Push Notification Template

A push notification template is a type of message template that contains content and settings that you can define, save, and reuse in messages that you send through a push notification channel for any of your Amazon Pinpoint applications. You can use push notification templates in push notifications that you send from campaigns, or to a limited audience as direct or test messages.

When you create a push notification template, you specify the content and settings that you want to reuse in various components of messages that are based on the template. These components, referred to as template parts, can be the message title, the message body, or both. This content can be static text or personalized content that you define by using the Handlebars template system and message variables. A template part can also be a channel-specific setting, such as a sound to play or an action to occur when a recipient interacts with a push notification that's based on the template. When you send a message that’s based on a template, Amazon Pinpoint populates the message with the content and settings that you defined in the template.

The Push Notification Template resource represents the repository of push notification templates that are associated with your Amazon Pinpoint account. You can use this resource to create, retrieve, update, or delete a message template for messages that you send through a push notification channel.

Amazon Pinpoint supports versioning for all types of message templates. When you use the Push Notification Template resource to work with a template, you can use supported parameters to specify whether your request applies to only a specific version of the template or to the overall template. For example, if you update a template, you can specify whether you want to save your updates as a new version of the template or save them to the latest existing version of the template. To retrieve information about all the versions of a template, use the Template Versions resource.

URI

/v1/templates/template-name/push

HTTP methods

GET

Operation ID: GetPushTemplate

Retrieves the content and settings of a message template for messages that are sent through a push notification channel.

Path parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
template-name	String	True	The name of the message template. A template name must start with an alphanumeric character and can contain a maximum of 128 characters. The characters can be alphanumeric characters, underscores (_), or hyphens (-). Template names are case sensitive.

Header parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
accept	String	False	Indicates which content types, expressed as MIME types, the client understands.

Query parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
version	String	False	The unique identifier for the version of the message template to update, retrieve information about, or delete. To retrieve identifiers and other information for all the versions of a template, use the Template Versionsresource. If specified, this value must match the identifier for an existing template version. If specified for an update operation, this value must match the identifier for the latest existing version of the template. This restriction helps ensure that race conditions don't occur. If you don't specify a value for this parameter, Amazon Pinpoint does the following: For a get operation, retrieves information about the active version of the template. For an update operation, saves the updates to (overwrites) the latest existing version of the template, if the create-new-version parameter isn't used or is set to false. For a delete operation, deletes the template, including all versions of the template.

Responses

Status code	Response model	Description
200	PushNotificationTemplateResponse	The request succeeded.
400	MessageBody	The request contains a syntax error (BadRequestException).
403	MessageBody	The request was denied because access to the specified resource is forbidden (ForbiddenException).
404	MessageBody	The request failed because the specified resource was not found (NotFoundException).
405	MessageBody	The request failed because the method is not allowed for the specified resource (MethodNotAllowedException).
413	MessageBody	The request failed because the payload for the body of the request is too large (RequestEntityTooLargeException).
429	MessageBody	The request failed because too many requests were sent during a certain amount of time (TooManyRequestsException).
500	MessageBody	The request failed due to an unknown internal server error, exception, or failure (InternalServerErrorException).

POST

Operation ID: CreatePushTemplate

Creates a message template for messages that are sent through a push notification channel.

Path parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
template-name	String	True	The name of the message template. A template name must start with an alphanumeric character and can contain a maximum of 128 characters. The characters can be alphanumeric characters, underscores (_), or hyphens (-). Template names are case sensitive.

Header parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
accept	String	False	Indicates which content types, expressed as MIME types, the client understands.

Responses

Status code	Response model	Description
201	CreateTemplateMessageBody	The request succeeded and the specified resource was created.
400	MessageBody	The request contains a syntax error (BadRequestException).
403	MessageBody	The request was denied because access to the specified resource is forbidden (ForbiddenException).
405	MessageBody	The request failed because the method is not allowed for the specified resource (MethodNotAllowedException).
409	MessageBody	The request failed due to a conflict with the current state of the specified resource (ConflictException).
429	MessageBody	The request failed because too many requests were sent during a certain amount of time (TooManyRequestsException).
500	MessageBody	The request failed due to an unknown internal server error, exception, or failure (InternalServerErrorException).

