NotificationProcessor.preProcess()

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Pre-process notification before sending it to Backstage UI.

Can be used to send the notification to external services or to decorate the notification with additional information. The notification is saved to database and sent to Backstage UI after all pre-process functions have run. The notification options passed here are already processed by processOptions functionality.

preProcess functions are called for each notification recipient individually or once for broadcast notification BEFORE the notification has been sent to the Backstage UI.

Signature:

preProcess?(notification: Notification, options: NotificationSendOptions): Promise<Notification>;

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
notification	Notification	The notification to send
options	NotificationSendOptions	The options to send the notification

**Returns:**

Promise<Notification>

The same notification or a modified version of it