From 15c6e02e46a18c6e1705b15b70be2b0fda4ee0e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hunter Long <info@socialeck.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2018 02:27:43 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] docs

---
 core/notifier/doc.go | 54 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 52 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/core/notifier/doc.go b/core/notifier/doc.go
index 0302c5ba..23cf3604 100644
--- a/core/notifier/doc.go
+++ b/core/notifier/doc.go
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 //
 // Example Notifier
 //
-// Below is an example of a Notifier with multiple Form values to custom your inputs.
+// Below is an example of a Notifier with multiple Form values to custom your inputs. Place your notifier go file
+// into the /notifiers/ directory and follow the example below.
 //
 //		type ExampleNotifier struct {
 //			*Notification
@@ -61,11 +62,60 @@
 //			}},
 //		}}
 //
-// Loading the Notifier into the Statup Notification system with the following
+// Load the Notifier
+//
+// Include the init() function with AddNotifier and your notification struct. This is ran on start of Statup
+// and will automatically create a new row in the database so the end user can save their own values.
 //
 //		func init() {
 //			AddNotifier(example)
 //		}
 //
+// Required Methods for Notifier Interface
+//
+// Below are the required methods to have your notifier implement the Notifier interface. The Send method
+// will be where you would include the logic for your notification.
+//
+// 		// REQUIRED
+//		func (n *ExampleNotifier) Send(msg interface{}) error {
+//			message := msg.(string)
+//			fmt.Printf("i received this string: %v\n", message)
+//			return nil
+//		}
+//
+//		// REQUIRED
+//		func (n *ExampleNotifier) Select() *Notification {
+//			return n.Notification
+//		}
+//
+//		// REQUIRED
+//		func (n *ExampleNotifier) OnSave() error {
+//			msg := fmt.Sprintf("received on save trigger")
+//			n.AddQueue(msg)
+//			return errors.New("onsave triggered")
+//		}
+//
+// Basic Events for Notifier
+//
+// You must include OnSuccess and OnFailure methods for your notifier. Anytime a service is online or offline
+// these methods will be ran with the service corresponding to it.
+//
+// 		// REQUIRED - BASIC EVENT
+//		func (n *ExampleNotifier) OnSuccess(s *types.Service) {
+//			msg := fmt.Sprintf("received a count trigger for service: %v\n", s.Name)
+//			n.AddQueue(msg)
+//		}
+//
+//		// REQUIRED - BASIC EVENT
+//		func (n *ExampleNotifier) OnFailure(s *types.Service, f *types.Failure) {
+//			msg := fmt.Sprintf("received a failure trigger for service: %v\n", s.Name)
+//			n.AddQueue(msg)
+//		}
+//
+// Additional Events
+//
+// You can implement your notifier to different types of events that are triggered. Checkout the wiki to
+// see more details and examples of how to build your own notifier.
+//
 // More info on: https://github.com/hunterlong/statup/wiki/Notifiers
 package notifier