PUT

Operation ID: UpdatePushTemplate

Updates an existing message template for messages that are sent through a push notification channel.

Path parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
template-name	String	True	The name of the message template. A template name must start with an alphanumeric character and can contain a maximum of 128 characters. The characters can be alphanumeric characters, underscores (_), or hyphens (-). Template names are case sensitive.

Header parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
accept	String	False	Indicates which content types, expressed as MIME types, the client understands.

Query parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
create-new-version	String	False	Specifies whether to save the updates as a new version of the message template. Valid values are: true, save the updates as a new version; and, false, save the updates to (overwrite) the latest existing version of the template. If you don't specify a value for this parameter, Amazon Pinpoint saves the updates to (overwrites) the latest existing version of the template. If you specify a value of true for this parameter, don't specify a value for the version parameter. Otherwise, an error will occur.
version	String	False	The unique identifier for the version of the message template to update, retrieve information about, or delete. To retrieve identifiers and other information for all the versions of a template, use the Template Versionsresource. If specified, this value must match the identifier for an existing template version. If specified for an update operation, this value must match the identifier for the latest existing version of the template. This restriction helps ensure that race conditions don't occur. If you don't specify a value for this parameter, Amazon Pinpoint does the following: For a get operation, retrieves information about the active version of the template. For an update operation, saves the updates to (overwrites) the latest existing version of the template, if the create-new-version parameter isn't used or is set to false. For a delete operation, deletes the template, including all versions of the template.

Responses

Status code	Response model	Description
202	MessageBody	The request was accepted for processing. Processing may not be complete.
400	MessageBody	The request contains a syntax error (BadRequestException).
403	MessageBody	The request was denied because access to the specified resource is forbidden (ForbiddenException).
404	MessageBody	The request failed because the specified resource was not found (NotFoundException).
405	MessageBody	The request failed because the method is not allowed for the specified resource (MethodNotAllowedException).
413	MessageBody	The request failed because the payload for the body of the request is too large (RequestEntityTooLargeException).
429	MessageBody	The request failed because too many requests were sent during a certain amount of time (TooManyRequestsException).
500	MessageBody	The request failed due to an unknown internal server error, exception, or failure (InternalServerErrorException).

DELETE

Operation ID: DeletePushTemplate

Deletes a message template for messages that were sent through a push notification channel.

Path parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
template-name	String	True	The name of the message template. A template name must start with an alphanumeric character and can contain a maximum of 128 characters. The characters can be alphanumeric characters, underscores (_), or hyphens (-). Template names are case sensitive.

Header parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
accept	String	False	Indicates which content types, expressed as MIME types, the client understands.

Query parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
version	String	False	The unique identifier for the version of the message template to update, retrieve information about, or delete. To retrieve identifiers and other information for all the versions of a template, use the Template Versionsresource. If specified, this value must match the identifier for an existing template version. If specified for an update operation, this value must match the identifier for the latest existing version of the template. This restriction helps ensure that race conditions don't occur. If you don't specify a value for this parameter, Amazon Pinpoint does the following: For a get operation, retrieves information about the active version of the template. For an update operation, saves the updates to (overwrites) the latest existing version of the template, if the create-new-version parameter isn't used or is set to false. For a delete operation, deletes the template, including all versions of the template.

Responses

Status code	Response model	Description
202	MessageBody	The request was accepted for processing. Processing may not be complete.
400	MessageBody	The request contains a syntax error (BadRequestException).
403	MessageBody	The request was denied because access to the specified resource is forbidden (ForbiddenException).
404	MessageBody	The request failed because the specified resource was not found (NotFoundException).
405	MessageBody	The request failed because the method is not allowed for the specified resource (MethodNotAllowedException).
413	MessageBody	The request failed because the payload for the body of the request is too large (RequestEntityTooLargeException).
429	MessageBody	The request failed because too many requests were sent during a certain amount of time (TooManyRequestsException).
500	MessageBody	The request failed due to an unknown internal server error, exception, or failure (InternalServerErrorException).

