TailSignal push notification service for device registration and notification delivery.

TailSignal

TailSignal is a WordPress plugin that manages push notification delivery via Expo's push notification service.

API Endpoints

Register Device

POST {TAILSIGNAL_API_URL}/register

{
  "expo_token": "ExponentPushToken[xxxxx]",
  "device_type": "ios",
  "device_model": "iPhone 15 Pro",
  "os_version": "18.0",
  "app_version": "1.0.0"
}

Registers a device to receive push notifications. Device info is collected using expo-device and expo-constants.

Check Registration Status

GET {TAILSIGNAL_API_URL}/register/status?expo_token=ExponentPushToken[xxxxx]

Response:

{
  "registered": true,
  "active": true
}

Used on app launch to verify registration before re-registering.

Unregister Device

DELETE {TAILSIGNAL_API_URL}/register?expo_token=ExponentPushToken[xxxxx]

Removes the device registration. Called when the user disables notifications.

Notification Data Format

TailSignal sends notifications with snake_case keys:

{
  "post_id": "123",
  "post_type": "post"
}

Key	Values	Navigation Target
`post_type`	`post`	`blog/{post_id}`
`post_type`	`project`	`portfolio/{post_id}`

Environment Variables

Variable	Description
`EXPO_PUBLIC_TAILSIGNAL_API_URL`	Base URL (e.g. `https://example.com/wp-json/tailsignal/v1`)

WordPress Setup

Install and activate TailSignal on your WordPress site
Configure TailSignal with your Expo project credentials
TailSignal uses WordPress hooks to send notifications when posts are published

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