apple-developer-academy/push_notifications-node

Simple example on how to deliver iOS Push Notifications with Node.js.

Simple example on how to deliver iOS Push Notifications with Node.js.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Usage
• More Help
• Credits
• License

Introduction

This code sample shows how to create a web provider for your push notifications which interfaces with the Apple Push Notification Service (APNS) using Node.js and the amazing node-apn module.

The sample was originally used in this workshop.

Usage

1. Make sure you have Git and Node.js installed.

2. Clone this repo:

git clone https://github.com/bepid-ifce/push_notifications-node.git

1. Enter the repo directory:

cd push_notifications-node

1. Install all dependencies:

npm install

1. Add your cert.pem and key.pem files to the project root - you can find more info on this here

2. Add at least one device token here

3. Uncomment the function calls you want to test in the index.js:

...

connect(service);

same(service, tokens); // Uncomment this line to push the same notifications to each device from devices.json

different(service, tokens); // Uncomment this line to push different notifications to each device from devices.json

More Help

If you're still confused with all the process of push notifications to iOS, you can find a pretty good tutorial here and a good help on how to generate your certicates here.

Credits

Nothing of this would be possible without the amazing node-apn module.

License

Push Notifications Node.js is distributed under the MIT License, available in this repository. All contributions are assumed to be also licensed under the MIT License.