# Web Push API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/realtime/web-push/  
**Provider:** Realtime — https://apis.io/providers/realtime/  
**Documentation:** https://www.w3.org/TR/push-api/

Web Push API is one of 26 APIs that [Realtime](https://apis.io/providers/realtime/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Push Notifications, Web, Standard, and Browser.

An IETF-standardized push system for the web, comprising the W3C Push API (browser-side subscription), the IETF Web Push Protocol (RFC 8030, server-to-push-service delivery), and Message Encryption for Web Push (RFC 8291). Routed via vendor push services (Mozilla autopush, Apple Push, FCM Web Push).

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **Specification** — https://www.w3.org/TR/push-api/
- **Specification** — https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8030
- **Specification** — https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8291

## Other Realtime APIs (12)

- [WebSocket](https://apis.io/apis/realtime/websocket/)
- [Server-Sent Events (SSE)](https://apis.io/apis/realtime/server-sent-events/)
- [WebRTC](https://apis.io/apis/realtime/webrtc/)
- [MQTT](https://apis.io/apis/realtime/mqtt/)
- [CoAP](https://apis.io/apis/realtime/coap/)
- [gRPC Streaming](https://apis.io/apis/realtime/grpc-streaming/)
- [GraphQL Subscriptions](https://apis.io/apis/realtime/graphql-subscriptions/)
- [WebTransport](https://apis.io/apis/realtime/webtransport/)
- [Ably](https://apis.io/apis/realtime/ably/)
- [PubNub](https://apis.io/apis/realtime/pubnub/)
- [Pusher](https://apis.io/apis/realtime/pusher/)
- [LiveKit](https://apis.io/apis/realtime/livekit/)

## Tags

Push Notifications, Web, Standard, Browser

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