Push notification management
Push notifications allow you to broadcast app-wide announcements to all or selected users. This page explains how to use Chat RESTful APIs to send and configure push notifications.
Authorization
Chat RESTful APIs require Bearer HTTP authentication. Every time an HTTP request is sent, the following Authorization
field must be filled in the request header:
In order to improve the security of the project, Agora uses a token (dynamic key) to authenticate users before they log in to the chat system. Chat RESTful APIs only support authenticating users using app tokens. For details, see Authentication using App Token.
Send push notifications
Common parameters
The following table lists common request and response parameters of the Chat RESTful APIs:
Request parameters
Parameter | Type | Description | Required |
---|---|---|---|
host | String | The domain name assigned by the Chat service to access RESTful APIs. For how to get the domain name, see Get the information of your project. | Yes |
org_name | String | The unique identifier assigned to each company (organization) by the Chat service. For how to get the organization name, see Get the information of the Chat project. | Yes |
app_name | String | The unique identifier assigned to each app by the Chat service. For how to get the app name, see Get the information of the Chat project. | Yes |
username | String | The unique login account of the user. | Yes |
Response parameters
Parameter | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
timestamp | Number | The Unix timestamp (ms) of the HTTP response. |
duration | Number | The duration (ms) from when the HTTP request is sent to the time the response is received. |
Send push notifications by users
Sends push notifications to one or more users by specifying user IDs.
HTTP request
Path parameters
For the descriptions of path parameters, see Common parameters.
Request header
Parameter | Type | Description | Required |
---|---|---|---|
Content-Type | String | The content type. Set it as application/json . | Yes |
Authorization | String | The authentication token of the user or administrator, in the format of Bearer ${YourAppToken} , where Bearer is a fixed character, followed by an English space, and then the obtained token value. | Yes |
Request body
Parameter | Type | Description | Required |
---|---|---|---|
targets | List | The targeting user IDs. You can pass one user at most for synchronous push and a maximum of 100 users for asynchronous push. | Yes |
async | Boolean | Whether to implement a synchronous or asynchronous push:
You can send push notifications to multiple users (set targets to more than one user ID) only if you set async to true . | No |
strategy | Number | The push strategies.
| No |
pushMessage | JSON | The push messages. See Set push notifications for details. | Yes |
HTTP response
Response body
If the returned HTTP status code is 200
, the request succeeds, and the response body contains the following fields:
Parameter | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
data | JSON | The push result. |
id | String | The targeting user ID. |
pushStatus | String | The push status:
|
desc | String | The result description. |
For other fields and detailed descriptions, see Common parameters.
If the returned HTTP status code is not 200
, the request fails. You can refer to Status codes for possible reasons.
Example
Request example
Response example
Send push notifications by labels
Sends push notifications to all users under one label, or the intersection of users under multiple labels.
A push task is automatically created per request, and the ID of the push task is returned for data statistics.
See Set push labels for configuring labels.
HTTP request
Path parameter
For the descriptions of path parameters, see Common parameters.
Request header
Parameter | Type | Description | Required |
---|---|---|---|
Content-Type | String | The content type. Set it as application/json . | Yes |
Authorization | String | The authentication token of the user or administrator, in the format of Bearer ${YourAppToken} , where Bearer is a fixed character, followed by an English space, and then the obtained token value. | Yes |
Request body
Parameter | Type | Description | Required |
---|---|---|---|
targets | List | The targeting label names. You can either pass one label to send push notifications to all users under the label, or pass a maximum of three labels to send push notifications to the intersection of users under these labels. | Yes |
strategy | Number | The push strategies.
| No |
pushMessage | JSON | The push messages. See Set push notifications for details. | Yes |
HTTP response
Response body
If the returned HTTP status code is 200
, the request succeeds, and the response body contains the following fields:
Parameter | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
data | JSON | The detailed information of the push task. |
taskId | Number | The ID of the push task. |
For other fields and detailed descriptions, see Common parameters.
If the returned HTTP status code is not 200
, the request fails. You can refer to Status codes for possible reasons.
Example
Request example
Response example
Send push notifications to all users under the app
Sends push notifications to all users under the app.
A push task is automatically created per request, and the ID of the push task is returned for data statistics.
