Activate Push Notifications

ChatNet comes with Push Notifications support for Private Chats. 

To enable push notifications in ChatNet, you need to provide several Firebase credentials. Follow these steps to obtain the required information:

Create a Firebase Project

Go to the Firebase Console.
Click on "Add project".
Enter a project name and click "Continue".
Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the project setup.Add Firebase to Your Web App

In the Firebase Console, select your project.
Click on the gear icon next to "Project Overview" and select "Project settings".
Navigate to the "General" tab.
Scroll down to the "Your apps" section.
Click on the "Add app" button and select "Web".
Register your app with a nickname (e.g., ChatNet).
Click "Register app".
3. Obtain Firebase Configuration

After registering your web app, you'll see a Firebase SDK snippet with the configuration details. Copy the following information:

• messagingSenderId you see in the snippet is equal to Firebase Messaging Sender ID in ChatNet.
• apiKey is equal to Firebase API Key in ChatNet.
• projectId is equal to Firebase Project ID in ChatNet.
• appId is equal to Firebase App ID in ChatNet.

Generate Firebase Service Account JSON

In the Firebase Console, navigate to "Project settings".
Click on the "Service accounts" tab.
Click on "Generate new private key".
A JSON file will be downloaded to your computer.
Enter the Information in ChatNet

Open the ChatNet Notification Settings page.
Set "Enable Push Notifications" to "Yes".
Select "Firebase" as the Push Provider.
Paste the content of the downloaded JSON file  in the previous step into the Firebase Service Account JSON field.
Enter the Firebase Messaging Sender ID, Firebase API Key, Firebase Project ID, and Firebase App ID in their respective fields.

Click "Update" to save the settings.