python-pushNotifications

A simple library for sending push notifications to an Android or iOS device

Android

Requirements:

pip install python-gcm

Use:

Sending push notifications to an Android device is really simple. You just need the API KEY provided by Google and use the class like this: (Remenber: your api key is valid for every device which uses the app, the device token is generated for each device which install the app)

androidNotificator = AndroidPushNotifications(api_key="WriteYourApiKeyHere")
your_message = "Hi, I am sending a message!"
your_token_device = "WriteYourTokenDeviceHere"
androidNotificator.send_push_notification(message = your_message, token_device = your_token_device)

iOS

Requirements:

pip install pyOpenSSL

Use:

Sending push notification to an iOS device requires more steps, but not complicated.

First at all, you need the two p12 files provided by X-code:

• The private key
• The certificate

In order to use the APNS (Apple Push Notification Service) pem files are required instead of p12 files.

For converting these files into pem files follow these steps:

#When ask a password, set one, but it will be removed from the pem file 

openssl pkcs12 -clcerts -nokeys -out certificate.pem -in certificate.p12
openssl pkcs12 -nocerts -out privatekey.pem -in privatekey.p12
openssl rsa -in privatekey.pem -out privatekey-noenc.pem
cat certificate.pem privatekey-noenc.pem > apns.pem

Now you have two files:

• The private key (privatekey-noenc.pem)
• The certificate (apns.pem)

Now you can use the class like in Android:

privatekey = "privatekey-noenc.pem"
certificate = "certificate.pem"
ios = IOSPushNotifications(privatekey_filepath = privatekey, certificate_filepath=certificate)
#You can test the class before sending a push adding a "sandbox" argument to constructor (sandbox = True)
your_message = "Hi, I am sending a message!"
your_token_device = "WriteYourTokenDeviceHere"
ios.send_push_notification(message = your_message, token_device = your_token_device, badge = 1)