HTTP request
Path parameter
For the descriptions of path parameters, see Common parameters.
Request header
Parameter | Type | Description | Required |
---|---|---|---|
Content-Type | String | The content type. Set it as application/json . | Yes |
Authorization | String | The authentication token of the user or administrator, in the format of Bearer ${YourAppToken} , where Bearer is a fixed character, followed by an English space, and then the obtained token value. | Yes |
Request body
Parameter | Type | Description | Required |
---|---|---|---|
strategy | Number | The push strategies.
| No |
pushMessage | JSON | The push messages. See Set push notifications for details. | Yes |
HTTP response
Response body
If the returned HTTP status code is 200
, the request succeeds, and the response body contains the following fields:
Parameter | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
data | Number | The ID of the push task. |
For other fields and detailed descriptions, see Common parameters.
If the returned HTTP status code is not 200
, the request fails. You can refer to Status codes for possible reasons.
Example
Request example
Response example
Status codes
For details, see HTTP Status Codes.
Configure push notifications
Chat not only provides basic configurations that are adaptive to all, but also supports advanced configurations varied by service providers. You can choose the service provider and configure the notification fields based on your business requirements.
A push notification example is as follows:
Basic configurations
The following table lists basic configuration fields available to all:
Field | Type | Description | Supported platforms | Required |
---|---|---|---|---|
title | String | The title of the notification. The value of this field is "You have a message" by default. The length of this field cannot exceed 32 characters. | Android & iOS | Yes |
subTitle | String | The subtitle of the notification that provides additional information. The length of this field cannot exceed 10 characters. | iOS | No |
content | String | The body text of the notification. The value of this field is "Check the message" by default. The length of this field cannot exceed 100 characters. | Android & iOS | Yes |
ext | JSON | The custom extension of the notification stored in key-value pairs. The number of key-value pairs can be a maximum of 10, and the total length of key-value pairs can be 1024 characters at most. | Android & iOS | No |
config | JSON | The configuration of click action and badge value in the notifications center. | Android & iOS | No |
config.clickAction | JSON | The action triggered by a user click on the notification, which contains the following fields:
| Android | No |
config.badge | JSON | The value of the badge displayed on the app’s icon, which contains the following fields (Int):
| iOS & Android |
Advanced configurations
If the basic configuration fields stated above cannot meet your business requirements, Chat allows you to implement advanced configurations provided by the following push services. All messages can be pushed via the three channels, regardless of whether users are online or offline. For how to choose to use the three push services, see the strategy
parameter in Send push notifications.
Field | Type | Description | Required |
---|---|---|---|
agora | JSON | The Agora push service. | No |
apns | JSON | Apple Push Notification service (APNs). | No |
fcm | JSON | Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM). | No |
Advanced configurations overwrite the basic ones by default.
Agora push service
An Agora push notification example is as follows:
The following table lists advanced configuration fields provided by Agora:
Field | Type | Description | Supported platforms |
---|---|---|---|
title | String | The title of the notification. | iOS & Android |
content | String | The body text of the notification. | iOS & Android |
subTitle | String | The subtitle of the notification that provides additional information. | iOS |
iconUrl | String | The URL of the app icon. | iOS & Android |
needNotification | Boolean | Wether a notification pops out:
| iOS & Android |
badge | JSON | The value of the badge displayed on the app’s icon, which contains the following fields:
| iOS & Android |
operation | JSON | The action triggered by a user click on the notification. | iOS & Android |
operation.type | Number | The type of the action.
| iOS & Android |
channelId | String | The channel ID of the notification. The default value is chat . If this parameter is not specified or does not exist, a channel ID is automatically created using channelName and channelLevel . | Android |
channelName | String | The name of the channel. The default value is message . This parameter is used to generate the channel ID. | Android |
channelLevel | Number | The level of the channel.
| Android |
autoCancel | Number | Whether the notification center is automatically closed after the user click on notifications.
| Android |
expiresTime | Number | The Unix timestamp (ms) when the notification expires and disappears from the notification center. | iOS & Android |
sound | Number | Whether a sound plays when the device receives notifications.
| iOS & Android |
vibrate | Number | Whether a vibration occurs when the device receive notifications.
| iOS & Android |
style | Number | The style of the notification.
