---
name: event-notifications-en-push-firefox
title: Creating and sending push notifications to Firefox web by using Event Notifications
description: Create an Event Notifications service, add a push destination for Firefox, and send messages to Firefox web devices.
last-updated: 2024-10-17
---
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# Creating and sending push notifications to Firefox web by using Event Notifications
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Create an Event Notifications service, add a push destination for Firefox, and send messages to Firefox web devices.
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## What is Event Notifications?
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Event Notifications is an event notification routing service that notifies you of critical events that occur in your IBM Cloud account or triggers automated actions by using webhooks. You can filter and route event notifications from IBM Cloud services like Availability Monitoring, to email, SMS, push notifications, and webhooks.
## How do clients use Firefox web push notifications?
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The following diagram shows you how clients use Firefox web Push Notifications.
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## Objectives
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This tutorial shows you how to send push notifications as follows:
* Create a website with Event Notifications.
* Get Firefox web credentials.
* Download the SDK and complete the notifications setup.
* Configure and send Firefox web Push Notifications to a browser.
## Create an Event Notifications service instance
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* Log in to your [IBM Cloud account](https://cloud.ibm.com/).
* In the [IBM Cloud catalog](https://cloud.ibm.com/catalog#services), search **Event Notifications > Event Notifications**.
* Select a **Region** from the list of supported regions and select a **pricing plan**.
* Provide a **Service name**.
* Select a **resource group**.
* Accept the licensing agreements and terms by clicking the checkbox.
* Click **Create**.
## Add a generic API source
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To create a generic API source:
* Click **Sources** in the Event Notifications instance.
* Click **Create** and select an API Source in the **Create source** dialog.
* Type a name and an optional description and click **Create source**.
## Create an Event Notifications destination
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Click **Destinations** in the Event Notifications instance and click **Create**.
Enter the following destination details in the **Create destination** dialog.
* **Name**: add a name for the Destination.
* **Description**: add an optional description for the destination.
* **Type**: select **Firefox Push Notifications** type from the dropdown list.
* Select a destination plan: Pre-production destination or Production destination.
- **Pre-production destination** - select this destination as low-cost push destination, for your development and test environments.
- **Production destination** - use the full capability of this destination. Unlimited devices and outbound messages allowed.
* Provide the URL of your website.
* Click **Create destination**.
* After the Firefox destination is created, edit the destination to get the public vapID key required for the web SDK.
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## Create an Event Notifications topic
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Click **Topics** in the Event Notifications instance and click **Create**. Enter the following topic and filter details in the **Topic details** and **Event filters** steps:
* **Name**: enter a name for the topic.
* **Description**: add an optional description for the topic.
* **Source**: select a source from the dropdown list.
* **Event type**: select event type from the dropdown list.
* **Event sub type**: select event sub type from the event sub type dropdown list.
* **Severity**: select severity from the severity dropdown list.
* **Advanced conditions**: write your own custom conditions, which must follow [jsonpath specifications](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9535.html). Jsonpath expressions can be validated at [jsonpath.com](https://jsonpath.com) or [extendsclass.com](https://extendsclass.com/jsonpath-tester.html).
## Create an Event Notifications subscription
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Proceed to the **Subscriptions** step. Click **Create** and enter the following subscription details in the **Create subscription** dialog.
* **Subscription name**: enter a name for the subscription.
* **Destination type**: select destination type.
* **Destination**: select destination.
Click **Create subscription**.
## Set up Event Notifications Firefox web SDK
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The Firefox web SDK enables Firefox websites to receive push notifications. Complete the following steps to install Event Notifications Firefox web SDK, initialize the SDK, and register for notifications for your website.
* To include the SDK in your project, add the `ENPushSDK.js`,`ENPushServiceWorker.js` and `manifest_Website.json` files to your project root folder.
* Edit the manifest_Website.json file.
```js
{
"name": "YOUR_WEBSITE_NAME"
}
```
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* Change the `manifest_Website.json` file name to `manifest.json`.
* Include the `manifest.json` in the `` tag of your html file.
```html
```
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* Include IBM Cloud web push SDK to the script.
```html
```
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* Complete the following steps to enable the website to initialize the SDK.
```js
var enPush = new ENPush()
function callback(response) {
alert(response.response)
}
var initParams = {
"instanceGUID": "",
"apikey": "",
"region": "",
"deviceId": "",
"firefoxDestinationId": "",
"firefoxApplicationServerKey": ""
}
enPush.initialize(initParams, callback)
```
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* `region`: Region of the Event Notifications instance. For example, `us-south`, `eu-gb`, `au-syd`, `eu-de`, or `eu-es`.
* `deviceId`: Optional `deviceId` for device registration.
* To register for notifications, use the `register()` or `registerWithUserId()` API to register the device with IBM Cloud Event Notifications service. Choose either of the following options:
* Register without `UserId`:
```js
enPush.register(function(response) {
alert(response.response)
})
```
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* Register with `UserId`. For `userId`-based notification, the register method accepts one more parameter - `userId`.
```js
bmsPush.registerWithUserId("UserId",function(response) {
alert(response.response)
})
```
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`UserId` is the user identifier value with which you want to register devices in the push service instance.
* The `subscribe` API subscribes the device for a tag. After the device is subscribed to a particular tag, the device can receive notifications that are sent for that tag. Add the following code snippet to your web application to subscribe to a list of tags.
```js
enPush.subscribe(tagName, function(response) {
alert(response.response)
})
```
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* When the setup is complete, run your application and register for push notifications.
## Send notifications to the Firefox device
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Use the [Send Notification API](https://cloud.ibm.com/apidocs/event-notifications) to send the push notification for the Firefox device. You can use the [Node](https://github.com/IBM/event-notifications-node-admin-sdk#send-notifications){: external} or [Go](https://github.com/IBM/event-notifications-go-admin-sdk#send-notifications){: external} admin SDK instead of calling the API directly.
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