byteskode-push

byteskode push notifiation with mongoose persistence and kue support

Note: byteskode-push is configured using config using key push

Requirements

• mongoose

Installation

$ npm install --save mongoose byteskode-push

Usage

var mongoose = require('mongoose');
var PushNotification = require('byteskode-push');
 
//push notification
var pushNotification = {
        to: faker.random.uuid(),
        data: {
            key1: 'message1',
            key2: 'message2'
        },
        notification: {
            title: 'Alert!!!',
            body: 'Abnormal data access',
            icon: 'ic_launcher'
        },
        options: {
            collapseKey: 'demo',
            priority: 'high',
            contentAvailable: true,
            delayWhileIdle: true,
            timeToLive: 3,
            restrictedPackageName: 'somePackageName',
            dryRun: true
        }
    };
 
//send push notification immediate
PushNotification.send(pushNotification, function(error, _pushNotification){
            ...
});
 
//queue for later sending
//you will have to implement worker for later resend
//or use built in kue worker and queue
PushNotification.queue(pushNotification);
 

API

send(pushNotification:Object,[options:Object], callback(error, pushNotification))

Before send all push notifications are persisted to mongodb using mongoose. pushNotification object should constitute valid node-gcm message and its options.

If running in production and still want to simulate fake sent pass an additional object with fake key set to true.

To pass node-gcm send options such as retries and backoff strategy also pass them on the options object.

Example

//real send
PushNotification.send(pushNotification, function(error, pushNotification){
            ...
    });
 
//simulate send
PushNotification.send(pushNotification, {fake:true}, function(error, pushNotification){
            ...
    });

resend([criteria:Object], callback(error, pushNotifications))

Resend will try to resend failed push notifications that are in the database. criteria is a valid mongoose criteria used to specify which failed push notifications to resend.

Example

PushNotification.resend(fuction(error, pushNotifications){
    ...
});
 
//or pass criteria
PushNotification.resend(criteria, fuction(error, pushNotifications){
    ...
});

queue(pushNotification:Object,[options:Object], [callback(error, pushNotification)])

Unlike send, queue will save push notification for later processing. After push notification persisted into database mail:queued event will be fired with an instance of saved push notification. If any error occur an event mail:queue:error will be fired.

Example

PushNotification.on('push:queued', fuction(pushNotification){
    ...
    //process pushNotification in background or real queue like kue
    ...
});
 
PushNotification.on('push:queue:error', fuction(error){
   ...
   //handle error
   ... 
});
 
//queue push notification
PushNotification.queue(pushNotification);

requeue([criteria:Object], [callback(error, pushNotification)])

Unlike resend, requeue will fire push:queued event on every unsent push notification.

Example

PushNotification.requeue();
 
//or pass criteria
PushNotification.requeue(criteria);

Configuration Options

Base on your environment setup, ensure you have the following configurations in your config files.

push: {
    //sender GCM(FCM) API key
    //@see {@link https://github.com/ToothlessGear/node-gcm#requirements}
    //@see {@link https://developers.google.com/cloud-messaging/gcm#apikey}
    apiKey: <your_api_key>,
 
    //custom GCM(FCM) request options to be passed to node-gcm request
    //@see {@link https://github.com/ToothlessGear/node-gcm#custom-gcm-request-options}
    requestOptions: {},
 
    //valid node-gcm send options
    //used to specify number of retries and back-off strategy
    //@see {@link https://github.com/ToothlessGear/node-gcm/blob/master/lib/sender.js#L15}
    sendOptions: {},
 
    //custom options to be merged
    //on PushNotification schema and model
    model: {
 
        //name of the model to be used when register to mongoose
        //default to PushNotification
        name: 'PushNotification',
 
        //additional custom schema fields to add on the push notification schema
        fields: {}
    },
 
    //allow log of push notification after send
    debug: false,
 
    //logger to be used
    //use console log as default logger
    logger: console.log,
 
    //kue options
    //if available kue queue will be created
    //and worker to process push notification in worker
    //process will be available
    //see below for details
    kue: {
            concurrency: 10,
            timeout: 5000,
            queue: 'push:queued',
            connection: {}
        }
    }

Kue Integration

To add support to kue ensure you have installed kue and supply the required configuration. The presence of kue configuration in push config options will signal the use of kue publisher and worker. See Example

$ npm install --save kue

Kue Push Worker

In your worker process start the queued push worker as below

var mongoose = require('mongoose');
var PushNotification = require('byteskode-push');
 
//Alert!: Probably your should start push notification
//processing in your worker process
//and not main process
PushNotification.worker.start();
 
//listen for the worker queue events
PushNotifcation.worker.queue.on('job complete', function(id, result) {
    console.log('complete', id, result);
});
 
PushNotifcation.worker.queue.on('error', function(error) {
    console.log('error', error);
});
 
//anywhere in your main process
//queue push notification for background send
PushNotification.queue(pushNotification);

Testing

• Clone this repository

• Install all development dependencies

$ npm install

• Then run test

$ npm test

Contribute

It will be nice, if you open an issue first so that we can know what is going on, then, fork this repo and push in your ideas. Do not forget to add a bit of test(s) of what value you adding.

Licence

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2015 byteskode, lykmapipo & Contributors

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