Push Notifications [Deprecated]

Overview

Atlas App Services supports integrating mobile (Android and iOS) apps with the Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM) service to provide push notifications. You configure and send notification messages from within the App Services console, while clients register with Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM) for messages sent to specific topics.

Management Interface

The Push Notifications screen in the App Services UI lets you write notification drafts, send notifications to users, and define notification rules.

There are four tabs in the Push Notifications screen:

Send a Push Notification

You can send new Push Notifications from the Push Notifications page. Click the Send New Notification button to open the Send New Notification dialog. In this dialog, you provide the notification message, label, and the relevant topic audience.

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Set Up Clients to Receive Push Notifications

Rule Templates

{
  "%%args.notification.title": "Test Notification Please Ignore"
}

{
  "%%args.to": "%%values.validTopics"
}

{
  "%%true": {
    "%function": {
      "name": "allUserIdsAreValid",
      "arguments": [
        "%%args.userIds"
      ]
    }
  }
}

exports = function(toPhone) {
  const mdb = context.services.get('mongodb-atlas');
  const users = mdb.db('demo').collection('users');
  const user = users.findOne({ _id: context.user.id });
  return user.phoneNumber === toPhone;
}

Push Notification Rules

To specify rules for Push Notifications, click on the Rules tab on the Push Notifications page.

The Push Notifications rules permit the following arguments. You can access them with the "%%args" expansion: