What are push notifications in SaaS

Push notifications let your app send real-time updates to users. They improve engagement by delivering timely alerts.

For example, you can notify a user when a payment is successful or when a task is assigned. This keeps users informed without manual checks.

Using Operational to send push notifications

Operational is an open-source event tracking platform. It lets you record and monitor events in your app.

You can log when you send a push notification and view metrics on delivery, opens, and more.

Setting up Operational

1. Go to https://app.operational.co and create an account.
2. Create a new project in your dashboard.
3. Copy the API key for your project.
4. Install the Operational SDK in your app and configure it with the API key.

Code example

This example shows how to record sending a push notification using Operational.

import Operational from "@operational.co/sdk"

const ops = new Operational("API_KEY")

const payload = {
  name: "push notification sent",
  avatar: "🔔",
  content: "Sent push notification to John Smith about invoice #123"
}

await ops.events.ingest(payload)

Conclusion

Operational saves time by handling event tracking infrastructure for you. You can focus on your app logic.

Learn more at https://operational.co. Try the playground for ready-to-use snippets: https://operational.co/playground