Medusa Push Notifications Plugin

A plugin for Medusa e-commerce that adds push notification functionality. This plugin allows you to manage device registrations and send push notifications to customers across multiple devices.

Features

• 🔔 Push notification support for web browsers
• 📱 Multi-device support per customer
• 🔄 Automatic device registration and management
• 🔐 Secure VAPID-based implementation
• 🛠️ Admin API for sending notifications
• 🔌 Event-based notification triggers

Prerequisites

• Medusa backend
• Redis (for event bus)
• PostgreSQL
• VAPID Keys (for push notifications)

Installation

npm install @intuio/medusa-push-notification@medusa-v1

Configuration

Add to your medusa-config.js:

const plugins = [
  // ... other plugins
  {
    resolve: `@intuio/medusa-push-notification`,
  }
]

Environment Variables

VAPID_PUBLIC_KEY=your_public_key
VAPID_PRIVATE_KEY=your_private_key
VAPID_SUBJECT=mailto:your@email.com

Generate VAPID Keys

npx web-push generate-vapid-keys

API Routes

Store API

# Register device
POST /store/push-notifications
{
    "subscription": {
        "endpoint": "https://push-service.example.com/...",
        "keys": {
            "p256dh": "base64-encoded-key",
            "auth": "base64-encoded-auth"
        }
    },
    "device_info": {
        "type": "mobile",
        "browser": "Chrome",
        "os": "Android",
        "model": "Samsung S21"
    }
}

# Unregister device
DELETE /store/push-notifications/{device_id}

Admin API

# Send notification to customers
POST /admin/push-notifications
{ 
    "customer_ids": ["cust_123", "cust_456"],
    "notification": {
        "title": "Special Offer!",
        "body": "Check out our new products",
        "icon": "/icon.png",
        "data": {
            "url": "/products/new"
        }
    }
}

Service Methods

// Get service instance
const pushService = container.resolve("push")

// Register a device
await pushService.registerDevice({
    customer_id: "cust_123",
    device_info: {
        type: "mobile",
        browser: "Chrome",
        os: "Android",
        model: "Pixel 6"
    },
    subscription: {
        endpoint: "...",
        keys: {
            p256dh: "...",
            auth: "..."
        }
    }
})

// Send notification
await pushService.sendNotification(
    ["cust_123"],
    {
        title: "Hello",
        body: "This is a test notification",
        data: { url: "/orders/123" }
    }
)

Frontend Implementation

1. Register Service Worker:

// public/sw.js
self.addEventListener('push', function(event) {
    if (!event.data) return
    
    const data = event.data.json()
    
    event.waitUntil(
        self.registration.showNotification(data.title, {
            body: data.body,
            icon: data.icon,
            badge: data.badge,
            data: data.data,
        })
    )
})

self.addEventListener('notificationclick', function(event) {
    event.notification.close()
    
    if (event.notification.data?.url) {
        event.waitUntil(
            clients.openWindow(event.notification.data.url)
        )
    }
})

2. Example React Component:

import { useNotification } from './hooks/useNotification'

function NotificationButton() {
    const { 
        permission,
        isLoading,
        error,
        enableNotifications 
    } = useNotification()

    return (
        
            {permission === 'default' && (
                
                    Enable Push Notifications
                
            )}
            {/* ... other status displays */}
        
    )
}

Events

The plugin listens to the following events by default:

• order.placed
• order.canceled
• order.items_returned
• order.shipment_created
• return.requested

Development

# Clone the repository
git clone your-repo-url
cd medusa-push-notifications

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Build
npm run build

# Watch mode
npx medusa develop

💬 Let's Connect

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👥 Collaborate With Us

We’re looking for contributors, collaborators, and ecommerce founders to partner with. If you’re doing something cool with Medusa or want to build the next big thing, reach out!

📩 info@intuio.io / sales@intuio.io

🌐 https://intuio.io

🤝 Contributing

Pull requests are welcome! For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

Check out the contributing guide to get started.

📜 License

MIT © Intuio Software Labs

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