> Sadly, it's not an HTTP-based web service, and moreover it doesn't run
> on an HTTP/s port.
> We need a pure socket interface to talk with Apple push server.

Well, that's not good.  Do you have a reference for that?  (I believe
you, I just want to read more.)  It seems surprising.
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T.J. Crowder
tj / crowder software / com
Independent Software Engineer, consulting services available

On Apr 11, 8:24 pm, Marco Borromeo <[email protected]> wrote:
> Sadly, it's not an HTTP-based web service, and moreover it doesn't run
> on an HTTP/s port.
> We need a pure socket interface to talk with Apple push server.
>
> 2009/4/11 T.J. Crowder <[email protected]>:
>
>
>
> > Hi,
>
> > If Apple is making the notification service available as a web app or
> > web service, could you use a cron job doing a URLFetch?  Apparently
> > all push notifications will go through Apple servers, so they'll
> > probably provide an HTTP-based API.
>
> > FWIW,
> > --
> > T.J. Crowder
> > tj / crowder software / com
> > Independent Software Engineer, consulting services available
>
> > On Apr 11, 12:57 am, RSW <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> I realize that the current version of the app engine does not support
> >> sockets at the moment. Does anyone know if this is on the roadmap?
>
> >> I want to be able to create an app that runs a cron job that does a
> >> periodic check on something and alert iPhone subscribers through the
> >> new push mechanism in the iPhone OS 3.0.
>
>
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