[aerogear-dev] Issues with Aerogear on Cordova

Burr Sutter bsutter at redhat.com
Fri Feb 21 09:40:42 EST 2014


This is a great tip - when I was fighting through this same issue - I would have loved to know about the log file.  

Perhaps we can make the error response include:
the sent erroneous message
and a link to an example of a proper message in our wiki



On Feb 21, 2014, at 4:32 AM, Sebastien Blanc <scm.blanc at gmail.com> wrote:

> You can get the logs from the UPS server on Openshift, you have to SSH into it (Instructions are on the application page, on the right "remote access").
> Once you are logged in , just do "vi aerogear-push/logs/server.log" . You will a LOT of logs :) but you should also see the String that you have submitted, from there you can see what is wrong or even better paste it here. 
> 
> 
> On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 10:27 AM, Miguel Lemos <miguel21op at gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes. I think it's only a small thing about the structure of the json data I'm sending...
> 
> 
> Enviado do meu iPhone
> 
> No dia 21/02/2014, às 09:17, Matthias Wessendorf <matzew at apache.org> escreveu:
> 
>> Oh - I just see the PHP client supports some sort of older API we used to have in the past:
>> 
>> https://github.com/tmccarthy9/aerogear-unified-push-php-client/blob/master/src/SenderClient.php#L103
>> 
>> Since the intern left, nobody was actually paying too much attention on the PHP client - we are mostly Java Weenies :) 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 10:10 AM, Miguel Lemos <miguel21op at gmail.com> wrote:
>> OK. I'll give it a try. In any case can someone explain what's wrong with my string? I think that's the only problem.
>> 
>> Thanks again for the swift response.
>> 
>> M
>> 
>> 
>> On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 9:01 AM, Matthias Wessendorf <matzew at apache.org> wrote:
>> Hey Miguel,
>> 
>> we had an intern working on a PHP client, last year
>> 
>> here is is project:
>> https://github.com/tmccarthy9/aerogear-unified-push-php-client
>> 
>> I know he has been testing it against our server - perhaps that library is handy for you ? 
>> 
>> Btw. if you feel to make changes to the given PHP client, feel free to send PullRequests against the repo, we will be able to merge them
>> 
>> -Matthias
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 9:54 AM, Miguel Lemos <miguel21op at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi! 
>> 
>> I'm trying to create a php batch to test faster my notifications. So I did this (simplified example):
>> 
>> $ch = curl_init('https://aerogear-metalpush.rhcloud.com/rest/sender');
>> 
>> $data = array(
>>     'message' => array(
>>         'atl'    => 'Aviso', 
>>         'avs'    => 'Mensagem', 
>>         'badge'    => '1'
>>     )
>> );
>> 
>> $data_st = json_encode($data);
>> $headers = array("Accept: application/json", "Content-Type: application/json");
>> curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, 6);
>> curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "POST");
>> curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false);
>> curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
>> curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERPWD, "$key:$secret");
>> curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers);                                                                 
>> curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $data_st);  
>> 
>> $result = curl_exec($ch); 
>> 
>> I think that's something wrong with the $data array because the server returns: " The request sent by the client was syntactically incorrect ().
>> 
>> If I strip the string from the "message"  it returns "job submitted", but of course I don't receive nothing.
>> 
>> Thanks again
>> 
>> M
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 8:48 AM, Sebastien Blanc <scm.blanc at gmail.com> wrote:
>> This is really cool Miguel !
>> Don't hesitate to ask us other questions and also , like you did with your screenshot, give us feedback !
>> Thanks again for your interest in the project.
>> Sebi
>>  
>> 
>> 
>> On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 9:43 AM, Miiguel Lemos <miguel21op at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Not all, but a couple of steps on the right direction, I hope ;-)
>> 
>> Enviado do meu iPad
>> 
>> No dia 19/02/2014, às 21:20, Matthias Wessendorf <matzew at apache.org> escreveu:
>> 
>>> Nice!
>>> 
>>> Glad you are all set!
>>> 
>>> -Matthias
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 4:38 PM, Miguel Lemos <miguel21op at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> A small souvenir ;-)
>>> 
>>> Thanks again
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 3:20 PM, Miguel Lemos <miguel21op at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi Matthias,
>>> 
>>> Maybe I didn't make myself clear, but your answer was clear enough to respond to my post :-)
>>> 
>>> Thanks again.
>>> 
>>> Carry on!
>>> 
>>> M
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 3:05 PM, Matthias Wessendorf <matzew at apache.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 3:43 PM, Miguel Lemos <miguel21op at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Dear Matthias,