OPTIONS

Retrieves information about the communication requirements and options that are available for the Push Notification Template resource.

Path parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
template-name	String	True	The name of the message template. A template name must start with an alphanumeric character and can contain a maximum of 128 characters. The characters can be alphanumeric characters, underscores (_), or hyphens (-). Template names are case sensitive.

Responses

Status code	Response model	Description
200	None	The request succeeded.

Schemas

Request bodies

POST schema

{
  "TemplateDescription": "string",
  "DefaultSubstitutions": "string",
  "tags": {
  },
  "Default": {
    "Title": "string",
    "Body": "string",
    "Action": enum,
    "Sound": "string",
    "Url": "string"
  },
  "ADM": {
    "Title": "string",
    "Body": "string",
    "Action": enum,
    "Sound": "string",
    "Url": "string",
    "ImageUrl": "string",
    "ImageIconUrl": "string",
    "SmallImageIconUrl": "string",
    "RawContent": "string"
  },
  "GCM": {
    "Title": "string",
    "Body": "string",
    "Action": enum,
    "Sound": "string",
    "Url": "string",
    "ImageUrl": "string",
    "ImageIconUrl": "string",
    "SmallImageIconUrl": "string",
    "RawContent": "string"
  },
  "Baidu": {
    "Title": "string",
    "Body": "string",
    "Action": enum,
    "Sound": "string",
    "Url": "string",
    "ImageUrl": "string",
    "ImageIconUrl": "string",
    "SmallImageIconUrl": "string",
    "RawContent": "string"
  },
  "APNS": {
    "Title": "string",
    "Body": "string",
    "Action": enum,
    "Sound": "string",
    "Url": "string",
    "MediaUrl": "string",
    "RawContent": "string"
  },
  "RecommenderId": "string"
}

PUT schema

{
  "TemplateDescription": "string",
  "DefaultSubstitutions": "string",
  "tags": {
  },
  "Default": {
    "Title": "string",
    "Body": "string",
    "Action": enum,
    "Sound": "string",
    "Url": "string"
  },
  "ADM": {
    "Title": "string",
    "Body": "string",
    "Action": enum,
    "Sound": "string",
    "Url": "string",
    "ImageUrl": "string",
    "ImageIconUrl": "string",
    "SmallImageIconUrl": "string",
    "RawContent": "string"
  },
  "GCM": {
    "Title": "string",
    "Body": "string",
    "Action": enum,
    "Sound": "string",
    "Url": "string",
    "ImageUrl": "string",
    "ImageIconUrl": "string",
    "SmallImageIconUrl": "string",
    "RawContent": "string"
  },
  "Baidu": {
    "Title": "string",
    "Body": "string",
    "Action": enum,
    "Sound": "string",
    "Url": "string",
    "ImageUrl": "string",
    "ImageIconUrl": "string",
    "SmallImageIconUrl": "string",
    "RawContent": "string"
  },
  "APNS": {
    "Title": "string",
    "Body": "string",
    "Action": enum,
    "Sound": "string",
    "Url": "string",
    "MediaUrl": "string",
    "RawContent": "string"
  },
  "RecommenderId": "string"
}

