On 2013-03-23, at 7:28 AM, Alexander Karelas <[email protected]> wrote:

> The spec (https://wiki.mozilla.org/WebAPI/SimplePush) doesn't define how the 
> app requests details from the AppServer about the empty notification it just 
> received. See below for proof, an excerpt from the wiki page mentioned above:
> 
>    "This causes the App to refresh it's messages (again using XHR or some 
> other 
>    medium out of the scope of this protocol), and User gets a screen full of 
>    adorable kittens."
> 
> 
> If that's so, then there's no way to make a generic SimplePush application 
> that sits and waits on the tray, and handles all apps. Because it won't know 
> how to contact the AppServer to get the notification's details (such as "who 
> wrote the incoming email").

This is on purpose to keep the API and protocol as simple as possible; there is 
no application-defined payload, just the notification that tells your app 'hey 
something happened, you better check with your back-end to get more details.'

What is your use case?

 S.

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