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# NotificationProvider

A notification provider represents a notification service installed in the Medusa backend, either through a plugin or backend customizations. It holds the notification service's installation status.

## Properties

<ParameterTypes parameters={[{"name":"id","type":"`string`","description":"The ID of the notification provider as given by the notification service.","optional":false,"defaultValue":"","expandable":false,"children":[]},{"name":"is_installed","type":"`boolean`","description":"Whether the notification service is installed in the current version. If a notification service is no longer installed, the `is\\_installed` attribute is set to `false`.","optional":false,"defaultValue":"true","expandable":false,"children":[]}]} expandUrl="https://docs.medusajs.com/development/entities/repositories#retrieving-a-list-of-records" sectionTitle="NotificationProvider"/>