Response bodies

PushNotificationTemplateResponse schema

{
  "CreationDate": "string",
  "LastModifiedDate": "string",
  "TemplateType": enum,
  "TemplateName": "string",
  "TemplateDescription": "string",
  "DefaultSubstitutions": "string",
  "Version": "string",
  "tags": {
  },
  "Arn": "string",
  "Default": {
    "Title": "string",
    "Body": "string",
    "Action": enum,
    "Sound": "string",
    "Url": "string"
  },
  "ADM": {
    "Title": "string",
    "Body": "string",
    "Action": enum,
    "Sound": "string",
    "Url": "string",
    "ImageUrl": "string",
    "ImageIconUrl": "string",
    "SmallImageIconUrl": "string",
    "RawContent": "string"
  },
  "GCM": {
    "Title": "string",
    "Body": "string",
    "Action": enum,
    "Sound": "string",
    "Url": "string",
    "ImageUrl": "string",
    "ImageIconUrl": "string",
    "SmallImageIconUrl": "string",
    "RawContent": "string"
  },
  "Baidu": {
    "Title": "string",
    "Body": "string",
    "Action": enum,
    "Sound": "string",
    "Url": "string",
    "ImageUrl": "string",
    "ImageIconUrl": "string",
    "SmallImageIconUrl": "string",
    "RawContent": "string"
  },
  "APNS": {
    "Title": "string",
    "Body": "string",
    "Action": enum,
    "Sound": "string",
    "Url": "string",
    "MediaUrl": "string",
    "RawContent": "string"
  },
  "RecommenderId": "string"
}

CreateTemplateMessageBody schema

{
  "RequestID": "string",
  "Message": "string",
  "Arn": "string"
}

MessageBody schema

{
  "RequestID": "string",
  "Message": "string"
}

Properties

APNSPushNotificationTemplate

Specifies channel-specific content and settings for a message template that can be used in push notifications that are sent through the APNs (Apple Push Notification service) channel.

Property	Type	Required	Description
Action	string Values: OPEN_APP | DEEP_LINK | URL	False	The action to occur if a recipient taps a push notification that's based on the message template. Valid values are: OPEN_APP – Your app opens or it becomes the foreground app if it was sent to the background. This is the default action. DEEP_LINK – Your app opens and displays a designated user interface in the app. This setting uses the deep-linking features of the iOS platform. URL – The default mobile browser on the recipient's device opens and loads the web page at a URL that you specify.
Body	string	False	The message body to use in push notifications that are based on the message template.
MediaUrl	string	False	The URL of an image or video to display in push notifications that are based on the message template.
RawContent	string	False	The raw, JSON-formatted string to use as the payload for push notifications that are based on the message template. If specified, this value overrides all other content for the message template.
Sound	string	False	The key for the sound to play when the recipient receives a push notification that's based on the message template. The value for this key is the name of a sound file in your app's main bundle or the Library/Sounds folder in your app's data container. If the sound file can't be found or you specify default for the value, the system plays the default alert sound.
Title	string	False	The title to use in push notifications that are based on the message template. This title appears above the notification message on a recipient's device.
Url	string	False	The URL to open in the recipient's default mobile browser, if a recipient taps a push notification that's based on the message template and the value of the Action property is URL.

AndroidPushNotificationTemplate

Specifies channel-specific content and settings for a message template that can be used in push notifications that are sent through the ADM (Amazon Device Messaging), Baidu (Baidu Cloud Push), or GCM (Firebase Cloud Messaging, formerly Google Cloud Messaging) channel.

Property	Type	Required	Description
Action	string Values: OPEN_APP | DEEP_LINK | URL	False	The action to occur if a recipient taps a push notification that's based on the message template. Valid values are: OPEN_APP – Your app opens or it becomes the foreground app if it was sent to the background. This is the default action. DEEP_LINK – Your app opens and displays a designated user interface in the app. This action uses the deep-linking features of the Android platform. URL – The default mobile browser on the recipient's device opens and loads the web page at a URL that you specify.
Body	string	False	The message body to use in a push notification that's based on the message template.
ImageIconUrl	string	False	The URL of the large icon image to display in the content view of a push notification that's based on the message template.
ImageUrl	string	False	The URL of an image to display in a push notification that's based on the message template.
RawContent	string	False	The raw, JSON-formatted string to use as the payload for a push notification that's based on the message template. If specified, this value overrides all other content for the message template.
SmallImageIconUrl	string	False	The URL of the small icon image to display in the status bar and the content view of a push notification that's based on the message template.
Sound	string	False	The sound to play when a recipient receives a push notification that's based on the message template. You can use the default stream or specify the file name of a sound resource that's bundled in your app. On an Android platform, the sound file must reside in /res/raw/.
Title	string	False	The title to use in a push notification that's based on the message template. This title appears above the notification message on a recipient's device.
Url	string	False	The URL to open in a recipient's default mobile browser, if a recipient taps a push notification that's based on the message template and the value of the Action property is URL.

