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  • julianJ julian

    The web-push plugin has now been promoted in v4 beta to “bundled” status, with a corresponding demotion of the ntfy plugin.

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    The plugin also successfully removes notifications if they’re no longer relevant (e.g. queued posts that have already been handled), and merges notification content just like it does in-app:

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    • julianJ julian

      phenomlab glad to hear you found it 😄

      For those interested in updating, you can just grab the latest commit from activitypub branch or perhaps the more the specific commit:

      git fetch
      git checkout activitypub    # if you're not already on activitypub branch
      git reset --hard 86f624f8172fb96fbd3c83683affd8814e8b5156`
      
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      phenomlab
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      #16

      julian I’m using the GIT link you provided to install. Plugin installs fine, but cannot get it to send any notification - even on my mobile device which works fine for NodeBB?

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      • phenomlabP phenomlab

        julian I’m using the GIT link you provided to install. Plugin installs fine, but cannot get it to send any notification - even on my mobile device which works fine for NodeBB?

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        #17

        phenomlab There’s not terribly much to configure, just make sure that when you start NodeBB, that you see the output info: [plugins/web-push] VAPID keys OK.

        That’s how the messages are encoded to be sent to the corresponding browser push endpoints.

        Other than that make sure the user has toggled push notifications on in their settings and allowed notifications for the site.

        On Windows, you have to specifically also allow your browser access to send notifications to the user.

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        • julianJ julian

          phenomlab There’s not terribly much to configure, just make sure that when you start NodeBB, that you see the output info: [plugins/web-push] VAPID keys OK.

          That’s how the messages are encoded to be sent to the corresponding browser push endpoints.

          Other than that make sure the user has toggled push notifications on in their settings and allowed notifications for the site.

          On Windows, you have to specifically also allow your browser access to send notifications to the user.

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          phenomlab
          wrote on last edited by
          #18

          julian Yes, I’ve done that, but can’t seem to make it work.

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          • julianJ julian

            Our relationship with push notifications has been rather circuitous…

            1. First Andrew (psychobunny) tried plain desktop notifications via the Notification API (that’s the desktop notifications plugin), but notification delivery stopped when you closed your browser.
            2. Then I wrote the PushBullet plugin, but they went from free to paid and that went out the window
            3. Around that time I wrote the Firebase plugin, which was a dead end because there was no iOS support.
            4. I then wrote the ntfy plugin, which works really well, but does rely on a freemium third-party service and app (written by @binwiederhier@discuss.ntfy.sh)

            Thanks to some recent discussion from crazycells and bh4-tech, I learned that the Push API had reached general availability across most modern browsers. In fact, this actually happened over a year ago, so compatibility should be even better.

            So I set about working on yet another push notifications plugin, hopefully for the last time, and this time using the native Push API on the client-side.

            To enable them, simply navigate over to the “Push Notifications” menu item in your user profile, and flip the switch.

            6da06989-f902-492b-866f-14c39b34a9ca-image.png

            So, let’s dogfood! I de-activated the ntfy plugin on this site and activated the web-push plugin so you can try it out right now.

            The plugin is in the proof-of-concept phase, so there might (read: most definitely will be) issues. Please let me know any you find here.

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            wrote on last edited by
            #19

            On windows you need to enable notifications in the OS settings, it wasn’t working without that for me.

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            • <baris>B <baris>

              On windows you need to enable notifications in the OS settings, it wasn’t working without that for me.

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              #20

              baris thanks. That setting is already on for me.

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              • phenomlabP phenomlab

                baris thanks. That setting is already on for me.

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                julian
                wrote on last edited by
                #21

                phenomlab you need to be on v4.

                Alternatively I believe you can update the service worker manually with the one from the ActivityPub branch.

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                • julianJ julian

                  phenomlab you need to be on v4.

                  Alternatively I believe you can update the service worker manually with the one from the ActivityPub branch.

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                  phenomlab
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                  julian thanks. I’ll check this later.

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                  • julianJ julian

                    The plugin also successfully removes notifications if they’re no longer relevant (e.g. queued posts that have already been handled), and merges notification content just like it does in-app:

                    22b1cb96-3763-48e9-b890-3f8443ace075-image.png

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                    julian
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #23

                    v0.7.0 of the Push Notification plugin has been released

                    • Notification related service worker code that was initially included in v4 core is now served by the web-push plugin directly, allowing v3.x compatibility.
                    • Compatibility updated from v4 to v3.10.x
                      • Meaning if you want to try this out on your existing NodeBB, you can do so by either waiting for v3.10.0, or by updating to the latest commit on the develop branch
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                    • julianJ julian

                      v0.7.0 of the Push Notification plugin has been released

                      • Notification related service worker code that was initially included in v4 core is now served by the web-push plugin directly, allowing v3.x compatibility.
                      • Compatibility updated from v4 to v3.10.x
                        • Meaning if you want to try this out on your existing NodeBB, you can do so by either waiting for v3.10.0, or by updating to the latest commit on the develop branch
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                      phenomlab
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                      #24

                      julian when does 3.10 come out? 😁

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                      • phenomlabP phenomlab

                        julian when does 3.10 come out? 😁

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                        julian
                        wrote on last edited by
                        #25

                        phenomlab Right now 😆

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                        • julianJ julian

                          phenomlab Right now 😆

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                          phenomlab
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                          julian Hmm - still not working for me… 😞

                          EDIT - works on my Android phone, but not on my PC - guessing it’s likely security software. EDIT 2 - suspicion confirmed. It’s caused by NordVPN. If running, the push notification doesn’t work - if disabled, it works fine.

