Authenticating Push Notifications

The Validic API allows you to authenticate Push Notifications sent to your application via the use of a Validic Signature. The Validic Signature is an HMAC-based generated signature with the following components:

Parameters

Description

Parameters

Description

Access Token

The Organization Access Token

Service Name

The name of the service. For Push Notifications, the service name is ‘notifications’

X-Validic-Timestamp

The timestamp of the Push Notification when it was sent

Application Secret

The designated Application Secret

To acquire your Application Secret, you may submit a request at support@validic.com.