Push Notification Implementation on Safari

• HTTPS enabled site
• Apple developer certificate (.p12)

npm install

1. Register and download your apple certificate from Apple Developer Console or follow this article for details

2. Put those files (eg. website_aps_production.cer & Certificates.p12) into certificates directory

3. Then generate the expected certificate & key file using these commands

openssl x509 -in website_aps_production.cer -inform DER -outform PEM -out cert.pem
openssl pkcs12 -in Certificates.p12 -out key.pem -nodes
openssl x509 -inform der -in AppleWWDRCA.cer -out AppleWWDRCA.pem

4. Replace the push package related info in app.js, makePushPackage.js & client/index.html files

5. Run the app

node app.js

6. Visit your site on safari and subscribe the push notification

7. Send notification to the subscribed users

curl -XPOST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' https://yourdomain.com/send -d '
{
  "alert": {
    "title": "Push Test",
    "body": "Hello, this is my first push notification"
  }
}
'