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apn-test

easily send a test push notification

Install

$ npm install --save apn-test

Usage

var apnTest = require('apn-test');

var message = 'Hello';
var options = {
  cert: '/path/to/pushCert.pem',
  key: '/path/to/pushKey.pem',
  token: 'uney4jcnvvw5bc2vlvazog4au1xa0zbcbsjwlfgaj1pi9blcdltgktncfxfwhs5'
};

apnTest(message, options);

CLI

$ npm install --global apn-test

$ apn --help

  quickly test push notifications
    
  Usage
    apn <message> --options
    apn "Hello world" --token=uney4jcnvvw5bc2vlvazog4au1xa0zbcbsjwlfgaj1pi9blcdltgktncfxfwhs5
    
  Options
    --token
          (required)
          The device token you wish to send the notification to
          Takes a single token or a comma-separated list of tokens

Debug

Enable debug messages by running the CLI with DEBUG=apn, like so:

$ DEBUG=apn apn <message> --options

See the node-apn documentation for more details.

Options

Pass in args to the CLI with this syntax: apn --foo=bar.

cert (default cert.pem)
key (default key.pem)
token (required) accepts single token or a comma-separated list of tokens
development
badge - (default 0) The value to specify for payload.aps.badge
sound - (default ping.aiff) The value to specify for payload.aps.sound
payload - (default {}) JSON encoded extra payload values
expiry - (default 1 hour) The UNIX timestamp representing when the notification should expire. An expiry of 0 indicates that the notification expires immediately.