GCM Flask Server

Integration of https://github.com/geeknam/python-gcm into flask

Features:

• Everything that python-gcm has: Supports multicast message, Resend messages using exponential back-off, Proxy support, Easily handle errors
• Admin panel with user managment
• REST API for easy posting from your android app
• Sending messages to all or only to specific categories

How to use it:

• git clone https://github.com/AndreiD/PushNotificationsServer.git <project_name> or download the zip
• pip install -r requirements.txt
• edit the config.py with your settings!
• in run.py edit the port of the app (Default: 1337)
• python run.py -> http://server_ip:1337
• play with it
• modify the API KEY and admin user/password (TODO: move them to config)

The android client

• Option 1: step by step follow the official tutorials
• Option 2: https://github.com/AndreiD/PushNotificationsApp

Attention:

About security: at the moment the api is protected only by a secret key. Use ProGuard in your android app, SSL, other auth methods, etc etc

optional edit /app/templates/base.html

{% set bootstrap_version = '3.2.0' %} {% set jquery_version = '2.1.1' %} {% set modernizer_version = '2.8.2' %} {% set bootswatch_version = '3.2.0' %} {% set bootswatch_theme = 'slate' %}

In case a new version appears, and you want to use it. modify it. also you can chose a nice theme from http://bootswatch.com/

in /app/models.py an example with "expenses list" is added.

an example with PAGINATION

Extras:

• a supervisord.conf [supervisor is used to monitor the web application and restart it, also starts the app in case you restart your server]
• a simple nginx.conf