
[Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotificationManager, Windows.UI.Notifications, ContentType = WindowsRuntime]::CreateToastNotifier($AppId).Show($toast)

PowerShell/PowerShell#2181

References

https://github.com/kacos2000/Win10/blob/master/Notifications/readme.md

Files

README.md

Latest commit

History

README.md

File metadata and controls

Toast notification examples for PowerShell

New line `n

Logo image placement="appLogoOverride"

Circle logo hint-crop="circle"

Hero image placement="hero"

Basic

Audio

Loop audio

Silent

Audio from URL

Audio from File

Speak

Open link

Open link when button is clicked

Execute Python Script

Long duration

No timeout

Alarm

Breaking news

Event invite

Friend request

Incoming call

Messaging

Photo tagged

Progress bar

Reminder

Restaurant

Weather

Download Finished

No content

Listening to events

PowerShell 7.1

PowerShell 5.1

References

Logo image `placement="appLogoOverride"`

Circle logo `hint-crop="circle"`

Hero image `placement="hero"`