node-gcm-ccs

Getting Started

Install via

npm install git+https://github.com/jacobp100/node-gcm-ccs.git

Use via

var GCM = require('node-gcm-ccs');
var gcm = GCM(<project number>, <api key>);

Getting an API Key

• Go to https://console.developers.google.com, create a project and open it
• Navigate to overview, and you'll see your <project id> at the top
• Go to APIs & auth -> APIs, add Google Cloud Messaging for Android
• Go to APIs & auth -> credentials, and create a new public <api key>

Functions

Send Message

Use send to send a message.

gcm.send(to, data, [options, callback(error, messageId, to)]);

Argument	Details
to	A single user
data	Data to be sent to the client
options (optional)	See Message Paremeters from https://developer.android.com/google/gcm/server.html#send-msg. If delivery_receipt_requested = true, an event will be sent when the message is received by the target.
callback (optional)	function(error, messageId, to) called back individually for each target.

End Connection

gcm.end;

Events

Events are defined as below.

gcm.on('message', function(messageId, from, category, data)); // Messages received from client (excluding receipts)
gcm.on('receipt', function(messageId, from, category, data)); // Only fired for messages where options.delivery_receipt_requested = true
 
gcm.on('connected', console.log);
gcm.on('disconnected', console.log);
gcm.on('online', console.log);
gcm.on('error', console.log);

Example

var GCM = require('node-gcm-ccs');
var gcm = GCM(<project id>, <api key>);
 
gcm.on('message', function(messageId, from, category, data) {
    console.log('received message', arguments);
});
 
gcm.on('receipt', function(messageId, from, category, data) {
    console.log('received receipt', arguments);
});
 
gcm.send(<device id>, { message: 'hello world' }, { delivery_receipt_requested: true }, function(err, messageId, to)) {
    if (!err) {
        console.log('sent message to', to, 'with message_id =', messageId);
    } else {
        console.log('failed to send message');
    }
}

Echo Client

gcm.on('message', function(_, from, __, data) {
    gcm.send(from, data);
});

Notes on GCM

• No events are emitted from GCM or this library when a device new registers: you'll have to send a message from the device and process it yourself
• This library doesn't have functions to create user notifications (https://developer.android.com/google/gcm/notifications.html). However, if you implement this yourself, you'll be able to send to a user group by paassing the notification_key_name as a device_id for gcm.send.
• Occasionally, GCM performs load balancing, so the connection is sometimes restarted. This library handles this transparently, and your messages will be queued in these situations.