Microsoft Windows

Windows Notification API

API for creating and managing Windows notifications and toast messages. Cloud senders POST notifications over HTTPS to a per-app channel URI issued by Windows Push Notification Services (WNS), e.g. https://cloud.notify.windows.com/?token=... as shown in the WNS overview.

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Documentation
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/develop/notifications/push-notifications/wns-overview

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https://docs.microsoft.com/windows/apps/design/shell/tiles-and-notifications/adaptive-interactive-toasts

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apis.yml Raw ↑ 
name: Windows Notification API
description: API for creating and managing Windows notifications and toast messages. Cloud senders POST
  notifications over HTTPS to a per-app channel URI issued by Windows Push Notification Services (WNS),
  e.g. https://cloud.notify.windows.com/?token=... as shown in the WNS overview.
humanUrl: https://docs.microsoft.com/windows/apps/design/shell/tiles-and-notifications/
baseUrl: https://cloud.notify.windows.com
tags:
- Notification
- Toast
- User Interface
- Windows
tags_raw:
- Notifications
- Toast
- User Interface
- Windows
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/develop/notifications/push-notifications/wns-overview
- type: CodeExamples
  url: https://docs.microsoft.com/windows/apps/design/shell/tiles-and-notifications/adaptive-interactive-toasts
aid: microsoft-windows:windows-notification-api