Azure Notification Hub registration from Javascript using REST services fails
azure, azure-notificationhub
Solution
It is definitely possible top use the REST interface from javascript. In your code there are two main problems:
- in the ChannelURI you should put the channelURI retrieved from the WindowsPhone HttpPushNotificationChannel (as in this tutorial).
- the authorization header is a token that is created for your specific request. As described here
A sample using WinJS is available. We will work on having a PhoneGap specific sample very soon!
Problem
I'm trying to get a registration on the Azure Notification Hub working from html/javascript code running in a web view host (Phonegap / Intel XDK). There is no client library available, so I try to use the REST API (documentation: ). I have the following Javascript code: ``` function registerWithAzureNotificationHub() { var sas = "Endpoint=sb://eventpusher-ns.servicebus.windows.net/;SharedAccessKeyName=DefaultListenSharedAccessSignature;SharedAccessKey=69XuYoluyBKl6JkkN03Z1oNC7cFSZ4Ku0ZWmPuWoJzs="; var data = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>\ <entry xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">\ <content type="application/xml">\ <MpnsRegistrationDescription xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/netservices/2010/10/servicebus/connect">\ <Tags>myTag, myOtherTag</Tags>\ <ChannelUri>https://eventpusher-ns.servicebus.windows.net/eventpusher</ChannelUri>\ </MpnsRegistrationDescription>\ </content>\ </entry>'; if (AppMobi.iswp8) { window.alert("IS WP8"); } else { window.alert("IS NOT WP8"); } $.ajax({ type:"POST", url: "https://eventpusher-ns.servicebus.windows.net/EVENTPUSHER/registrations/?api-version=2013-08", contentType: "application/atom+xml;type=entry;charset=utf-8", headers: { "Authorization": sas, "x-ms-version": "2013-08" }, dataType: "xml", data: data, success: function(d) { window.alert("SUCCESS!"); }, error: function(msg) { window.alert("FAILURE:" + JSON.stringify(msg)); } }); window.alert("SENT!"); } ``` In the above case I use the Intel XDK with the code running on a WP8 device, so I register for MPNS (Microsoft Push Notification Service). The above code fails, and returns without descriptive information about the cause of the error. Questions: - Is it possible to register a mobile device for Azure Notification Hub from javascript code using REST services? - What could be wrong with the above code? Is the ChannelUri the correct Uri?