Ionic Push: Send PUSH to all users using API

ionic-v1
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I see in the control panel possibility to send push notification to all users. Is it possible to do the same using API? I tried already to send a request with empty tokens array "tokens": [] however, no notifications were delivered.

If it’s not yet possible to do through the API, can you suggest me the best practice how to store these tokens on backend side in DB? I see that app generates token each time on startup, and I don’t have and don’t want to have registration. So, basically, if user will kill and re-open app 100 times I will save 100 different tokens for his device.
How can I understand that some tokens are already outdated and should be removed from DB?

So far I used the standard code to register device in ionic platform:

    var push = new Ionic.Push({
      "debug": true,
      "pluginConfig": {
        "ios": {
          badge: "false",
          sound: "true"
        }
      },
      "onNotification": function(notification) {
        var payload = notification.payload;
        console.log(notification, payload);
      },
      "onError": function(err) {
        console.log(JSON.stringify(err));
      }
    });

    push.register(function(token) {
      console.log("Device token:",token.token);
      push.saveToken(token);  // persist the token in the Ionic Platform
    });
2

Still didn’t find a solution without registration. So far had to implement simple subscription with email + hidden deviceToken and save it in DB with Devices.findOrCreate(where: { email: email}, defaults : {device_token : token}) on backend side. In this case, 1 mobile device has only one unique token. However, those who didn’t subscribe to push notifications with their email will never receive them.

3

Is it possible to see the list of all devices which were registered with push.saveToken(token); in the Ionic Dashboard?

4

this was annoying for me too but found it here-

{
  "tokens": [""],
  "send_to_all": true,
  "profile":"profile_name_goes_here",
  "notification":{
    "message": "ionicpush send to all."
  }
}
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5

Thank you, @temitope! I have no idea why I didn’t find it anywhere in docs…

6

i been looking for this “send_to_all” variable for past 8 hour… thanks @temitope. you made my day

7

Thank you temitope
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