Web Push Notifications Channel for Laravel

This package makes it easy to send web push notifications with Laravel.

Features

• Easy integration with Laravel notifications: Seamlessly integrates with Laravel's notification system, allowing you to send web push notifications using familiar notification channels.
• Multiple browser support: Works with all major browsers that implement the Push API, including Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Safari.
• VAPID support: Easily generate and manage VAPID keys for secure browser authentication.
• Flexible message options: Customize notifications with title, body, icon, actions, TTL, and more. Supports advanced options like vibration, badge, image, and custom data payloads.
• Subscription management: Convenient methods to save, update, and delete push subscriptions directly on your notifiable models.
• Automatic expired subscription cleanup: When sending a push message to an expired subscription, the package detects expired endpoints (using the expired flag of Minishlink\WebPush\MessageSentReport). This package will automatically delete expired subscriptions.
• Configurable and extendable: Publish and customize the package's config file to fit your application's needs.

Installation

You can install the package via Composer:

composer require laravel-notification-channels/webpush

First, add the NotificationChannels\WebPush\HasPushSubscriptions trait to your User model:

use NotificationChannels\WebPush\HasPushSubscriptions;

class User extends Model
{
    use HasPushSubscriptions;
}

Next, publish the migration with:

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="NotificationChannels\WebPush\WebPushServiceProvider" --tag="migrations"

Run the migrate command to create the necessary table:

php artisan migrate

You can also publish the config file with:

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="NotificationChannels\WebPush\WebPushServiceProvider" --tag="config"

Generate the VAPID keys (required for browser authentication) with:

php artisan webpush:vapid

This command will set VAPID_PUBLIC_KEY and VAPID_PRIVATE_KEY in your .env file. You need the VAPID_PUBLIC_KEY as applicationServerKey when using the Push API.

Note for Safari:

• If targeting Safari or iOS (especially after 2023), you must include the VAPID_SUBJECT variable in your .env file. This should be a valid URL (e.g. https://example.com) or a mailto: address (e.g. mailto:[email protected]).
• Apple will reject requests with a BadJwtToken error if VAPID_SUBJECT is missing or invalid.
• The domain in VAPID_SUBJECT must be a valid, existing top-level domain (TLD).

These keys must be safely stored and should not change.

Usage

Now you can use the channel in your via() method inside the notification and send a web push notification:

use Illuminate\Notifications\Notification;
use NotificationChannels\WebPush\WebPushMessage;
use NotificationChannels\WebPush\WebPushChannel;

class AccountApproved extends Notification
{
    public function via($notifiable)
    {
        return [WebPushChannel::class];
    }

    public function toWebPush($notifiable, $notification)
    {
        return (new WebPushMessage)
            ->title('Approved!')
            ->icon('/approved-icon.png')
            ->body('Your account was approved!')
            ->action('View account', 'view_account')
            ->options(['TTL' => 1000]);
            // ->data(['id' => $notification->id])
            // ->badge()
            // ->dir()
            // ->image()
            // ->lang()
            // ->renotify()
            // ->requireInteraction()
            // ->tag()
            // ->vibrate()
    }
}

You can find the available options here.

Save/Update Subscriptions

To save or update a subscription, use the updatePushSubscription($endpoint, $key = null, $token = null, $contentEncoding = null) method on your user:

$user = \App\User::find(1);

$user->updatePushSubscription($endpoint, $key, $token, $contentEncoding);

The $key and $token are optional and are used to encrypt your notifications. However, all major browsers require encryption when sending notifications.

When using the Push API, $key is the value of the getKey('p256dh') method, and $token is the value of the getKey('auth') method of the PushSubscription interface.

Delete Subscriptions

To delete a subscription, use the deletePushSubscription($endpoint) method on your user:

$user = \App\User::find(1);

$user->deletePushSubscription($endpoint);

Browser Compatibility

See the Push API browser compatibility.

Changelog

Please see CHANGELOG for more information about what has changed recently.

Testing

composer test

Security

If you discover any security-related issues, please email [email protected] instead of using the issue tracker.

Contributing

Please see CONTRIBUTING for details.

Credits

• Cretu Eusebiu
• All Contributors

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.