APNs Send

The apns-send npm package enables seamless integration of push notifications using the Apple Push Notification service (APNs) with the HTTP/2 protocol.

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Create Client

Create an APNS client using a signing key:

``typescript
import { ApnsClient } from 'apns-send'

const client = new ApnsClient({
team: TFLP87PW54,
keyId: 123ABC456,
signingKey: fs.readFileSync(${__dirname}/path/to/auth.p8),
defaultTopic: com.tablelist.Tablelist,
})
`

Sending Notifications

#### Basic

Send a basic notification with message:

`typescript
import { Notification } from 'apns-send'

const bn = new Notification(deviceToken, { alert: 'Hello, World' })

try {
await client.send(bn)
} catch (err) {
console.error(err.reason)
}
`

Send a basic notification with message and options:

`typescript
import { Notification } from 'apns-send'

const bn = new Notification(deviceToken, {
alert: 'Hello, World',
badge: 4,
data: {
userId: user.getUserId,
},
})

try {
await client.send(bn)
} catch (err) {
console.error(err.reason)
}
`

#### Silent

Send a silent notification using content-available key:

`typescript
import { SilentNotification } from 'apns-send'

const sn = new SilentNotification(deviceToken)

try {
await client.send(sn)
} catch (err) {
console.error(err.reason)
}
`

Note: Apple recommends that no options other than the content-available flag be sent in order for a notification to truly be silent and wake up your app in the background. Therefore this class does not accept any additional options in the constructor.

#### Many

Send multiple notifications concurrently:

`typescript
import { Notification } from 'apns-send'

const notifications = [
new Notification(deviceToken1, { alert: 'Hello, World' }),
new Notification(deviceToken2, { alert: 'Hello, World' }),
]

try {
await client.sendMany(notifications)
} catch (err) {
console.error(err.reason)
}
`

#### Advanced

For complete control over the push notification packet use the base Notification class:

`typescript
import { Notification } from 'apns-send'

const notification = new Notification(deviceToken, {
aps: { ... }
})

try {
await client.send(notification)
} catch(err) {
console.error(err.reason)
}
`

Available options can be found at APNS Payload Options

Error Handling

All errors are defined in ./lib/errors.js and come directly from APNS Table 4

Environments

By default the APNS client connects to the production push notification server. This is identical to passing in the options:

`typescript
const client = new ApnsClient({
host: 'api.push.apple.com'
...
})
`

To connect to the development push notification server, pass the options:

`typescript
const client = new ApnsClient({
host: 'api.sandbox.push.apple.com'
...
})
``