Feature Request: Command Line Flag / API to enable Do Not Disturb

[copethomas]

Problem Description

At the moment you can only manually enable / disable the "do not disturb" function within the Linux Zulip Desktop app.

Proposed Solution

It would be great if there was a API endpoint which could be called to enable/disable the "do not disturb" function. OR a cli command / switch which would provide the same function such as

zulip --dnd=false
zulip --dnd=true

to help build automation and accelerate peoples personal workflows.

Describe alternatives you've considered

I currently have a dnd.sh script which mutes all audio from the Zulip Desktop app and disabled the dmesg notification channel but its a bit clunky. Zulip already has a really nice API which I use for sending messages and setting my Status to tell people when I'm on DND and performing focused work.

Additional context

The notification bell:

[urvisrikm9]

Hi @alya , could you check if this issue is open for contribution? I’d like to work on it.
if so, could you assign it to me?

[timabbott]

I would expect something like zulip --dnd=true to start the app with that state, not toggle it for an open app, but maybe I'm wrong. I'm not sure what the best practices are for this sort of command to a desktop app. Is there another app whose patterns inspired that interface?

In any case, probably #desktop on chat.zulip.org is a better place to brainstorm what a good interface would be.

[urvisrikm9]

@timabbott
could you assign relevant labels to it?
Is this a good first issue? If so I'd be happy to contribute

[alya]

@timabbott Described the next step here:

In any case, probably #desktop on chat.zulip.org is a better place to brainstorm what a good interface would be.

[copethomas]

The Linux way of doing thing is have the desktop app listen on a socket and then have a zulipctl application which control its behavior