Push not working

[Vasudevan Krishnamoorthy]

Hey,

I'm trying to integrate Parse inside my rails app to automatically delilver push notifications to the users.

I am evaluating this gem to see if this can simplify my job. So far I've not been able to get it to work. I followed the guide in the Readme.

require 'parse-ruby-client'

Parse.init :application_id => "<your_app_id>",
           :api_key        => "<your_api_key>"
data = {:alert=>"Test push notification - Vasu", :bookid=>"52d0263869702d0905990000"}
push = Parse::Push.new data
push.type = "ios"
push.save

I'm getting a success response, but the push is not delivered to my devise.

I, [2014-09-02T20:13:30.591722 #12864] INFO -- : post https://api.parse.com/1/push
I, [2014-09-02T20:13:32.273484 #12864] INFO -- Status: 200
=> {"result"=>true}

However, I'm able to get it working with a simple CURL request,

curl -X POST \
-H "X-Parse-Application-Id: 'app_id' "
-H "X-Parse-REST-API-Key: 'rest_key' "
-H "Content-Type: application/json"
-d '{
"data":{
"alert": "Hey jag check the notification",
"bookid": "52d0263869702d0905990000"
},"where":{"deviceType":"ios"}
}'
https://api.parse.com/1/push

This successfully delivers the notification. I'm not sure what's the issue here. I went through the push.rb code, and noticed that it defaults the channels to "", so I'm guessing that's not the issue. Please help me with this.

[Vasudevan Krishnamoorthy]

Hey, did some one get a chance to take a look at this? I'm really stuck with this issue and any help would be highly appreciated.

[Vitali Tatarintev]

"" (empty) channel is a Broadcast channel. So you should add channel to your installations. By default there is no channel for your installations. I guess it's the reason you doesn't receive push notifications.

iOS/Android SDK can subscribe installation to the channels. So you be able to subscribe your installations from SDKs.

[Vasudevan Krishnamoorthy]

Hey, Sorry about the delay in my response. I'm not sure that I understand. I'm not using the Channel parameter with my curl request either, and that works like a breeze. I don't see why it would cause any issue here.

[Vitali Tatarintev]

Parse::Push using "" (broadcast) channel by default https://github.com/adelevie/parse-ruby-client/blob/master/lib/parse/push.rb#L16

You are be able to check generated request from Notification page at Parse.com

[Eduardo Maia]

The same is happening here.
Testing cURL POSTs without channels as bellow, returns success and delivers a notification on my iPhone.

curl -X POST \
  -H "X-Parse-Application-Id: app_id" \
  -H "X-Parse-REST-API-Key: rest_key" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
        "data": {
          "alert": "My message!"
        },
        "where": {
          "deviceType": "ios" 
        }
      }' \
  https://api.parse.com/1/push

This push is showing "target: everyone" at Parse Push Inspector.

I guess I don't need channels. How can I do that?

[Koen Punt]

By setting where to an empty object a push is sent to all clients.

data = { :alert => "This is a notification from Parse" }
push = Parse::Push.new(data)
push.where = {}
push.save

[Eduardo Maia]

@koenpunt it works like a charm! Thanks a lot! 👍

[Fabio]

I've made a PR for this issue you can check it here.
When a Push is created without any channel, it will be automatically sent to all devices (if no others constraints are set).