| iOS & Android |
bigTxt | String | The text content. This field is required when style is set to 1 . | iOS & Android |
bigPicture | String | The image URL. This field is required when style is set to 2 . | Android |
id | Number | The ID of the notification. A random number assigned by the Chat service. Chat automatically assigns a random number for each notification by default. If you manually specify this parameter to a value same as a previous ID, the previous notification is overwritten by the new one. | iOS & Android |
APNs
The mapping of field names between Chat and APNs is as follows:
Chat | APNs |
---|---|
invalidationTime | apns-expiration |
priority | apns-priority |
pushType | apns-push-type |
collapseId | apns-collapse-id |
apnsId | apns-id |
badge | badge |
sound | sound |
mutableContent | mutable-content |
contentAvailable | content-available |
categoryName | category |
threadId | thread-id |
title | title |
subTitle | subtitle |
content | body |
titleLocKey | title-loc-key |
titleLocArgs | title-loc-args |
subTitleLocKey | subtitle-loc-key |
subTitleLocArgs | subtitle-loc-args |
bodyLocKey | localizedAlertKey |
bodyLocArgs | loc-key |
ext | loc-args |
launchImage | launch-image |
For descriptions of these fields, see APNs official documentation below:
FCM
The mapping of field names between Chat and FCM is as follows:
Chat | FCM |
---|---|
condition | condition |
collapseKey | collapse_key |
priority | priority |
timeToLive | time_to_live |
dryRun | dry_run |
restrictedPackageName | restricted_package_name |
data | data |
notification | notification |
notification.title | notification.title |
notification.body | notification.body |
notification.androidChannelId | notification.android_channel_id |
notification.sound | notification.sound |
notification.tag | notification.tag |
notification.color | notification.color |
notification.clickAction | notification.click_action |
notification.titleLocKey | notification.title_loc_key |
notification.titleLocArgs | notification.title_loc_args |
notification.bodyLocKey | notification.body_loc_key |
notification.bodyLocArgs | notification.body_loc_args |
For descriptions of these fields, see FCM official documentation: Firebase Cloud Messaging HTTP protocol.
Set push labels
The push service allows you to group targeting users by configuring labels. Each label marks a user group that has similar habits, hobbies, or characteristics. When sending notifications, you can implement a bespoke push by specifying relevant labels, and the messages can then be sent to the users under the labels. For example, you can label a group of users as fashion trendsetters, and push related information about domestic and foreign trend brands to that user group on a regular basis.
You can manage the labels through RESTful API. The relationship between users and labels is many to many, that is, one user can have multiple labels and one label can also have multiple users. You can update the labels without any delay and change user labels by first removing users from their current label and then adding them to a new one.
Before calling the following methods, ensure that you understand the call frequency limit of the Chat RESTful APIs as described in Limitations.
Common parameters
The following table lists common request and response parameters of the Chat RESTful APIs:
Request parameters
Parameter | Type | Description | Required |
---|---|---|---|
host | String | The domain name assigned by the Chat service to access RESTful APIs. For how to get the domain name, see Get the information of your project. | Yes |
org_name | String | The unique identifier assigned to each company (organization) by the Chat service. For how to get the organization name, see Get the information of the Chat project. | Yes |
app_name | String | The unique identifier assigned to each app by the Chat service. For how to get the app name, see Get the information of the Chat project. | Yes |
username | String | The unique login account of the user. | Yes |
Response parameters
Parameter | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
timestamp | Number | The Unix timestamp (ms) of the HTTP response. |
duration | Number | The duration (ms) from when the HTTP request is sent to the time the response is received. |
Create a push label
Creates a push label.
HTTP request
Path parameter
For the descriptions of path parameters, see Common parameters.
Request header
Parameter | Type | Description | Required |
---|---|---|---|
Content-Type | String | The content type. Set it as application/json . | Yes |
Authorization | String | The authentication token of the user or administrator, in the format of Bearer ${YourAppToken} , where Bearer is a fixed character, followed by an English space, and then the obtained token value. | Yes |
Request body
Parameter | Type | Description | Required |
---|---|---|---|
name | String | The name of the push label. The length of each label name cannot exceed 64 characters, and the following character sets are supported:
| Yes |
description | String | The description of the push label. The length of the label description cannot exceed 255 characters. | No |
HTTP response
Response body
If the returned HTTP status code is 200
, the request succeeds, and the response body contains the following fields:
Parameter | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
data | JSON | The detailed information of the push label. |
name | String | The label name. |
description | String | The label description. |
createdAt | Number | The Unix timestamp (ms) when the push label was created. |
If the returned HTTP status code is not 200
, the request fails. You can refer to Status codes for possible reasons.
