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Broadcast to tagged users

Send a system channel message and push notification to users matching specified tags.

  • User tags must be configured via the Batch set user tags API.
  • Supports built-in and custom message types. Channel type is SYSTEM. Recipients cannot reply.
  • Online recipients receive the message immediately. Offline recipients receive a push notification.

Prerequisites

Enable the Broadcast Service for the current App Key. See Broadcast service configuration. Returns error 1009 if not enabled.

Request

POST: https://Base URL/v4/system-channel/tagged-users/send

Rate limit: Shares the system notification send quota — 2 per hour, 3 per day (calendar day). Processes up to 1500 messages per second.

Authentication: All server API requests require signature verification. See API request signing.

Request body

Content type: application/json

ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
platformString[]YesTarget platforms: iOS, Android, HarmonyOS. At least one required. Web users also receive messages if logged in.
fromUserIdStringYesSender user ID. Must have obtained an access token.
audienceObjectYesTargeting criteria. If isToAll is true, other criteria are ignored.
audience.userIdString[]NoUser IDs. Max 1000. If set, platform, tag, and tagOr are ignored.
audience.tagString[]NoUser tags (AND logic). Max 20. Ignored when isToAll is true.
audience.tagOrString[]NoUser tags (OR logic). Max 20. Can coexist with tag.
audience.isToAllBooleanYestrue: send to all users (ignores tag, tagOr, userId). false: use targeting criteria.
message.contentStringYesMessage content, max 128 KB.
message.messageTypeStringYesMessage type. See Message type overview.
message.disableUpdateLastMsgBooleanNoPrevent updating the last message in the channel list.
notificationObjectYesPush notification settings by platform.
notification.titleStringNoPush notification title (max 50 characters).
notification.forceShowPushContentNumberNoForce display push content. 0 (default): no. 1: force.
notification.alertStringNoPush content. If omitted, must set notification.ios.alert and notification.android.alert separately.
notification.iosObjectNoiOS push settings. Includes title, alert, contentAvailable, badge, thread-id, apns-collapse-id, category, richMediaUri, interruption-level, extras.
notification.androidObjectNoAndroid push settings. Includes alert, honor.*, hw.*, mi.*, oppo.*, vivo.*, fcm.*, meizu.*, extras.
notification.harmonyOSObjectNoHarmonyOS push settings. Includes alert, ohos.category, ohos.image, extras.

Request example

HTTP
POST /v4/system-channel/tagged-users/send HTTP/1.1
Host: api.sg-light-api.com
App-Key: uwd1c0sxdlx2
Nonce: 14314
Timestamp: 1408710653491
Signature: 45beb7cc7307889a8e711219a47b7cf6a5b000e8
Content-Type: application/json

{
"platform": [
"ios",
"android"
],
"fromUserId": "fromuseId1",
"audience": {
"tag": [
"A",
"B"
],
"tagOr": [
"C"
],
"userId": [
"123",
"456"
],
"isToAll": false
},
"message": {
"content": "{\"content\":\"1111\",\"extra\":\"aa\"}",
"messageType": "RC:TxtMsg"
},
"notification": {
"title": "Title",
"forceShowPushContent": 0,
"alert": "this is a push"
}
}

Response

FieldTypeDescription
codeNumberStatus code. 0 indicates success.
resultObjectResponse data.
result.idStringUnique push identifier. Same as messageId.
result.messageIdStringMessage ID.

Response example

HTTP
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8

{
"code": 0,
"result": {
"id": "XXXX-JJJJ-KKK-LLLL",
"messageId": "XXXX-JJJJ-KKK-LLLL"
}
}