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Send an MPNS Native Notification

 

Sends an MPNS native notification through a notification hub.

Request

Method

Request URI

HTTP Version

POST

https://{namespace}.servicebus.windows.net/{NotificationHub}/messages/?api-version=2015-01

HTTP/1.1

Request Headers

The following table describes required and optional request headers.

Request Header

Description

Authorization

Token generated as specified in Shared Access Signature Authentication with Service Bus, or Service Bus authentication and authorization with Microsoft Azure Active Directory Access Control (also known as Access Control Service or ACS).

Content-Type

Set to application/xml;charset=utf-8.

ServiceBusNotification-Tags

{single tag identifier} (optional)

ServiceBusNotification-Format

Set to windowsphone

X-*

All headers starting with X- will be forwarded to MPNS. See, Push Notifications for Windows Phone 8.

Request Body

The request body is an XML document as specified by MPNS. If the notification is a raw notification, the body is any text up to 1Kb. For example:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<wp:Notification xmlns:wp="WPNotification" Version="2.0">
  <wp:Tile Id="[Tile ID]" Template="IconicTile">
    <wp:SmallIconImage [Action="Clear"]>[small Tile size URI]</wp:SmallIconImage>
    <wp:IconImage Action="Clear">[medium/wide Tile size URI]</wp:IconImage>
    <wp:WideContent1 Action="Clear">[1st row of content]</wp:WideContent1>
    <wp:WideContent2 Action="Clear">[2nd row of content]</wp:WideContent2>
    <wp:WideContent3 Action="Clear">[3rd row of content]</wp:WideContent3>
    <wp:Count Action="Clear">[count]</wp:Count>
    <wp:Title Action="Clear">[title]</wp:Title>
    <wp:BackgroundColor Action="Clear">[hex ARGB format color]</wp:BackgroundColor>
  </wp:Tile>
</wp:Notification>

Response

The response includes an HTTP status code and a set of response headers.

Response Codes

Code

Description

200

Message successfully sent.

400

The request is malformed (for example, not valid routing headers, not valid content-type, message exceeds size, bad message format).

401

Authorization failure. The access key was incorrect.

403

Quota exceeded or message too large; message was rejected.

404

No message branch at the URI.

413

Requested entity too large. The message size cannot be over 64Kb.

For information about status codes, see Status and Error Codes.

Response Headers

Response Header

Description

Location

This header is only available for Standard tier Notification Hubs.

This header will contain the Notification Message ID. This is used with Per Message Telemetry: Get Notification Message Telemetry and correlating PNS Feedback. The location header uses the following format:

https://{your namespace}.servicebus.windows.net/{your hub name}/messages/{notification message id}?api-version=2015-04

Response Body

None.

See Also

Send an APNS Native Notification
Send a GCM Native Notification
Send a WNS Native Notification
Send a Template Notification
Direct Send