Using a Notification Template

Instead of defining the content of the entire notification in-line, you can leverage Templates to send a message.

You can create notification templates using the Designer. After you create a template (or edit an existing one), add a new channel and select "Inbox". This will provide you with a blank template that you can use to customize the content that will delivered with that notification.

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Note: pinning is not available in the mobile (iOS and Android) SDKs.

When calling the API, simply replace the content field with a template field that defines either a Template ID or an Event ID.

{
	"message": {
		"to": {
			"user_id": <USER_ID>
		},
		"template": <TEMPLATE ID or EVENT ID>,
		"data": {
			"villain": "Darth Vader"
		}
		"routing": {
			"method": "single",
			"channels": ["inbox"]
		}
	}
}

Information in data will be passed through, but requires "data mapping" inside of the template's channel settings to pass through to the SDK.