google Cloud Messaging Push notification

Question

Can I use POSTMAN client on Google Chrome to send payload message to GCM server for testing purpose. Secondly if yes, what is the header and url parameter to be sent.

Answer 1

Yes, you can.

1. Send a notification with a JSON payload

URL: https://android.googleapis.com/gcm/send

Headers:

• Authorization: key=
• Content-Type: application/json

Body (click on the 'raw' tab):

{
  "collapse_key": "score_update",
  "time_to_live": 108,
  "delay_while_idle": true,
  "data": {
    "score": "4x8",
    "time": "15:16.2342"
  },
  "registration_ids":["4", "8", "15", "16", "23", "42"]
}

Note: registration_ids is the only required field, all the others are optional.

2. Send a notification with a plain text payload

URL: https://android.googleapis.com/gcm/send

Headers:

• Authorization: key=
• Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded;charset=UTF-8

Body (click on the 'x-www-form-urlencoded' tab):

collapse_key=score_update
time_to_live=108
delay_while_idle=1
data.score=4x8
data.time=15:16.2342
registration_id=42

Note: registration_id is the only required field, all the others are optional.

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Source: https://developer.android.com/google/gcm/http.html