CreateTemplateMessageBody

Provides information about a request to create a message template.

Property	Type	Required	Description
Arn	string	False	The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the message template that was created.
Message	string	False	The message that's returned from the API for the request to create the message template.
RequestID	string	False	The unique identifier for the request to create the message template.

DefaultPushNotificationTemplate

Specifies the default settings and content for a message template that can be used in messages that are sent through a push notification channel.

Property	Type	Required	Description
Action	string Values: OPEN_APP | DEEP_LINK | URL	False	The action to occur if a recipient taps a push notification that's based on the message template. Valid values are: OPEN_APP – Your app opens or it becomes the foreground app if it was sent to the background. This is the default action. DEEP_LINK – Your app opens and displays a designated user interface in the app. This setting uses the deep-linking features of the iOS and Android platforms. URL – The default mobile browser on the recipient's device opens and loads the web page at a URL that you specify.
Body	string	False	The message body to use in push notifications that are based on the message template.
Sound	string	False	The sound to play when a recipient receives a push notification that's based on the message template. You can use the default stream or specify the file name of a sound resource that's bundled in your app. On an Android platform, the sound file must reside in /res/raw/. For an iOS platform, this value is the key for the name of a sound file in your app's main bundle or the Library/Sounds folder in your app's data container. If the sound file can't be found or you specify default for the value, the system plays the default alert sound.
Title	string	False	The title to use in push notifications that are based on the message template. This title appears above the notification message on a recipient's device.
Url	string	False	The URL to open in a recipient's default mobile browser, if a recipient taps a push notification that's based on the message template and the value of the Action property is URL.

MessageBody

Provides information about an API request or response.

Property	Type	Required	Description
Message	string	False	The message that's returned from the API.
RequestID	string	False	The unique identifier for the request or response.

PushNotificationTemplateRequest

Specifies the content and settings for a message template that can be used in messages that are sent through a push notification channel.

Property	Type	Required	Description
ADM	AndroidPushNotificationTemplate	False	The message template to use for the ADM (Amazon Device Messaging) channel. This message template overrides the default template for push notification channels (DefaultPushNotificationTemplate).
APNS	APNSPushNotificationTemplate	False	The message template to use for the APNs (Apple Push Notification service) channel. This message template overrides the default template for push notification channels (DefaultPushNotificationTemplate).
Baidu	AndroidPushNotificationTemplate	False	The message template to use for the Baidu (Baidu Cloud Push) channel. This message template overrides the default template for push notification channels (DefaultPushNotificationTemplate).
Default	DefaultPushNotificationTemplate	False	The default message template to use for push notification channels.
DefaultSubstitutions	string	False	A JSON object that specifies the default values to use for message variables in the message template. This object is a set of key-value pairs. Each key defines a message variable in the template. The corresponding value defines the default value for that variable. When you create a message that's based on the template, you can override these defaults with message-specific and address-specific variables and values.
GCM	AndroidPushNotificationTemplate	False	The message template to use for the GCM channel, which is used to send notifications through the Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM), formerly Google Cloud Messaging (GCM), service. This message template overrides the default template for push notification channels (DefaultPushNotificationTemplate).
RecommenderId	string	False	The unique identifier for the recommender model to use for the message template. Amazon Pinpoint uses this value to determine how to retrieve and process data from a recommender model when it sends messages that use the template, if the template contains message variables for recommendation data.
tags	object	False	Note As of 22-05-2023 the tags attribute has been deprecated. After this date any value in the PUT UpdatePushTemplate tags attribute is not processed and an error code is not returned. The POST CreatePushTemplate tags attribute is processed. Use the Tags resource to add or modify tags. (Deprecated) A string-to-string map of key-value pairs that defines the tags to associate with the message template. Each tag consists of a required tag key and an associated tag value.
TemplateDescription	string	False	A custom description of the message template.