Example
Request example
Response example
Query the detailed information of a push label
Retrieves the detailed information of the specified push label.
HTTP request
Path parameter
Parameter | Type | Description | Required |
---|---|---|---|
labelname | String | The name of the push label. | Yes |
For the descriptions of other path parameters, see Common parameters.
Request header
Parameter | Type | Description | Required |
---|---|---|---|
Authorization | String | The authentication token of the user or administrator, in the format of Bearer ${YourAppToken} , where Bearer is a fixed character, followed by an English space, and then the obtained token value. | Yes |
HTTP response
Response body
If the returned HTTP status code is 200
, the request succeeds, and the response body contains the following fields:
Parameter | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
data | JSON | The detailed information of the push label. |
name | String | The label name. |
description | String | The label description. |
count | Number | The number of the users added to the push label. |
createdAt | Number | The Unix timestamp (ms) when the push label was created. |
For other fields and detailed descriptions, see Common parameters.
If the returned HTTP status code is not 200
, the request fails. You can refer to Status codes for possible reasons.
Example
Request example
Response example
Query the detailed information of push labels by page
Retrieves the detailed information of multiple push labels by page.
HTTP request
Path parameter
For the descriptions of the other path parameters, see Common parameters.
Query parameters
Parameter | Type | Description | Required |
---|---|---|---|
limit | Number | The number of push labels displayed per page. The range is [1,100]. The default value is 100 . | No |
cursor | String | The start position for the next query. | No |
Request header
Parameter | Type | Description | Required |
---|---|---|---|
Authorization | String | The authentication token of the user or administrator, in the format of Bearer ${YourAppToken} , where Bearer is a fixed character, followed by an English space, and then the obtained token value. | Yes |
HTTP response
Response body
If the returned HTTP status code is 200
, the request succeeds, and the response body contains the following fields:
Parameter | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
data | JSON Array | The detailed information of the push label. |
name | String | The label name. |
description | String | The label description. |
count | Number | The number of the users added to the push label. |
createdAt | Number | The Unix timestamp (ms) when the push label was created. |
For other fields and detailed descriptions, see Common parameters.
If the returned HTTP status code is not 200
, the request fails. You can refer to Status codes for possible reasons.
Example
Request example
Response example
Delete a push label
Deletes the specified push label. You can delete one push label at each call.
HTTP request
Path parameter
Parameter | Type | Description | Required |
---|---|---|---|
labelname | String | The name of the push label. | Yes |
For the descriptions of the other path parameters, see Common parameters.
Request header
Parameter | Type | Description | Required |
---|---|---|---|
Authorization | String | The authentication token of the user or administrator, in the format of Bearer ${YourAppToken} , where Bearer is a fixed character, followed by an English space, and then the obtained token value. | Yes |
HTTP response
Response body
If the returned HTTP status code is 200
, the request succeeds, and the response body contains the following fields:
Parameter | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
data | String | The request result. success indicates that the delete operation proceeds properly. |
For other fields and detailed descriptions, see Common parameters.
If the returned HTTP status code is not 200
, the request fails. You can refer to Status codes for possible reasons.
Example
Request example
Response example
Add users to a push label
Adds one or more users to the specified push label. A maximum of 200,000 users can be added to a push label. To lift the upper limit, contact support@agora.io.
You can add a maximum of 100 users at each call.
HTTP request
Path parameter
Parameter | Type | Description | Required |
---|---|---|---|
labelname | String | The name of the push label. | Yes |
For the descriptions of the other path parameters, see Common parameters.
