The codebase I'm working with has implemented the firebase Message class and we're sending these messages asynchronously. Our backend is java and our frontend is a react native mobile app. We are using firebase to send push notifications to our user's devices. The firebase docs mention putData(String key, String value) which adds the given key-value pair to the Message as a data field. How are these key-value pairs use? The documentation does not mention that.
For context, I'm trying to add a "deep link" path as part of the Message object. I have "path" as the key and the deep link path as the value. However when testing the delivery of the push notification, tapping the notification does not take me to the deep link. How can I be sure the deep link is working as intended when I'm not sure what firebase even does with the key-value pairs in the Message object?
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I am currently using Airnotifier and Firebase Cloud Messaging. From some other questions and after trying by myself, it seems Firebase does not support actionable notifications. Is there a way to create one somehow, or can we somehow send a request to the user's device and the application on that device can create an actionable local notification?
UPDATE: Just checked with the FCM API and SDK, title and body fields are accepted but actions and click_action are not seen anywhere. Is there a way to verify if those data have been given or if those are the correct name for the fields?
UPDATE2: gcm.notification.actions has shown in the notification received in iOS, but not click_action which I included in the notification field.
UPDATE3: It seems the "actions" field magically disappears after the "schedule" function is called in ionic's local notification plug in.
I am trying to explore Cloud Storage JSON API V1, as mentioned in request, the GET request can be called with a key, I have tried many keys, I have created in credentials panel, but I am only getting keyInvalid or any other error, I want to know about this key, which API key Google Cloud Storage is using here
GET https://www.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b/wearableeot-39e6a.appspot.com?key={YOUR_API_KEY}
Thanks for help, I only want to know about this API Key.
I think you should follow the instructions you find here: https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/json_api/v1/how-tos/authorizing#APIKey
In a nutshell, you should:
Go to the Credentials page in the Google Cloud Platform Console (not the Firebase console), for your project.
Click the "Create Credentials" drop-down box and choose "API key": you get the key in a dialog box.
Possibly restrict the key. See more infos here
I integrated Firebase Cloud Messaging with Unity successfully and I can receive usual messages when I send them from Firebase Console, but I need some extra things.
1 - How can I send my notification as a URL? I mean I want that when user touches the notification it opens the URL that I put in the value in FireBase Console.
2 - How I can send and show a picture and a custom icon in the notification?
Unfortunately, I can't find anything on the internet and official documents confused me.
Is there any way to gain these request only with FireBase SDK?
Thank you.
You have to handle all the messages from FCM manually to get all those features you are looking for. I mean you got the general implementation all the stuff, but you need the unique one. All the notification display settings and notification click handlers have to be implemented on the Android native side.
Probably you will find some interesting FCM asset in the Asset Store with nice notifications customization, not sure. But I would recommend you to surf the Asset Store, maybe there will be some useful packages.
I'm trying to send out an FCM message to a specific set of users (or really, a single user) based on a specific user property but looking through the FCM HTTP API I can't seem to find a way to do that. I can send to users via topics, registration tokens, and device group notification keys, but I don't have any of that infrastructure set up in the near term. I know this functionality exists as you can send such a message via the UI, but I'm not seeing how to do it in the API documentation as yet.
There is currently no parameter that you could use to specify a user property (or even for user segments) that will serve as a target for the FCM API to send the message to.
As you've already searched, the only targets possible are single/multiple registration tokens (to and registration_ids), topics, conditions, and device groups (notification_key).
The option you're looking for is currently only available when using the Notifications Console.
I know that Firebase has recently added support for Push Notifications and while this is a great thing, I only seem to be able to send push notifications manually via the Notifications Panel.
What I'd like to do is to send push notifications within a user scope...Let me explain that. Each User in my App has an account and then each user can join a group. Within this group the user can perform tasks and has a list of chores to do. Now when certain tasks are due for example I want to remind the user of doing it with a push notification. For 1-10 I might be able to pull this off manually, but is there a way to dynamically based on the data in the Database send out Push Notifications?
I know that certain Push Notifications can be created using the Analytics tool such as "Hey you have not visited for 3 days, please come back whatever"... but I'd like to register push notifications such as "I just created a task, this task needs to be done within 3 days. Remind me in 3 days if the task is still not done".
Is this possible with Firebase or do I need to have my own server connecting to Firebase and handling those events?
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You need to implement FCM in your client and in a server. Let me put this straight:
First, you need that your client, or app, to register into FCM and get a FCM token that will be used to identify that device uniquely.
Then, store that token wherever you like. It can be into firebase database or other server you may like. I recommend you to store it into firebase if you are using it as a database for your users; that's my case.
Also, you need to implement a http or xmpp server in order to send FCM messages to your registered devices containing the data you are interested in. For example, you can implement a Google App Engine endpoint (can be done with Android Studio and Java) that is quite simple or a NodeJS module, depending on your preferred language.
If you are using Firebase as database you can connect from your server with the appropriate SDK and get the FCM tokens you want from your users, and then send the message to those with data. Don't forget to secure your serve.
The way you implement your server algorithm to send FCM messages depends on your app purposes.
Hope it is clear enough for you. Also you can find all the documentation with a short video that explains the general structure here: https://firebase.google.com/docs/cloud-messaging
You can use cloud functions to trigger on any create, update or delete operation in your database and in the trigger event, you can choose to send in FCM push notifications to the devices of your choice.
Here is the documentation regarding the use and structure of a cloud function: https://firebase.google.com/docs/firestore/extend-with-functions
Hope this helps!