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                          • phenomlabP phenomlab

                            julian Hmm - still not working for me… 😞

                            EDIT - works on my Android phone, but not on my PC - guessing it’s likely security software. EDIT 2 - suspicion confirmed. It’s caused by NordVPN. If running, the push notification doesn’t work - if disabled, it works fine.

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                            julian
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                            #27

                            phenomlab said in Native Push Notifications Support for NodeBB: > NordVPN

                            Thanks for closing the loop! Kind of annoying that NordVPN blocks them…

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                            • julianJ julian

                              phenomlab said in Native Push Notifications Support for NodeBB: > NordVPN

                              Thanks for closing the loop! Kind of annoying that NordVPN blocks them…

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                              julian Yes, very, and their support isn’t up to much either in the sense of wanting to fix it. I’ve had to change my VPN usage from machine level (which I prefer) to browser level - as long as the internet traffic is secured, that’s good enough for the time being.

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                              • phenomlabP phenomlab

                                julian Yes, very, and their support isn’t up to much either in the sense of wanting to fix it. I’ve had to change my VPN usage from machine level (which I prefer) to browser level - as long as the internet traffic is secured, that’s good enough for the time being.

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                                wrote on last edited by
                                #29

                                phenomlab curious, was it also blocking push notifications from this site as well?

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                                • julianJ julian

                                  phenomlab curious, was it also blocking push notifications from this site as well?

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                                  phenomlab
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                                  #30

                                  julian yes

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                                  • julianJ julian

                                    v0.7.0 of the Push Notification plugin has been released

                                    • Notification related service worker code that was initially included in v4 core is now served by the web-push plugin directly, allowing v3.x compatibility.
                                    • Compatibility updated from v4 to v3.10.x
                                      • Meaning if you want to try this out on your existing NodeBB, you can do so by either waiting for v3.10.0, or by updating to the latest commit on the develop branch
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                                    #31

                                    julian said in Native Push Notifications Support for NodeBB: > you can do so by either waiting for v3.10.0

                                    Hi,

                                    I’m on 3.10.0 but still see the ntfy notification plugin. Are native push notifications available if updating to current version?

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                                    • dave1904D dave1904

                                      julian said in Native Push Notifications Support for NodeBB: > you can do so by either waiting for v3.10.0

                                      Hi,

                                      I’m on 3.10.0 but still see the ntfy notification plugin. Are native push notifications available if updating to current version?

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                                      phenomlab
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                                      #32

                                      dave1904 it’s part of core - have a look under /me/web-push. If you use this, then you’ll need to disable ntfy

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                                      • julianJ julian

                                        Our relationship with push notifications has been rather circuitous…

                                        1. First Andrew (psychobunny) tried plain desktop notifications via the Notification API (that’s the desktop notifications plugin), but notification delivery stopped when you closed your browser.
                                        2. Then I wrote the PushBullet plugin, but they went from free to paid and that went out the window
                                        3. Around that time I wrote the Firebase plugin, which was a dead end because there was no iOS support.
                                        4. I then wrote the ntfy plugin, which works really well, but does rely on a freemium third-party service and app (written by @binwiederhier@discuss.ntfy.sh)

                                        Thanks to some recent discussion from crazycells and bh4-tech, I learned that the Push API had reached general availability across most modern browsers. In fact, this actually happened over a year ago, so compatibility should be even better.

                                        So I set about working on yet another push notifications plugin, hopefully for the last time, and this time using the native Push API on the client-side.

                                        To enable them, simply navigate over to the “Push Notifications” menu item in your user profile, and flip the switch.

                                        6da06989-f902-492b-866f-14c39b34a9ca-image.png

                                        So, let’s dogfood! I de-activated the ntfy plugin on this site and activated the web-push plugin so you can try it out right now.

                                        The plugin is in the proof-of-concept phase, so there might (read: most definitely will be) issues. Please let me know any you find here.

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                                        dave1904
                                        wrote on last edited by
                                        #33

                                        To use the native notifications i have to disable ntfy first?

                                        Edit: After disabling there are no notifications settings under user settings. So I guess I have to update the software

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                                        • dave1904D dave1904

                                          To use the native notifications i have to disable ntfy first?

                                          Edit: After disabling there are no notifications settings under user settings. So I guess I have to update the software

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                                          phenomlab
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                                          dave1904 sorry. It’s not core. You need to install nodebb-plugin-web-push and then you’ll see the section I mentioned previously.

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