Rules Integration

The Push Notifications module integrates with the Rules module. The module implements 2 actions and 8 events you can implement in your custom Rules.

Rules Actions List

• Send a push notification to a user account
• Send a push notification to all registered tokens

Rules Events List

• Before saving a new device token
• After saving a new device token
• Before deleting a device token
• After deleting a device token
• iOS feedback service was completed
• After sending an iOS push notification (APNS)
• After sending an Android push notification (C2DM)
• After sending an Android push notification (GCM)

Example: Send a push to all tokens when a new article is created

This example uses the action "Send a push notification to all registered users". This action has three options: Send it to (1) all users, (2) authenticated users, or (3) anonymous users. In this example, we are creating a rule with these settings:

• Event: After saving new content of type "Article"
• Action: Send a push notification to all registered token

The final rule should look like this:

The configuration for the action should look like this:

Example: Send a push token to a single user when a new Page is created

This example uses the action "Send a push notification to a user account". In this action, you can send a notification to a specific account, or send a notification to a specific account. The first version could be used if an admin user wants to receive a push notification every time a new Page is created by a user. The second version could be used to inform a user that his page was successfully created.

The final rule should look like this:

The configuration for sending a push to a specific user looks like this. Make sure to use the "Direct Input" mode in the "User Account" area.

The configuration for sending a push to a the node author looks like this. Make sure to use the "Data Selection" mode in the "User Account" area.