nodejs-apns-secure

New reliable nodejs module for sending notifications via apns. Main advantages :

• first reliable module with in time status report
• faster than any other apns module
• robust
• bulk messages

Because of current modules that are slow and unreliable I needed to make a new one. After testing and putting this module in production I wanted to share it. Using the module is very simple:

1) Create new object with certificates

var certData = "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE...END CERTIFICATE-----";
var keyData =  "-----BEGIN RSAPRIVATE KEY...END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----";  
var objectCert = {
    certData : certData,
    keyData : keyData
};   
var sender = new (require('./index')).SenderApns(objectCert, true);

Enter certificate in “certData” and private key in “keyData”. If using development mode use “false” as second argument.

2) Create notifications and tokens

var apnsMessage1 = {
         expiry : 0,
         _id : "1asd1231"
};
var apnsMessage2 = {
         expiry : 0,
         _id : "1asd1231"
};
apnsMessage1.payload = apnsMessage2.payload = {
         'aps': {"badge" : "123", "alert" : "Test it bulk", "sound" : "default"}
};
var tokens = ["32 length token", "32 length token"];
var apnsMessages = [apnsMessage1, apnsMessage1];

3) Send notificationsa and receive result status report

sender.sendThroughApns(apnsMessages, tokens,
         function Success (resultStatusArray) { console.log(resultStatusArray); },
         function (error) { console.log(error); }
);

Enter the tokens in the tokens array. Messages for sending are a JSON array containing:

* _id -> notification id
* expiry -> set 0 to disable or UNIX epoch date expressed in seconds
* payload -> data for sending

iOS phone will use these fields from payload:

* aps.alert -> notification text; if not set the notification will not be shown
* aps.sound -> prior to use, set to 'default'
* aps.badge -> number

Result status report

[ { token: '1.token',
    status: 0,
    _id: '1asd1231' },   
  { token: '2.token',
    status: 8,
    _id: '1asd1231' }]

The status report contains:

* _id -> notification id
* token
* status -> 0 for success, 7 for too long payload, 8 for invalid token, 9 for invalid notification

The magic

This module doesn't use timeouts or q or anything similar. It uses the apns error report for finding the last notification sent and thus confirming the reception of all prior notifications.