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APNS client
/**
* APNS test client
*/
var net = require('net');
var HOST = '127.0.0.1';
var PORT = 7777;
var TOKEN_LENGTH = 64;
var NUM_PACKETS = 5;
var simpleFormat = false;
var tokenAlphabet = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f',
'0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9'];
var p = {"aps":{"alert":"This is an alert","badge":0,"sound":"chime"}};
var client = new net.Socket();
// Connect to a server capable of
// receiving messages in APNS format
client.connect(PORT, HOST, function() {
console.log('Connected to: ' + HOST + ':' + PORT);
// Send a few packets at a time
for(var i=0;i<NUM_PACKETS;++i) {
var token = generateToken(TOKEN_LENGTH);
var payload = JSON.stringify(p);
var b = createBuffer(token, payload);
client.write(b);
}
client.end();
});
// Add a 'data' event handler for the client socket
// data is what the server sends to this socket
client.on('data', function(data) {
console.log('Server replied with: ' + data);
// Close the client socket completely
client.destroy();
});
// Add a 'close' event handler for the client socket
client.on('close', function() {
console.log('Connection closed');
});
// Create a Buffer and create an APNS message
var createBuffer = function(token, payload) {
var len = 0;
var command = 0;
if( simpleFormat == true ) {
len = 1 + 2 + token.length + 2 + payload.length;
} else { // Enhanced format
len = 1 + 4 + 4 + 2 + token.length + 2 + payload.length;
command = 1;
}
// Let's keep the tokens at 64 bytes since that's the token
// size Apple seems to be generating these days
var buf = new Buffer(len); // Size of the data in simple format
var offset = 0;
// First byte is a command byte where 0 = simple format; 1 = enhanced format
buf.writeUInt8(command, offset);
offset++;
if( simpleFormat != true ) {
// 4 byte identifier - let's generate a random number between 1 and 100
var id = Math.floor( Math.random() * 100 );
buf.writeUInt32BE(id, offset);
offset += 4;
// 4 byte expiry - let's set this to 0 since we aren't sending a token anywhere
var expiry = 0;
buf.writeUInt32BE(expiry, offset);
offset += 4;
}
// Then the size of the token
buf.writeUInt16BE(token.length, offset);
offset += 2;
// 64 byte generated token
buf.write(token, offset);
offset += token.length;;
// Payload length
buf.writeUInt16BE(payload.length, offset);
offset += 2;
// Actual payload
buf.write(payload, offset);
return buf;
}
// Generate a 64-bye hex token
var generateToken = function(length) {
var token = "";
for( var i=0;i<length;++i) {
var random = Math.floor(Math.random() * 100);
random = random % tokenAlphabet.length;
token += tokenAlphabet[ random ];
}
return token;
}
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