uniqush push

Uniqush is a free and open source software system which provides a unified push service for server side notification to apps on mobile devices.

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Introduction

Uniqush (\ˈyü-nə-ku̇sh\ “uni” pronounced as in “unified”, and “qush” pronounced as
in “cushion”) is a free and open source software system which provides
a unified push service for server side notification to apps on mobile devices.
The uniqush-push API abstracts the APIs of the various push services used
to send push notifications to those devices. By running uniqush-push on the
server side, you can send push notifications to any supported mobile platform.

Build Status

Supported Platforms

  • GCM from Google for the Android platform
  • FCM from Google for the Android platform
  • APNS from Apple for the iOS platform
  • ADM from Amazon for Kindle tablets

FAQ

  • Q: Is this a general push notification platform for all types of devices? How does this differ
    from services such as Urban Airship?

  • A: Urban Airship is a great service, and there are
    other similar services available, like OpenPush,
    Notificare, etc. All of them are wonderful services.
    However, Uniqush is different from them.
    Uniqush is not a service. Instead,
    Uniqush is a system, which runs on your own
    server    . In fact, if you wish, you can use Uniqush to set up a service similar to Urban Airship.

  • Q: OK. Then is it a library? Like
    java-apns?

  • A: Well… Not actually. I mean, it is a program, like Apache HTTP Server. You download it, you run it. It does require a Redis server, but, other than that, you don’t need to worry about which language to use, package dependencies, etc.

  • Q: But wait, how can I use it anyway? I mean, if my program wants to send
    a push notification, I need to tell Uniqush about this action. How can I
    communicate with Uniqush? There must be some library so that I can use it
    in my program to talk with Uniqush, right?

  • A: We are trying to make it easier. uniqush-push provides RESTful APIs. In
    other words, you talk with uniqush-push through HTTP protocol. As long as
    there’s an HTTP client library for your language, you can use it and talk with
    uniqush-push. For details about our RESTful APIs, see our API
    documentation    .

  • Q: Then that’s cool. But I noticed that you are using Go programming language. Do I need to install Go compiler and other stuff to run uniqush-push?

  • A: No. There are no installation dependencies. All you need to do is to download the
    binary file from the download page and
    install it. But you do need to set up a Redis server running
    somewhere, preferably with persistence, so that uniqush-push can store the
    user data in Redis. For more details, see the
    installation guide

  • Q: This is nice. I want to give it a try. But you are keep talking about uniqush-push, and I’m talking about Uniqush, are they the same thing?

  • A: Thank you for your support! Uniqush is intended to be the name of a
    system which provides a full stack solution for communication between mobile
    devices and the app’s server. uniqush-push is one piece of the system.
    However, right now, uniqush-push is the only piece and others are under
    active development. If you want to know more details about the Uniqush
    system’s plan, you can read the blog
    post    . If you want to find out
    about the latest progress with Uniqush, please check out our
    blog    . And, if you are really impatient, there’s
    always our our GitHub account which could have
    brand-new stuff that hasn’t been released yet.

Setting Up Redis

Redis persistence describes the details
of how Redis saves data on shutdown, as well as how one might back up that
data. Make sure that the Redis server you use has persistence enabled - your
redis.conf should have contents similar to the section **PERSISTENCE** of
redis.conf in the example config files linked in http://redis.io/topics/config

Contributing

You’re encouraged to contribute to the uniqush-push project. There are two ways you can contribute.

Issues

If you encounter an issue while using uniqush-push, please report it at the project’s issues tracker. Feature suggestions are also welcome.

Pull request

Code contributions to uniqush-push can be made using pull requests. To submit a pull request:

  1. Fork this project.
  2. Make and commit your changes.
  3. Submit your changes as a pull request.

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