exponent-server-sdk-php

Server-side library for working with Expo push notifications using PHP

Usage

Require the package in your project

composer require alymosul/exponent-server-sdk-php

In a php file

    require_once __DIR__.'/vendor/autoload.php';
    
    $channelName = 'news';
    $recipient= 'ExponentPushToken[unique]';
    
    // You can quickly bootup an expo instance
    $expo = \ExponentPhpSDK\Expo::normalSetup();
    
    // Subscribe the recipient to the server
    $expo->subscribe($channelName, $recipient);
    
    // Build the notification data
    $notification = ['body' => 'Hello World!'];
    
    // Notify an interest with a notification
    $expo->notify([$channelName], $notification);

Data can be added to notifications by providing it as a JSON object. For example:

// Build the notification data
$notification = ['body' => 'Hello World!', 'data'=> json_encode(array('someData' => 'goes here'))];

Channel name

You can use channels to send a notification to only one user, or to a group of users:

One recipient

In order to target one recipient (and avoid sending a notification to the wrong recipient), use a channel name specific to each user:

$channelName = 'user_528491';
$recipient = 'ExponentPushToken[unique]';

// …

// Subscribe the recipient to the server
$expo->subscribe($channelName, $recipient);

// …

// Notify an interest with a notification, only one recipient will receive it
$expo->notify([$channelName], $notification);

Several recipients

Declare a channel name that will be shared between the recipients:

$channelName = 'group_4815';

$recipient1 = 'ExponentPushToken[unique1]';
$recipient2 = 'ExponentPushToken[unique2]';

// …

// Subscribe the recipients to the server
$expo->subscribe($channelName, $recipient1);
$expo->subscribe($channelName, $recipient2);

// …

// Notify an interest with a notification, the 2 recipients will receive it
$expo->notify([$channelName], $notification);

// Build the notification data
$notification = ['body' => 'Hello World!', 'data'=> json_encode(array('someData' => 'goes here'))];

Additional security

If you set up enhanced security in your Expo Dashboard (as described here), you will need to attach an authorization token to each push request:

    // ...
    
    // Bootup an expo instance
    $expo = \ExponentPhpSDK\Expo::normalSetup();
    
    // Fetch your access token from where you stored it
    $accessToken = 'your_expo_access_token';
    
    // The access token will be attached to every push request you make hereafter
    $expo->setAccessToken($accessToken);
    
    // Notify an interest with a notification
    $expo->notify([$channelName], $notification);

TODO

Need to create tests

Laravel driver

There's an expo notifications driver built for laravel apps that's ready to use, you can find it here.. https://github.com/Alymosul/laravel-exponent-push-notifications

joearcher/exponent-server-sdk-php