How to parse GCM respond to remove invalid registration id from server with php

Question

I got a question about Google Cloud Messaging...

I send GCM to Google for 3 Registration IDs, then Google replies that 2 of the Registration IDs has been sent successfully and one not, because the Registration ID was wrong!

But it doesn't tell me which Registration ID has not been sent...

Now here's my question: how can I parse the Google GCM response to get that which Registration ID has not been sent? Does Google has an API or something so that I can give it "multicat_id" and it tells me which Registration ID had a problem?

Any help would be so much appreciated, I'm just so confused :)

Answer 1

It's based on the order :

Suppose you send this :

{ "collapse_key": "score_update",
  "time_to_live": 108,
  "delay_while_idle": true,
  "data": {
    "score": "4x8",
    "time": "15:16.2342"
  },
  "registration_ids":["4", "8", "15", "16", "23", "42"]
}

And get this response from Google :

{ "multicast_id": 216,
  "success": 3,
  "failure": 3,
  "canonical_ids": 1,
  "results": [
    { "message_id": "1:0408" },
    { "error": "Unavailable" },
    { "error": "InvalidRegistration" },
    { "message_id": "1:1516" },
    { "message_id": "1:2342", "registration_id": "32" },
    { "error": "NotRegistered"}
  ]
}

This means that the 3rd registration ID that you sent (15) is invalid and the 6th (42) is not registered. Both should be removed from your DB.

Answer 2

Here's how I did it:

$gcm_result = $gcm->send_notification($registration_ids, $message);
$jsonArray = json_decode($gcm_result);

if(!empty($jsonArray->results)){

    $remove_ids = array();

    for($i=0; $i<count($jsonArray->results);$i++){
        if(isset($jsonArray->results[$i]->error)){
            if($jsonArray->results[$i]->error == "NotRegistered"){
                $remove_ids[$i] = "'".$registration_ids[$i]."'";
            }
        }
    }

    if(!empty($remove_ids)){

        $remove_ids_string = implode(', ',$remove_ids);
        include_once SCRIPTS.'gcm_server_php/db_functions.php';
        $dbf = new DB_Functions();
        $res = $dbf->deleteUsers($remove_ids_string);
        echo count($remove_ids)." users have unregistered from notifications since the last one was sent out.";

    }
}