>>> 
>>> According to the information posted in the url below, I can send (and read) several parameters / keys in the scope of the notification service (as it should be...):
>>> 
>>> http://aerogear.org/docs/specs/aerogear-push-messages/
>>> 
>>> According to the values on it, the receiver should have the capacity to decide what to do next. 
>>> 
>>> First, and the easiest thing: don't show  the "Alert" text, but any other part of  content received and / or change "Alert" to  another language, for instance.
>>> 
>>> Not sure I follow.
>>> 
>>> The 'alert' is a keyword on iOS, which our server (and our Cordova Libs) do recognize. What do you want to change there ? 
>>> For the completion of our spec, we are showing all of the keywords, that are supported.
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> Second, if I create (for instance) a lat, lon and rad parameters, I can decide if I show the notification immediately, or only when the user reaches a matchable location, within a given radius.  
>>> This is just an example of the freedom that must be available to decide what to do according to a given parameter that the software on the client's side can interpret. The message itself may not be the most important part of the whole thing...
>>> 
>>> If you don't want or need that alert, simply leave it our of the payload. It's just part of the demo/docs as that is quite handy to get going.
>>>  
>>> 
>>> So, the question is: how can I read those parameters / keys before deciding to do with the notification? Through a "regular" object keys iterator? Thank you very much again. If there's some place in the documentation where I can understand that, please let me know.
>>> 
>>> yes, like here (using alert just as an example):
>>> 
>>> 
>>>  function onNotification(e) {
>>>      alert(e.payload.foo);
>>>      alert(e.payload.key);
>>>   }
>>> 
>>> And the curl for that would be something _like_ this:
>>> curl -3 -u "ID:secrect" -v -H "Accept: application/json" -H "Content-type: application/json" -X POST -d '{"message": {"foo":"bar value", "key":"HELLO"}}' https://something-doamin.rhcloud.com/rest/sender
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -Matthias
>>> 
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Miguel
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 1:34 PM, Matthias Wessendorf <matzew at apache.org> wrote:
>>> Awesome,
>>> 
>>> we are interested in hearing your feedback.
>>> 
>>> Good luck w/ the development process!
>>> 
>>> -Matthias
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 2:29 PM, Miguel Lemos <miguel21op at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Thanks. Of course I'll give you my feedback ;-)
>>> 
>>> I've some questions about the service as a whole, but I'll make some more testing and then I'll let you know.
>>> 
>>> Thank you very much again for your attention.
>>> 
>>> All the best,
>>> 
>>> Miguel
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 1:25 PM, Matthias Wessendorf <matzew at apache.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 2:18 PM, Miguel Lemos <miguel21op at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi Matthias,
>>> 
>>> One of the biggest reasons I'm testing this solutions is because iOS!
>>> 
>>> Once we already developed a full native Android push (considering geofencing)  notification service. The issue is to port our solution to iOS (not only the notifications, but everything). That's why I'm personally testing Cordova on Android and already partially on IOS. So far so good..
>>> 
>>> Sounds very interesting. If you are interested, let us know how it goes. 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> I'm starting with Android because it's easier to me. But next week I want to test your solution  with iOS. Why? Is there any problem?
>>> 
>>> No problem there at all :-) I was just curious if you target Android first/only.
>>> 
>>> Greetings,
>>> Matthias
>>>  
>>> 
>>> Thanks
>>> 
>>> Miguel
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 1:04 PM, Matthias Wessendorf <matzew at apache.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 1:20 PM, Miguel Lemos <miguel21op at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>> 
>>> I tested and now it works, thanks.
>>> 
>>> glad it all worked out 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> When I tried for  the first time, I tried with the function global, reflecting the Github example. But as it didn't work (because of the "damn" URL issue...) I tried several things, one of them being put the alert function inside the deviceready event. Of course, when I solved the URL thing I never more remembered to put it outside again...
>>> 
>>> Things like that might happen.
>>> 
>>> Regarding the URL, we will try to update the OpenShift blog post.
>>> 
>>> I just checkout project documentation, and it looks like they are already 'right'.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Wondering: Are you building Cordova clients for Android only, or do you plan to use the iOS platform as well ?
>>> 
>>> Greetings,
>>> Matthias
>>>  
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