RESTful API

Sending Geo Push

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Overview

This method allows you to fire a Push Message over a region. The region will be defined as a circle given a cardinal point of the globe and a radius.

All registered devices inside that circle at that moment will receive the message you send.

URL

Parameters on the following URL are inside braces { }

{base_url}/rest/api/tools/sendGeoPushToApp/{instanceId}/{appName}/{platform}/{msgTitle}/{latitude}/{longitude}/{radius}/{expirationDate}/{publicKey}/{signature}
Parameter Name Description
instanceId An instance id is the workspace identification number, if you don't know yours please request it using our ticketing tool, you will need to provide your Mobile Engagement Campaign Manager's URL and your user login
appName Your App's name which will receive your Push Notifications
platform The target platform for the push service. Valid values are: ANDROID or IOS
msgTitle A title for this message. This parameter must be Base64 encoded. You can't exceed 80 characters
content
POST
A file that contains the content for your message. This is a text file that could contain HTML format.
latitude The point latitude Number (decimal notation)
longitude The point longitude Number (decimal notation)
radius The circle radius. Use meters for this value
expirationDate
OPTIONAL
The date in milliseconds (since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z) when the blast message must expire.
publicKey The public key to access this API. if you don't know yours please request it using our ticketing tool, you will need to provide your Mobile Engagement Campaign Manager's URL and your user login
signature The unique SHA256 signature for this call, it's involve all input parameters. To learn about generating the correct signature please visit our Java Example

Response

The Response XML is divided in a static part and a dynamic one, we call it dynamic because it will vary depending on the method you invoke. Please read our Response XML Basics section if you want to learn more about the response parts.

<input>sendGeoPushToApp</input>
<status>OK</status>
<description>Completed</description>
<result>
	<blast>
		<blastId>-2490820026197535447</blastId>
		<status>FINISHED</status>
		<statusDescription>Finished</statusDescription>
		<clientId>As223sdadq8d8287v5z</clientId>
		<appName>Inbox</appName>
		<platform>ANDROID</platform>
		<messages>
			<message>
				<blastId>-2490820026197535447</blastId>
				<id>2758ebc5-1db5-4822-a5ed-36121e0674a6</id>
				<type>PUSH</type>
				<from>Inbox</from>
				<to>13056708084</to>
				<subject>Inbox Push Ogangi</subject>
				<text>Inbox Push Ogangi Message</text>
				<status>SENT</status>
				<statusDescription>Sent</statusDescription>
				<date>2014-01-24T12:45:50.903-04:30</date>
				<timezone>America/Caracas</timezone>
				<appName>Inbox</appName>
				<platform>ANDROID</platform>
			</message>
 
			...
 
			<message>
				<blastId>-2490820026197535447</blastId>
				<id>489cf77-4fbc-4822-a5ed-21516555fd1e</id>
				<type>PUSH</type>
				<from>testApp</from>
				<to>18133210984</to>
				<subject>testApp Push Ogangi</subject>
				<text>testApp Push Ogangi Message</text>
				<status>SENDING</status>
				<statusDescription> Sending to device </statusDescription>
				<date>2014-01-24T12:45:50.903-04:35</date>
				<timezone>America/Caracas</timezone>
				<appName>Inbox</appName>
				<platform>ANDROID</platform>
			</message>
		</messages>
	</blast>
</result>
Result parameters

Please be aware that the <message> tag and its content is a generic object and may apply to other responses in other methods.

Parameter Name Description Possible Values
blastId The unique blast identification, a blast is always needed to send one or more messages Text
status Indicates current the blast's status For more information please review the Message's Status page
statusDescription A human readable explanation about the blast's status Text
clientId The client identification (sender) Text
appName The app name used to sent the message Text
platform The target platform used Valid values:
ANDROID
IOS
message.blastId Unique identifier for the blast used to fire the message Text
message.id Unique identifier for the message created Text
message.type Indicates the kind of message that was sent PUSH
SMS
EMAIL
message.from Who sent the message for PUSH, Application that sent the message
for SMS, Short/Long code which originated the message
for EMAIL, the email address which sent the message.
message.to Recipient for this message Any of the following:
deviceId
mobile number
email address
message.subject Message's subject Text
message.text Message's content Text
message.status Indicates the message's status at the origination moment See our Message's Status page
message.statusDescription A human readable explanation about the current status Text
message.date Time mark at the origination moment A formatted date string: yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZZ
For more information please review the pattern letters quick reference
message.timezone Timezone used Text
message.appName App used, only available when using PUSH Text
message.platform App platform, only available when using PUSH Text