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Implementing Notifications

Explore how to implement web push notifications in your progressive web app. Understand how to request user permission, display notifications from service workers, and handle user actions like clicks and dismissals. Gain practical experience to improve user engagement through effective notification management.

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Requesting notification permission

We can use the Notification.requestPermission() method to ask the user for notification permission. Calling this method displays a prompt asking the user if they consent to receive notifications.

Node.js
Notification.requestPermission(status => {
  if (status === 'granted') {
    console.log("Permission Granted!")
    showNotification();
  }
})

By requesting notification permission, we also implicitly request the push notification permission. The status returned by the requestPermission() will be either granted or denied, indicating ...