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web-push.md
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web-push.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ controlling the web browser's source code. Here named PROVIDER. An example of a
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PROVIDER is FCM (Firebase Cloud Messaging) which is owned by Google.
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3) The Web Application that a user is visiting from their web browser. Let's
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call this the SERVICE (short for Web Push application service)
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[4) A Custom Web Push Intermediary Service, either third party or self-hosted.
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4) A Custom Web Push Intermediary Service, either third party or self-hosted.
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Called INTERMEDIARY here. FCM also may fit in this category if the SERVICE
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has an API key from FCM.]
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@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ Here's a version which can be used for testing locally. Note there can be
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caching issues in your browser! Incognito is highly recommended.
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sw-dev.ts
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```
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self.addEventListener('push', function(event: PushEvent) {
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console.log('Received a push message', event);
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})
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);
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});
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```
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vue.config.js
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```
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module.exports = {
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pwa: {
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workboxOptions: {
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}
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}
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}
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```
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Once we have the service worker registered and the ServiceWorkerRegistration is
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returned, we then have access to a `pushManager` property object. This property
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@@ -152,13 +154,13 @@ being used by the BROWSER in decrypting the messages coming from the SERVICE.
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The VAPID (Voluntary Application Server Identification) key provides more
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security and authenticity for web push notifications in the following ways:
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Identifying the Application Server:
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Identifying the Application Server:
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The VAPID key is used to identify the application server that is sending
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the push notifications. This ensures that the push notifications are
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authentic and not sent by a malicious third party.
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Encrypting the Messages:
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Encrypting the Messages:
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The VAPID key is used to sign the push notifications sent by the
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application server, ensuring that they are not tampered with during
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@@ -184,6 +186,7 @@ PROVIDER which creates and stores a special URL for that BROWSER.
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Here's a bit of code describing the above process:
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```
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// b64 is the VAPID
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b64 = 'BEl62iUYgUivxIkv69yViEuiBIa-Ib9-SkvMeAtA3LFgDzkrxZJjSgSnfckjBJuBkr3qBUYIHBQFLXYp5Nksh8U';
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const applicationServerKey = urlBase64ToUint8Array(b64);
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@@ -199,6 +202,7 @@ registration.pushManager.subscribe(options)
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.catch(function(error) {
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console.error('Push subscription failed:', error);
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});
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```
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In this example, the `applicationServerKey` variable contains the VAPID public
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key, which is converted to a `Uint8Array` using a function such as this:
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The options object is of type `PushSubscriptionOptions`, which includes the
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`userVisibleOnly` and `applicationServerKey` (ie VAPID public key) properties.
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options: An object that contains the options used for creating the
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subscription. This object itself has the following sub-properties:
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applicationServerKey: A public key your push service uses for application
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server identification. This is normally a Uint8Array.
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userVisibleOnly: A boolean value indicating that the push messages that
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are sent should be made visible to the user through a notification.
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This is often set to true.
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The subscribe() method returns a `Promise` that resolves to a `PushSubscription`
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object containing details of the subscription, such as the endpoint URL and the
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public key. The returned data would have a form like this:
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@@ -242,16 +256,6 @@ public key. The returned data would have a form like this:
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representing the subscription's expiration time in milliseconds since
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01 January, 1970 UTC. This can be null if the subscription never expires.
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options: An object that contains the options used for creating the
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subscription. This object itself has the following sub-properties:
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applicationServerKey: A public key your push service uses for application
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server identification. This is normally a Uint8Array.
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userVisibleOnly: A boolean value indicating that the push messages that
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are sent should be made visible to the user through a notification.
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This is often set to true.
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The BROWSER will, internally, then use that URL to check for incoming messages
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by way of the service worker we described earlier. The BROWSER also sends this
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URL back to SERVICE which will use that URL to send messages to the BROWSER via
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@@ -266,6 +270,7 @@ via the PROVIDER so that they reach the BROWSER service worker.
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Just to remind us that in our service worker our code for receiving messages
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will look something like this:
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```
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self.addEventListener('push', function(event: PushEvent) {
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console.log('Received a push message', event);
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})
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);
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});
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```
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Now to address the issue of receiving notification messages on mobile devices.
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