PushNotificationTemplateResponse

Provides information about the content and settings for a message template that can be used in messages that are sent through a push notification channel.

Property	Type	Required	Description
ADM	AndroidPushNotificationTemplate	False	The message template that's used for the ADM (Amazon Device Messaging) channel. This message template overrides the default template for push notification channels (DefaultPushNotificationTemplate).
APNS	APNSPushNotificationTemplate	False	The message template that's used for the APNs (Apple Push Notification service) channel. This message template overrides the default template for push notification channels (DefaultPushNotificationTemplate).
Arn	string	False	The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the message template.
Baidu	AndroidPushNotificationTemplate	False	The message template that's used for the Baidu (Baidu Cloud Push) channel. This message template overrides the default template for push notification channels (DefaultPushNotificationTemplate).
CreationDate	string	True	The date, in ISO 8601 format, when the message template was created.
Default	DefaultPushNotificationTemplate	False	The default message template that's used for push notification channels.
DefaultSubstitutions	string	False	The JSON object that specifies the default values that are used for message variables in the message template. This object is a set of key-value pairs. Each key defines a message variable in the template. The corresponding value defines the default value for that variable.
GCM	AndroidPushNotificationTemplate	False	The message template that's used for the GCM channel, which is used to send notifications through the Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM), formerly Google Cloud Messaging (GCM), service. This message template overrides the default template for push notification channels (DefaultPushNotificationTemplate).
LastModifiedDate	string	True	The date, in ISO 8601 format, when the message template was last modified.
RecommenderId	string	False	The unique identifier for the recommender model that's used by the message template.
tags	object	False	A string-to-string map of key-value pairs that identifies the tags that are associated with the message template. Each tag consists of a required tag key and an associated tag value.
TemplateDescription	string	False	The custom description of the message template.
TemplateName	string	True	The name of the message template.
TemplateType	string Values: EMAIL | SMS | VOICE | PUSH | INAPP	True	The type of channel that the message template is designed for. For a push notification template, this value is PUSH.
Version	string	False	The unique identifier, as an integer, for the active version of the message template, or the version of the template that you specified by using the version parameter in your request.

See also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs and references, see the following:

GetPushTemplate

• AWS Command Line Interface

• AWS SDK for .NET

• AWS SDK for C++

• AWS SDK for Go v2

• AWS SDK for Java V2

• AWS SDK for JavaScript V3

• AWS SDK for PHP V3

• AWS SDK for Python

• AWS SDK for Ruby V3

CreatePushTemplate

• AWS Command Line Interface

• AWS SDK for .NET

• AWS SDK for C++

• AWS SDK for Go v2

• AWS SDK for Java V2

• AWS SDK for JavaScript V3

• AWS SDK for PHP V3

• AWS SDK for Python

• AWS SDK for Ruby V3

UpdatePushTemplate

• AWS Command Line Interface

• AWS SDK for .NET

• AWS SDK for C++

• AWS SDK for Go v2

• AWS SDK for Java V2

• AWS SDK for JavaScript V3

• AWS SDK for PHP V3

• AWS SDK for Python

• AWS SDK for Ruby V3

DeletePushTemplate

• AWS Command Line Interface

• AWS SDK for .NET

• AWS SDK for C++

• AWS SDK for Go v2

• AWS SDK for Java V2

• AWS SDK for JavaScript V3

• AWS SDK for PHP V3

• AWS SDK for Python

• AWS SDK for Ruby V3