[aerogear-dev] Possible to send anything other than version number to simple push?

Thu Apr 3 10:53:32 EDT 2014

On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 4:41 PM, Michi Oshima <michi.oshima at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Lucas,
>
> Following might do what I want (sending a "door bell" message in one shot
> to all variants)?  Send a unified message like the following one:
>
>
>    - '{ "message": { "version":"123" }, "simple-push": "version=123" }'
>
>
> One slight deviation is that mobile variants like iOS and Android will get
> the message regardless of whether the the version number is "old" or not.
>  Is this correct?
>

Yes iOS/Android ignore the version since that is really something tied to
Simple Push

>
> So I revisited the SimplePush spec<https://wiki.mozilla.org/WebAPI/SimplePush>,
> and I noticed it describes support for subscription to multiple channels.
>
> Aerogear doesn't allow multiple channels per installation, correct?  I dug
> up an old post from Matthias:
>
>
>    -
>    http://aerogear-dev.1069024.n5.nabble.com/aerogear-dev-SimplePush-Registration-of-quot-Mobile-Variant-instance-quot-w-Unified-Push-Server-tt2805.html#none
>
> Well yes,  but multiple installations can belong to the same SPS Client.
You can register multiple time, differentiate them by passing them a
category for instance.

>
>    -
>
>
> If an installation can subscribe to multiple channels, then it would allow
> me to get what I originally asked about:
>
> Me: 'My client application (javascript on browser) holds multiple types
> of data.  It would be nice if I can send a notification saying "there's an
> update for this data type", rather than just "there's an update".  Or, in
> general it'd be nice if I can send more information than just a
> monotonically increasing number. '
>
>
> What do you think?
>

That would be quite a breaking change and we need to discuss that, in the
same time, as said before, you can still register a single client to
multiple channels (and es you will have multiple installations but that do
not really matter)

>
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 11:44 AM, Lucas Holmquist <lholmqui at redhat.com>wrote:
>
>> On Apr 2, 2014, at 11:38 AM, Michi Oshima <michi.oshima at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks, Lucas.  I read the spec yesterday and ended up looking at
>> disturbing auctions for 30 minutes.  I'll read it again.
>>
>> Another question, is there a way to send a "door bell" message *in one
>> shot* to all iOS, Android, and SimplePush variants?
>>
>>
>> well, iOS and Android notifications aren't really doorbells,  but you can
>> send a "message" to all clients that are registered in your Push Server.
>>
>> we have a Java client
>> http://aerogear.org/docs/guides/GetStartedwithJavaSender/
>>
>> and a node.js client  for this
>> https://www.npmjs.org/package/aerogear-sender-client
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> (m:)
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 11:04 AM, Lucas Holmquist <lholmqui at redhat.com>wrote:
>>
>>> SimplePush works only as a "door bell" to tell your app,  hey,  you
>>> should go look on your server.
>>>
>>> this is the spec  https://wiki.mozilla.org/WebAPI/SimplePush
>>>
>>>
>>> On Apr 2, 2014, at 11:02 AM, Michi Oshima <michi.oshima at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Yesterday I managed to send my first message to a browser.  Thanks for
>>> all your help.
>>>
>>> I've tried sending a few different types of messages, and it so far
>>> appears to me the only thing I can send to a simple push client is a
>>> version number.  Can a simple push client receive anything else other than
>>> version numbers?  If so, what does the sender need to do, and what does the
>>> client need to do?  (If there is a good example somewhere online I can work
>>> from that also.)
>>>
>>> My client application (javascript on browser) holds multiple types of
>>> data.  It would be nice if I can send a notification saying "there's an
>>> update for this data type", rather than just "there's an update".  Or, in
>>> general it'd be nice if I can send more information than just a
>>> monotonically increasing number.
>>>
>>> Here's my setup:
>>>
>>>
>>>    - AeroGear Push Server 0.10.0 hosted on OpenShift.
>>>    - Sender is a JBoss app using
>>>    org.jboss.aerogear.unifiedpush.JavaSender
>>>    (unifiedpush-java-client-0.5.0.jar).
>>>    - Client is a web browser using aerogear.js 1.4.0.
>>>
>>>
>>> I read this documentation<http://aerogear.org/docs/specs/aerogear-push-messages/>,
>>> but my wishful thinking refused to interpret it as saying: SimplePush
>>> variants use the "extra simple-push object" only.
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>>
>>> Michi Oshima
>>>
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