Request header
Parameter | Type | Description | Required |
---|---|---|---|
Content-Type | String | The content type. Set it as application/json . | Yes |
Authorization | String | The authentication token of the user or administrator, in the format of Bearer ${YourAppToken} , where Bearer is a fixed character, followed by an English space, and then the obtained token value. | Yes |
Request body
Parameter | Type | Description | Required |
---|---|---|---|
usernames | List | The IDs of the users to be added to the push label. You can pass a maximum of 100 users for each request. | Yes |
HTTP response
Response body
If the returned HTTP status code is 200
, the request succeeds, and the response body contains the following fields:
Parameter | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
data | JSON | The request result. |
success | List | The user IDs properly added to the push label. |
fail | JSON | If add operations fail, the user IDs failed to be added and the corresponding failure reasons are returned in key-value pairs. |
For other fields and detailed descriptions, see Common parameters.
If the returned HTTP status code is not 200
, the request fails. You can refer to Status codes for possible reasons.
Example
Request example
Response example
Query the specified user under the specified push label
Retrieves the detailed information of the specified user under the specified push label.
HTTP request
Path parameter
Parameter | Type | Description | Required |
---|---|---|---|
labelname | String | The name of the push label. | Yes |
member | String | The ID of the user. | Yes |
For the descriptions of the other path parameters, see Common parameters.
Request header
Parameter | Type | Description | Required |
---|---|---|---|
Authorization | String | The authentication token of the user or administrator, in the format of Bearer ${YourAppToken} , where Bearer is a fixed character, followed by an English space, and then the obtained token value. | Yes |
HTTP response
Response body
If the returned HTTP status code is 200
, the request succeeds, and the response body contains the following fields:
Parameter | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
data | JSON | The detailed information of the user. |
username | String | The user ID. |
created | Number | The Unix timestamp (ms) when the user was added to the push label. |
For other fields and detailed descriptions, see Common parameters.
If the returned HTTP status code is not 200
, the request fails. You can refer to Status codes for possible reasons.
Example
Request example
Response example
Query the detailed information of users under the specified push label by page
Retrieves the detailed information of one or more users under the specified push label by page.
HTTP request
Path parameter
Parameter | Type | Description | Required |
---|---|---|---|
labelname | String | The name of the push label. | Yes |
For the descriptions of the other path parameters, see Common parameters.
Query parameters
Parameter | Type | Description | Required |
---|---|---|---|
limit | String | The number of the users displayed per page. The range is [1,100]. The default value is 100 . | No |
cursor | String | The start position for the next query. | No |
Request header
Parameter | Type | Description | Required |
---|---|---|---|
Authorization | String | The authentication token of the user or administrator, in the format of Bearer ${YourAppToken} , where Bearer is a fixed character, followed by an English space, and then the obtained token value. | Yes |
HTTP response
Response body
If the returned HTTP status code is 200
, the request succeeds, and the response body contains the following fields:
Parameter | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
cursor | String | The start position for the next query. |
data | JSON Array | The detailed information of the users. |
username | String | The user ID. |
created | Number | The Unix timestamp (ms) when the user was added to the push label. |
If the returned HTTP status code is not 200
, the request fails. You can refer to Status codes for possible reasons.
Example
Request example
Response example
Remove users from a push label
Removes one or more users from the specified push label. You can remove a maximum of 100 users at each call.
HTTP request
Path parameter
Parameter | Type | Description | Required |
---|---|---|---|
labelname | String | The name of the push label. | Yes |
For the descriptions of the other path parameters, see Common parameters.
Request header
Parameter | Type | Description | Required |
---|---|---|---|
Content-Type | String | The content type. Set it as application/json . | Yes |
Authorization | String | The authentication token of the user or administrator, in the format of Bearer ${YourAppToken} , where Bearer is a fixed character, followed by an English space, and then the obtained token value. | Yes |
Request body
| usernames
| List | The IDs of the users to be removed from the push label. You can pass a maximum of 100 users for each request. | Yes |
HTTP response
Response body
If the returned HTTP status code is 200
, the request succeeds, and the response body contains the following fields:
Parameter | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
data | JSON | The request result. |
success | List | The user IDs properly removed from the push label. |
fail | JSON | If remove operations fail, the user IDs failed to be removed and the corresponding failure reasons are returned in key-value pairs. |
For other fields and detailed descriptions, see Common parameters.
If the returned HTTP status code is not 200
, the request fails. You can refer to Status codes for possible reasons.
Example
Request example
Response example
Status codes
For details, see HTTP Status Codes.