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Notification when reserved book can be collected
Would it be possible to provide notifications for when a reserved book can be collected?
It would be possible, but somewhat tricky because different libraries/OPAC systems have different ways of showing a reserved book as ready for collection. Additionally, in contrast to the current reminder feature for the expiration of lent books, this feature would have a greater benefit from a higher synchronization frequency (currently synchronization only happens twice per day), which however also affects battery life.
Real push notifications are not possible because this would require an additional server that continuously refreshes account data (which is also a privacy problem).
Additionally, there are libraries who specifically asked us not to do so, because the state in their OPAC only says "book expected at date" or "book transported here but not yet ready to fetch" and if we notify people, they come to early.
I see. In my case, the sync frequency would be enough, so no need for push notifications. But with the different states in OPAC as well as specific libraries having asked you to not implement this, do you think this new feature is viable at all? If not, feel free to just close this isue. And thanks for your great work!
But with the different states in OPAC as well as specific libraries having asked you to not implement this, do you think this new feature is viable at all?
Well, if we'd get a pull request that enables this feature only for specific libraries (opt-in) and works well otherwise, I'd see no reason to merge it, but we won't be investing effort here at the moment. :)