SharePoint Webhooks was the main topic of the previous article, in this article I’ll talk about the same topic, using it with SharePoint Framework extension application customizer for displaying toast notifications.

This is the final result:

Displaying Toast Notifications with SPFx and Webhooks

This solution offers the possibility to display toast notifications on the modern view, which is definitely really useful to keep informed the end user with communications and news.
The solution architecture behind is exactly the same that I used to have a real-time news feed:

In order to build up this solution, please follow the steps in the previous article.
Check my video demo:

Server: https://github.com/giuleon/SharePoint-Webhooks-Broadcaster

Client: https://github.com/giuleon/spfx-extension-react-webhooks-notification or https://github.com/SharePoint/sp-dev-fx-extensions/tree/master/samples/react-application-webhooks-notification

Reference:
De Luca, G. (2017). Displaying toast notifications with SharePoint Framework Extension Application Customizer and Webhooks – Giuliano De Luca. [online] Available at: http://www.delucagiuliano.com/displaying-toast-notifications-with-sharepoint-framework-extension-application-customizer-and-webhooks/#.WibOF0pl9PY [Accessed 5 Dec. 2017].

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