@firebase/messaging

@firebase/messaging

This is the messaging component for the Firebase JS SDK. It has a peer dependency on the @firebase/app package on NPM. This package is included by default in the firebase wrapper package.

Installation

You can install this package by running the following in your project:

$ npm install @firebase/messaging

Usage

You can then use the firebase namespace exposed by this package as illustrated below:

ES Modules

import firebase from '@firebase/app';
import '@firebase/messaging'

// Do stuff w/ `firebase` and `firebase.messaging`

CommonJS Modules

const firebase = require('@firebase/app').default;
require('@firebase/messaging');

// Do stuff with `firebase` and `firebase.messaging`

Documentation

For comprehensive documentation please see the Firebase Reference Docs.

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