Best Practices

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?

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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?

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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