Send Notification API

Send push notifications to users or groups via Push Bunny, powered by Firebase Cloud Messaging. Ensure your service account is configured securely on the server.

Endpoint

POST https://push-bunny.com/api

Request Headers

Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

Body Parameters

Field	Type	Required	Description
`title`	string	Yes	Notification title
`body`	string	Yes	Notification message content
`recipient_type`	string	No	`user_id` or `group` (default: `user_id`)
`id_field`	string	Yes	User ID or topic name
`image`	string	No	URL for notification image
`link`	string	No	URL to open on click

Response

Success

{
  "success": true,
  "message": "Notification sent successfully to user '12345'"
}

Error

{
  "error": "Title and body are required"
}

Examples

cURL

curl -X POST https://push-bunny.com/api \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "title": "Hello!",
    "body": "This is a test notification.",
    "recipient_type": "user_id",
    "id_field": "12345",
    "image": "https://example.com/image.png",
    "link": "https://example.com"
  }'

PHP (cURL)

$payload = [
  'title' => 'Hello!',
  'body' => 'Test notification',
  'recipient_type' => 'user_id',
  'id_field' => '12345',
  'image' => 'https://example.com/image.png',
  'link' => 'https://example.com'
];

$ch = curl_init('https://push-bunny.com/api');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ['Content-Type: application/json']);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, json_encode($payload));

$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
echo $response;

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