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Step 2: Create an application and enable push channels - AWS End User Messaging

Step 2: Create an application and enable push channels

An application is a storage container for your AWS End User Messaging Push settings and channels. Before you can send push notifications, you create an application and enable the push notification channels you want to use. To complete this procedure you are only required to enter an application name, and you can enable or disable any of the push channels at a later time. Before you enable a channel, make sure you have valid credentials for that push notification service, as described in the preceding section.

Console
To create an application and enable push channels

  1. Open the AWS End User Messaging console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/end-user-messaging/.

  2. Choose Create application.

  3. For Application name, enter the name for your application.

  4. (Optional) To enable the Apple Push Notification service (APNs) channel, select Enable, and then for Default authentication type choose one of the following:

    1. If you choose Key credentials, provide the Key ID assigned to your signing key, the Bundle identifier assigned to your iOS app, the Team identifier assigned to your Apple developer account team, and the Authentication key .p8 file that you download from your Apple developer account.

    2. If you choose Certificate credentials, provide the SSL certificate .p12 file, the Certificate password if you assigned one, and the Certificate type.

  5. (Optional) To enable the Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM) channel, select Enable, and then for Default authentication type either choose Token credentials (recommended) and upload your service JSON file, or choose Key credentials and enter your key in API key.

  6. (Optional) To enable the Baidu Cloud Push channel, select Enable, and then enter your API key and Secret key.

  7. (Optional) To enable the Amazon Device Messaging channel, select Enable, and then enter your Client ID and Client secret.

  8. Choose Create application.

AWS CLI

Create the application with the create-app command. The response includes the application Id, which you use when you enable channels and send.

$ aws pinpoint create-app \
> --create-application-request Name=ExampleApp

Enable a push channel on the application by providing that channel's credentials. For example, enable the APNs channel with update-apns-channel, or the FCM channel with update-gcm-channel. Replace applicationId with the Id from the previous command.

$ aws pinpoint update-apns-channel \
> --application-id applicationId \
> --apns-channel-request Enabled=true