Notification Pack add-on allows you to send push notifications in addition to emails and SMS. For this, you must do a small initial configuration. This guide will guide you over each step. First of all:

• Go to the Booking Activities settings, “Notifications” tab

Further down on the page, you’ll see a “Push Notifications Settings” section with two fields that you probably haven’t heard about before: “Google FCM key”, “Google FCM script”. Let’s see how to fill these fields.

⚠ Warning: First, be aware that your site must have a valid and active SSL certificate (its URL must begin with HTTPS) to send push notifications.

Bind FCM to Notification Pack

Notification Pack uses Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM), the Google notification service, to send push notifications to you and your customers. This service is free, but you still need to register to bind it to your site.

1. Create your Firebase project
   • Sign in to your FCM console (you must have a Google Account)
   • Click on the “Add project” button
   • Name it as you like (the name of your company for example), choose your country and validate
   • You are now redirected to the homepage (“Overview”) of your project (else, click on “Project Overview” in the left sidebar)
2. Register your app
   • (If you have already registered apps here, click on “Add app”)
   • In the center of the page, below “Get started by adding Firebase to your app”, click on the “Web” icon (</>)
   • Give your app a name (your website name for example), and click “Register app”
   • Click “Back to console” to go back to the homepage
3. Google FCM key
   • In the left sidebar, click on the gear () next to “Project Overview”
   • Click “Project settings”
   • Go to the “Cloud Messaging” tab
   • Copy the token on “Server Key” row and paste it into the “Google FCM key” field on your site
     • If the “Cloud Messaging API (Legacy)” is disabled, click the ⁝ menu next to it > Manage API in Google Cloud Console > Enable API. Once activated, return to Firebase, refresh the page, and your server key should appear.

     

4. Google FCM script
   • In the left sidebar, click on the gear () next to “Project Overview”
   • Click “Project settings”
   • Go to the “General” tab, and scroll down to “Your apps” section
   • Click on your app name
   • Under “Firebase SDK snippet”, select “Config”, a code will appear (it begins with const firebaseConfig = { apiKey: "...)
   • Copy the given javascript code and paste it in the “Google FCM script” field on your site
     
5. Save the changes of Booking Activities notifications settings page

Your site is now able to send push notifications. But no one will receive them until you have obtained their explicit agreement, including yourself. Go to the second part of this tutorial to find out how to get permission from your customers and customize your push notifications.