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SDKs

Overview
- Getting started
- Send first message
- Environment-specific implementation
- User
- Overview
- - Retrieving and updating user information
  - Retrieve the online status of a user
  - Update user profile
  - Retrieve the latest information on participants
- - Managing user metadata
  - Manage user metadata
- Channel
- Overview
- - Creating a channel
  - Create a channel
- - Managing operators
  - Register and remove operators
- - Joining and leaving a channel
  - Enter and exit an open channel
  - Join and leave a group channel
- - Retrieving channels
  - Retrieve a list of channels
  - Retrieve a channel by URL
- - Inviting users to a group channel
  - Invite users as members
  - Accept or decline an invitation
- - Categorizing channels
  - Categorize channels by custom type
- - Moderating a channel
  - Freeze and unfreeze a channel
- - Managing channel metadata
  - Manage channel metadata
- - Managing channel metacounters
  - Manage channel metacounters
- Message
- Overview
- - Receiving messages through event handler
  - Receive messages in an open channel
  - Receive messages in a group channel
- - Using message threading
  - Create a message thread
  - List replies in a message thread
- - Retrieving messages
  - Retrieve a list of messages
  - Retrieve a message
- - Searching messages in a group channel
  - Search messages by a keyword
- - Managing scheduled messages in group channel
  - Create a scheduled message
  - Retrieve a scheduled message
  - Update a scheduled message
  - Cancel a scheduled message
  - Send a scheduled message immediately
  - List all scheduled messages
  - Retrieve the total number of scheduled messages
- - Managing pinned messages in group channels
  - Pin a message
  - Unpin a message
  - List pinned messages
- - Listing changelogs
  - List changelogs of messages
- - Marking messages as read in a group channel
  - Mark messages as read
- - Marking messages as delivered in a group channel
  - Mark messages as delivered
- - Mentioning other users in a message
  - Mention other users in a message
- - Retrieving unread counts in a group channel
  - Unread messages in a channel
  - Unread messages in all channels
  - Unread channels
  - Members who haven't received a message
  - Members who haven't read a message
  - Unread items
- - Categorizing messages
  - Categorize messages by custom type
- - Adding extra data to a message
  - Add extra data to a message
- - Translating messages
  - Auto-translate messages
  - Translate messages on-demand
  - Translation engine
- Application
- Overview
- - Authenticating a user
  - Authentication
- - Understanding rate limits
  - Rate limits
- Event handler
- Overview
- - Managing channel event handlers
  - Add or remove a channel event handler
- - Managing connection event handlers
  - Add or remove a connection event handler
- - Managing user event handlers
  - Add or remove a user event handler
- Push notifications
- Overview
- - Configuring preferences
  - Set up push notifications
  - Push notification preferences
  - Push notification content templates
  - Push notification translation
- Report
- Overview
- - Creating a report
  - Report a message, user, or channel
- Local caching
- Overview
- - Using group channel collection
  - Group channel collection
- - Using message collection
  - Message collection
Migrating to Sendbird
- Migration guide
- Migration guide
- Collection migration guide
Deprecated
Error codes
Logger

Chat SDKs JavaScript v4

Chat SDKs JavaScript

Chat SDKs

JavaScript

Version 4

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Push notifications

Overview

Using Chat SDK for JavaScript, you can send notification messages to your users in group channels using a hybrid mobile application. These notifications are delivered to users while their devices are idle or while the app is running in the background. You can also determine whether to display the content of the notifications while the client app is in the foreground.

Currently, only a hybrid mobile application with a React Native framework can handle push notifications with our Chat SDK. This section explains how to enable push notifications in your React Native app by using Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM), Apple Push Notification service (APNs), and the Chat SDK.

While the Chat SDKs for iOS and Android automatically detect the state of your application, the Chat SDK for JavaScript doesn't. Therefore when the state changes, you should explicitly call the setForegroundState() or setBackgroundState() method.

Also, the Chat SDK doesn't support push notifications in web applications delivered through browsers like Chrome and Edge. But you can build your own notification system by using our webhook service to receive notifications for various events happening in your application.

Note: Sendbird Chat SDK v4 supports both TypeScript and JavaScript.

Functionalities by topic

Users in group channels using hybrid mobile application can set their preferences in receiving notifications in their devices. The following is a list of features that our Chat SDK provides.

Configuring preferences

Functionality	Description	Open channel	Group channel
Set up push notifications	Sets up push notification messages using FCM and APNs.
Notification preferences	Turns push notifications on or off in the user's app by using registration token.
Push notification content templates	Displays customized push notification messages on a user’s device using templates.
Push notification translation	Receives notification messages translated into users' preferred languages.

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Functionalities by topic

Sample app