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Best Practices

Read up on the best practices people use when building applications.

User & Device Identity

  • Does PubNub provide Webhooks?
  • How do I identify a device?
  • Required uuid/userId parameter

Client SDKs

  • How are PubNub SDKs licensed?
  • Supporting Users and Systems in China
  • What client libraries (SDKs) are currently supported?
  • When should I upgrade to a newer SDK version?

Design Patterns

  • Can I build threaded messaging app using PubNub?
  • Can I publish a message via database trigger?
  • Can I use PubNub to track moving objects?
  • Does PubNub provide WebRTC and video chat?
  • How do I add notifications to a chat room app?
  • How do I authenticate subscribers?
See all 10 articles

Message Payloads

  • Calculating message payload size before publishing
  • Can I send and/or receive JSON objects?
  • Can I send large messages with PubNub?
  • Can I send raw HTML to a subscriber?
  • Can I stream binary data through PubNub?
  • How do I convert the PubNub timetoken to Unix timestamp?
See all 9 articles

Channels

  • How do I access messages published prior to subscribing?
  • How do I connect to multiple channels simultaneously?
  • How do I prevent old published messages from reaching subscribers?
  • How long are messages available?
  • How many messages can a channel contain?
  • Is a connection closed if I shut down the PubNub object?

Publish & Subscribe

  • How to import your legacy data into PubNub Storage
  • Should I use the restore setting?
  • Understanding the PubNub Subscribe Long Poll Mechanism

Pricing

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Developers

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  • Network Status
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  • PubNub vs Competitors
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  • PubNub vs Pusher
  • PubNub vs In-House Build

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