push-node

Faast push notification API module for node.js.

To use this module you need an account at Faast and set the API token from your account.

Example

Send a notification to yourself.

// setup
var faast = require ('push-node') ('API token');
 
// notify
faast.notify (
  {
    message: 'Alert message',
    action_loc_key: 'Alert Button'
    title: 'Subject line',
    subtitle: 'Below the subject',
    long_message: 'The message (also in preview if <b>long_message_preview</b> is not set)',
    long_message_preview: 'Preview text',
    run_command: 'http://example.net/12345'
  },
  console.log
);

Installation

npm install push-node

For the most recent code see the Development section below.

Methods

The methods below take a callback function as last parameter. The callback receives two parameters err in case of an error and data.

function myCallback (err, data) {
  if (err) {
    console.log (err);
    console.log (err.stack);
  } else {
    console.log (data.id);
  }
}
 
faast.notify (props, myCallback);

Errors

notify ( vars, callback )

Send a notification to the user.

faast.notify (
  {
    message: 'Alert message',
    long_message: 'The message (also in preview if <b>long_message_preview</b> is not set)',
    title: 'Subject line',
    subtitle: 'Below the subject',
    long_message_preview: 'Preview text',
    action_loc_key: 'Alert Button'
  },
  console.log
);

Output

{
  title: 'Subject line',
  message_level: 0,
  long_message: 'The message (also in preview if <b>long_message_preview</b> is not set)',
  long_message_preview: 'Preview text',
  subtitle: 'Below the subject',
  send_at: '2012/07/11 19:27:00 +0000',
  id: 12345,
  favorite: false,
  hasread: false,
  message: 'Alert message',
  display_ads: false
}

Fields

                 | (also in preview if `long_message_preview` is not set)

long_message_preview | Preview text run_command | URL to open on action_loc_key button silent | No alert window, just increase badge number message_level | Importance, -2 to 2 sound | Alert sound ID, | see https://gist.github.com/penso/1217045 icon_url | Notification icon URL

notifications ( callback )

Get a list (array) of notifications from the server.

faast.notifications (console.log);

Output

[
  {
    thread_id: null,
    title: 'Subject line',
    send_at: '2012/07/11 19:34:15 +0000',
    app_id: null,
    long_message_preview: 'Preview text',
    subtitle: 'Below the subject',
    icon_url: null,
    id: 50103867
  },
  { thread_id: null,
    title: 'Subject line',
    send_at: '2012/07/11 19:34:12 +0000',
    app_id: null,
    long_message_preview: 'Preview text',
    subtitle: 'Below the subject',
    icon_url: null,
    id: 50103866
  }
]

feeds ( callback )

Get a list (array) of subscribed RSS feeds.

faast.feeds (console.log);

Output:

[
  {
    website: 'https://frankl.in',
    title: 'Franklin',
    feed: 'http://frankl.in/feed/',
    id: 685969,
    sound: 'R',
    updated_at: '2015/05/19 20:11:58 +0000',
    message_level: 0,
    paid: true,
    next_fetch: '2015-05-20 01:41:46 +0200',
    previous_fetch: '2015-05-20 01:23:53 +0200',
    previous_item_at: '2014/05/30 21:02:32 +0000',
    snippet: 'Interactive command for Mac Homebrew updates. Source: Franklin',
    rss_status: 'active',
    rss_feedr_id: 12345,
    last_push_received_at: null
  }
]

settings ( callback )

The user account details and settings.

faast.settings (console.log);

Output

{
  fb_push_command: 0,
  facebook_paid: true,
  force_twitter_client: true,
  twitter_sound: 'S',
  unlocked: true,
  weekend_silent_mode_at: '2000/01/02 23:00:00 +0000',
  facebook_sound: ''
}

Development

There are two main branches in the repository. master is equal to the stable release on npm, while develop is the active development branch.

You can install and use the latest development version with npm:

npm install fvdm/nodejs-push#develop

• When submitting a Pull Request please make sure to not use the master branch.
• Also please use the same code style as the rest of this module.
• Test your changes, see Testing below.

Github repository | Issues

Testing:

nvm install stable
git clone https://github.com/fvdm/nodejs-push -b develop
cd nodejs-push
export FAAST_TOKEN=Your_Token npm test

• nvm
• Faast token

Unlicense

This is free and unencumbered software released into the public domain.

Anyone is free to copy, modify, publish, use, compile, sell, or distribute this software, either in source code form or as a compiled binary, for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial, and by any means.

In jurisdictions that recognize copyright laws, the author or authors of this software dedicate any and all copyright interest in the software to the public domain. We make this dedication for the benefit of the public at large and to the detriment of our heirs and successors. We intend this dedication to be an overt act of relinquishment in perpetuity of all present and future rights to this software under copyright law.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

For more information, please refer to http://unlicense.org/

Author

Franklin van de Meent | Website | Github