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btoa(String.fromCharCode.apply(null, new Uint8Array(rawKey))) : ''; var rawAuthSecret = sub.getKey ? sub.getKey('auth') : ''; var authSecret = rawAuthSecret ? btoa(String.fromCharCode.apply(null, new Uint8Array(rawAuthSecret))) : ''; var endpoint = sub.endpoint; var reg_id = sub.endpoint.split("/").slice(-1)[0]; isWkWebPushEnabled=true; if(1){ reg.showNotification('Thank you...', { tag:'singleNotificationOnly', body: "Thank you for subscribing to our notifications, you will be notified of events like this.", icon: 'https://www.bulkmail.co.za/images/assets/logo/favicon_bulkemail.png', data: { url: 'https://www.bulkmail.co.za/' } }); } storeRegId(reg_id); jQuery('.WkWebPushNotification-container').attr('data-original-title','Click to unsubscribe from Notifications'); }).catch(function(err) { console.log('err'); console.log(err); }); } }).catch(function(err) { console.log('err2'); console.log(err); }); } function subscribePushService(reg){ reg.pushManager.getSubscription().then(function(sub){ if(sub){ jQuery('.WkWebPushNotification-container').attr('data-original-title','Click to unsubscribe from Notifications'); } else{ jQuery('.WkWebPushNotification-container').attr('data-original-title','Click to subscribe to Notifications'); } return; }); jQuery('body').on('click','#WkWebPushNotificationIcon',function(){ reg.pushManager.getSubscription().then(function(sub){ if(sub){ var confirmValue = confirm('Do you really want to unsubscribe..'); if(confirmValue){ unsubscribePushService(sub); } return; } else if(!sub && Notification.permission ==='granted'){ var confirmVal=confirm('Thank you for subscribing for Notifications..'); if(confirmVal){ return reg.pushManager.subscribe({ userVisibleOnly: true }).then(function(sub){ var rawKey = sub.getKey ? sub.getKey('p256dh') : ''; var key = rawKey ? btoa(String.fromCharCode.apply(null, new Uint8Array(rawKey))) : ''; var rawAuthSecret = sub.getKey ? sub.getKey('auth') : ''; var authSecret = rawAuthSecret ? btoa(String.fromCharCode.apply(null, new Uint8Array(rawAuthSecret))) : ''; var endpoint = sub.endpoint; var reg_id = sub.endpoint.split("/").slice(-1)[0]; isWkWebPushEnabled=true; if(1){ reg.showNotification('Thank you...', { tag:'singleNotificationOnly', body: "Thank you for subscribing to our notifications, you will be notified of events like this.", icon: 'https://www.bulkmail.co.za/images/assets/logo/favicon_bulkemail.png', data: { url: 'https://www.bulkmail.co.za/' } }); } storeRegId(reg_id); jQuery('.WkWebPushNotification-container').attr('data-original-title','Click to unsubscribe from Notifications'); }).catch(function(err) { console.log('err'); }); } return; } if(0){ jQuery('.allowNotificationHint').empty(); var containerWidth=parseInt(jQuery(this).width()); var modalWidth=parseInt(jQuery('#pushModal').width()); jQuery('#pushModal').css({ width: 'auto', left:'0px', 'margin-left': function () { var leftMargin=((containerWidth-modalWidth)/2); return leftMargin; } }); jQuery('#pushModal').modal('show'); jQuery('#callServiceWorker').on('click',function(){ jQuery('.allowNotificationHint').empty(); jQuery('.allowNotificationHint').append('Click on allow notification to subscribe'); return reg.pushManager.subscribe({ userVisibleOnly: true }).then(function(sub) { var rawKey = sub.getKey ? sub.getKey('p256dh') : ''; var key = rawKey ? btoa(String.fromCharCode.apply(null, new Uint8Array(rawKey))) : ''; var rawAuthSecret = sub.getKey ? sub.getKey('auth') : ''; var authSecret = rawAuthSecret ? btoa(String.fromCharCode.apply(null, new Uint8Array(rawAuthSecret))) : ''; var endpoint = sub.endpoint; var reg_id = sub.endpoint.split("/").slice(-1)[0]; isWkWebPushEnabled=true; if(1){ reg.showNotification('Thank you...', { tag:'singleNotificationOnly', body: "Thank you for subscribing to our notifications, you will be notified of events like this.", icon: 'https://www.bulkmail.co.za/images/assets/logo/favicon_bulkemail.png', data: { url: 'https://www.bulkmail.co.za/' } }); } storeRegId(reg_id); jQuery('.WkWebPushNotification-container').attr('data-original-title','Click to unsubscribe from Notifications'); }).catch(function(err) { console.log('err'); }); }); }else{ return reg.pushManager.subscribe({ userVisibleOnly: true }).then(function(sub) { var rawKey = sub.getKey ? sub.getKey('p256dh') : ''; var key = rawKey ? 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