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user1544138
user1544138

Reputation: 767

Send desktop notifications in Chrome or Firefox from a closed web app?

My goal is to send Gmail-style desktop notifications in Chrome or Firefox from a web app (let's call it X) that is NOT currently open in the browser, without requiring the user to install an app or extension. It's okay if the user needs to grant permission to receive notifications from X, and it's okay if the browser needs to be open for the notification to appear, as long as X doesn't need to be open in the browser. A solution that doesn't require any browser window to be open would also work.

I just spent the day digging into this, and so far I think I've learned:

I could be wrong about any of my statements above - I'd love to hear it! - and I'm open to any other solution too. Any ideas?

Thanks for reading.

Upvotes: 66

Views: 58636

Answers (2)

collimarco
collimarco

Reputation: 35379

You can do exactly what you are looking for using the W3C Push API.

If you want to build everything from scratch I suggest to start reading this tutorial by Google. It is for Chrome, but Firefox works in a very similar way.

However it's a lot of work and the "standard" is still evolving: I suggest that you use a service like Pushpad (I am the founder).

Upvotes: 0

Rob W
Rob W

Reputation: 348962

You can send push notifications even when your web page is not active using Service Workers, the Notification API for service workers and the push API for server-initiated notifications (or scheduled notifications).

As of June 2016, Service Workers are supported in Chrome, Firefox and Opera. See the status at https://jakearchibald.github.io/isserviceworkerready/

See the following links for related discussions, status of implementation and specifications.

Upvotes: 87

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