how to test Onesignal push notifications on localhost? - push-notification

Question

I want to test OneSignal push notifications on localhost before I deploy my app to a remote server.
I followed the instructions provided by the documentation. When I enter http://localhost as the site url I get an error message that says:
localhost is already taken. Please enter a different name.
Is there a way to use OneSignal on localhost ?

Answer 1

It should be https://localhost not http://localhost. OneSignal treats localhost as secure connections.

Answer 2

Besides configuring OneSignal via dashboard, your OneSignal.init in your browser call must have the allowLocalhostAsSecureOrigin option:
OneSignal.init({
allowLocalhostAsSecureOrigin: true,
...
})
More at https://documentation.onesignal.com/docs/web-push-setup-faq#section-how-do-i-test-my-site-on-a-local-environment

Answer 3

read in this doc https://documentation.onesignal.com/docs/web-push-setup-faq#section-how-do-i-test-my-site-on-a-local-environment- and localhost must run in port 8000

Answer 4

You may use Postman.
Just follow this steps, found at: One Signal documentation
Select POST and use url https://onesignal.com/api/v1/notifications
Set headers, like this:
And, finally, add the push body
Surprisingly, simple. Enjoy.

Answer 5

For anyone else struggling with this, the answer is to add 'http://localhost' but when the configurator comes back with a message similar to 'localhost is already taken. Please enter a different name.' jut scroll down and type in a different subdomain. It's not very intuitive but that worked for me.

Answer 6

In order to test onesignal push notifications over localhost, you should enable https://localhost on your test environment.
The following great post help me to setup it on macos, but I think you could implement it in other operative systems:
https://medium.com/#jonsamp/how-to-set-up-https-on-localhost-for-macos-b597bcf935ee
When you are able to start your web server at https://localhost:8080 , you should configure on OneSignal App the following:
Site Url : https://localhost:8080
Check "My site not fully HTTPS"
CHOOSE A LABEL : your-test-env.OS.TC
By completing the setup suggested by Onesignal documentation, you will be able to test push notifications on your test environment.