How Push Notifications Work
Understand the various steps involved in the working of push notifications.
The process of sending push notifications can be divided into the following procedural steps.
Requesting user permission
We must obtain the user’s consent before sending push notifications. Without the user’s permission, we cannot display notifications. The Notifications API allows us to request permission from the user via a prompt. This is a one-time task.
The user can decline permission from the browser settings even if they had previously accepted it. If the user enables notifications, we can then begin displaying notifications.
Although the browser may automatically prompt the user for notification permission, it’s preferable to request it manually. This allows us to handle the user’s ...