Registering Push Devices

Once your app has enabled the push notifications, you can use the APIs to register user devices such as iPhones and Android phones.

Each chat user has a limit of 25 unique devices. Once this limit is reached, the oldest device will be removed and replaced by the new device.

Device Parameters

name	type	description	default	optional
user_id	string	The user ID for this device	-
id	string	The device ID.	-
push_provider	string	The push provider for this device. Either APN, Firebase, Huawei, or Xiaomi.	-
disabled	boolean	Set if the device is disabled	-	✓
disabled_reason	string	Explanation if the device is disabled	-	✓
push_provider_name	string	The push provider name for this device if a multi-bundle configuration is added.	-	✓

Register a Device

Registering a device associates it with a user and tells the push provider to send new message notifications to the device.

Multi-bundle configurations require that you specify a push_provider_name when registering a device that corresponds to the name of the push configuration that you've set up in the dashboard or via the API.

client.addDevice(
  Device(
    token = "push-provider-token",
    pushProvider = PushProvider.FIREBASE,
    providerName = "provider_name", // Optional, if adding to multi-bundle named provider
  )
).enqueue { result ->
  if (result.isSuccess) {
    // Device was successfully registered
  } else {
    // Handle result.error()
  }
}

const id = "2ffca4ad6599adc9b5202d15a5286d33c19547d472cd09de44219cda5ac30207";
const push_provider = "apn";
const user_id = "Taquito";

await client.addDevice(id, push_provider, user_id);

// if multi providers
await client.addDevice(id, push_provider, user_id, push_provider_name);

client.create_device(
    id="2ffca4ad6599adc9b5202d15a5286d33c19547d472cd09de44219cda5ac30207",
    push_provider="apn",
    user_id="42",
)

require 'getstream_ruby'
Models = GetStream::Generated::Models

client.common.create_device(Models::CreateDeviceRequest.new(
  id: '2ffca4ad6599adc9b5202d15a5286d33c19547d472cd09de44219cda5ac30207',
  push_provider: 'apn',
  user_id: '42'
))

func application(
  _ application: UIApplication,
  didRegisterForRemoteNotificationsWithDeviceToken deviceToken: Data
) {
  // Note: If you leverage mutli-bundle configuration, please provide providerName - name of your configuration
  chatClient.currentUserController().addDevice(.apn(token: deviceToken)) { error in
   if let error = error {
     print("Error adding device token.", error)
   }
  }
}

stream chat:push:device:add \
  --device_id '2ffca4ad6599adc9b5202d15a5286d33c19547d472cd09de44219cda5ac30207'
  --user_id '42'
  --provider 'apn'

$client->createDevice(new Models\CreateDeviceRequest(
    id: "2ffca4ad6599adc9b5202d15a5286d33c19547d472cd09de44219cda5ac30207",
    pushProvider: "apn",
    userID: "elon",
));

// register the device with APN (Apple only)
  await client.addDevice("device-token", "apn");

  // register the device with Firebase (Android only)
  await client.addDevice("device-token", "firebase");

client.CreateDevice(ctx, &getstream.CreateDeviceRequest{
  ID:           "2ffca4ad6599adc9b5202d15a5286d33c19547d472cd09de44219cda5ac30207",
  PushProvider: "apn",
  UserID:       getstream.PtrTo("elon"),
})

// register the device with APN (Apple only)
Client->AddDevice(TEXT("device-token"), EPushProvider::Apn);

// register the device with Firebase (Android only)
Client->AddDevice(TEXT("device-token"), EPushProvider::Firebase);

await client.CreateDeviceAsync(new CreateDeviceRequest
{
    ID = "2ffca4ad6599adc9b5202d15a5286d33c19547d472cd09de44219cda5ac30207",
    PushProvider = "apn",
    UserID = "<user_id>",
});

await Client.DeviceApi.AddDeviceAsync(new CreateDeviceRequest
{
  //Device ID provided by the notifications provider e.g. Token provided by Firebase Messaging SDK
  Id = "unique-device-id",
  PushProvider = PushProviderType.Firebase,
});

Unregister a Device

Unregistering a device removes the device from the user and stops further new message notifications.

client.deleteDevice(
  Device(
    token = "push-provider-token",
    pushProvider = PushProvider.FIREBASE,
    providerName = "custom_name", // Optional, if added to multi-bundle named provider
  )
).enqueue { result ->
  if (result.isSuccess) {
    // Device was successfully unregistered
  } else {
    // Handle result.error()
  }
}

const id = "2ffca4ad6599adc9b5202d15a5286d33c19547d472cd09de44219cda5ac30207";
const user_id = "Taquito";

await chatClient.removeDevice(id, user_id);

require 'getstream_ruby'
Models = GetStream::Generated::Models

client.common.delete_device(
  '2ffca4ad6599adc9b5202d15a5286d33c19547d472cd09de44219cda5ac30207',
  '42'
)

let currentUserController = chatClient.currentUserController()

guard let device = currentUserController.currentUser?.currentDevice else {
  // No device to remove
}

currentUserController.removeDevice(id: device.id) { error in
  if let error = error {
    print("Error removing the device", error)
  }
}

stream chat:push:device:delete \
  --device_id '2ffca4ad6599adc9b5202d15a5286d33c19547d472cd09de44219cda5ac30207'
  --user_id '42'

client.DeleteDevice(ctx, &getstream.DeleteDeviceRequest{
  ID:     "2ffca4ad6599adc9b5202d15a5286d33c19547d472cd09de44219cda5ac30207",
  UserID: getstream.PtrTo("elon"),
})

List Devices

Provides a list of all devices associated with a user.

client.getDevices().enqueue { result ->
  if (result.isSuccess) {
    val devices: List<Device> = result.data()
  } else {
    // Handle result.error()
  }
}

let currentUserController = chatClient.currentUserController()

currentUserController.synchronizeDevices { error in
  guard error == nil else {
    print("Error getting the list of devices")
    return
  }

  let devices = currentUserController.currentUser?.devices
}

var response = await Client.DeviceApi.ListDevicesAsync(Client.UserId);
foreach (var userDevice in response.Devices)
{
  Debug.Log(userDevice.Id); // Unique Device ID provided by push notifications provider
  Debug.Log(userDevice.CreatedAt);
  Debug.Log(userDevice.PushProvider); //E.g. Firebase
  Debug.Log(userDevice.Disabled);
  Debug.Log(userDevice.DisabledReason);
}

Customizing Notifications

Testing Push Notifications

On this page:

Device Parameters
Register a Device
Unregister a Device
List Devices