Parse-server-push-adapter

EnricoMiche1210760 · June 22, 2023, 7:31am

Hi, Yesterday I received this e-mail by Google:
“We’re writing to let you know that starting June 20, 2024 the legacy Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM) APIs will be discontinued. On June 20, 2024, we’re reducing the number of Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM) legacy register APIs and legacy send APIs that provide similar functionality. This step will allow us to provide you with a more consistent experience and align with Google security standards to improve security, reliability and performance. Because of these API decommissions, some already-deprecated SDKs and features will stop working after June 20, 2024”

Is the project parse-server-push-adapter somehow affected by this interruption of support?

Manuel · June 24, 2023, 9:24pm

You are correct that this will have an impact on the push adapter, see

github.com/parse-community/parse-server-push-adapter

Switch from `node-gcm` to `firebase-admin` dependency

opened 09:11PM - 24 Jun 23 UTC

mtrezza

type:feature

### New Feature / Enhancement Checklist  - [x] I am not disclosing a [vulnerability](https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server-push-adapter/security/policy). - [x] I am not just asking a [question](https://github.com/parse-community/.github/blob/main/SUPPORT.md). - [x] I have searched through [existing issues](https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server-push-adapter/issues?q=is%3Aissue). ### Current Limitation The push adapter is depending on https://github.com/parse-community/node-gcm, which is using a now deprecated API for Google's FCM. The API will be decommissioned in June 2024: > On June 20, 2024, we’re reducing the number of Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM) legacy register APIs and legacy send APIs that provide similar functionality. This step will allow us to provide you with a more consistent experience and align with Google security standards to improve security, reliability and performance. Because of these API decommissions, some already-deprecated SDKs and features will stop working after June 20, 2024. Please consult the tables below to find which Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM) APIs and corresponding services/SDKs/features will be discontinued and replaced with new alternatives. It's unclear at this point whether anyone will adapt the `node-gcm` to the new API, especially since Firebase provides a native SDK as alternative with [firebase-admin-node](https://github.com/firebase/firebase-admin-node). ### Feature / Enhancement Description Evaluate whether to adapt node-gcm or switch to the firebase-admin-node. The initial assumption is that switching to the native SDK will bring more benefits over the long run, as it will be maintained by Google and receive continuous updates. The effort required to switch may be similar to the effort required to adapt node-gcm.