Setup real-time developer notifications for iOS in Apple App Store

8 min

Purple Manager

Summary

In this article, you learn how to set up server notifications for iOS in your App Store Connect Account.

Preconditions

Have an app created in Purple Manager
Have at least an 'App Admin' role in Purple Manager
Have an app created in App Store Connect
Have at least 'Account holder' or 'Admin' role in App Store Connect
Have iTunes shared secret enabled before
- On Account level
- OR on app level

How-to guide

1. Go to App Store Connect https://appstoreconnect.apple.com/.

2. Click 'My Apps'.

3. Click on your app from the list.

4. From the sidebar, click 'General'.

5. Click 'App Information'.

6. Scroll to 'App Store Server Notifications'.

Please Note: In this document, in steps 7-11, we show you a screenshot with two options (version 1 and version 2).

If you have a new app, you won't see a radio button and version 2 will be selected by default. If you are updating an existing app, you can change the setting from version 1 to version 2 to benefit from an extended set of events.

7. Configure Production Server URL and Sandbox Server URL

Version 1:

Configure both Production and Sandbox Server URL using the following URLs:

Staging Purple Manager: https://receipts.staging.purplemanager.com/api/v1/notifications/apple

Production Purple Manager: https://receipts.purplemanager.com/api/v1/notifications/apple

Version 2:

Sandbox Server URL

Staging Purple Manager: https://receipts.staging.purplemanager.com/api/v1/notifications/apple/v2?bundleId=BUNDLE_ID&appleId=APPLE_ID&sandbox=true

Production Purple Manager: https://receipts.purplemanager.com/api/v1/notifications/apple/v2?bundleId=BUNDLE_ID&appleId=APPLE_ID&sandbox=true

Production Server URL

Staging Purple Manager: https://receipts.staging.purplemanager.com/api/v1/notifications/apple/v2?bundleId=BUNDLE_ID&appleId=APPLE_ID

Production Purple Manager: https://receipts.purplemanager.com/api/v1/notifications/apple/v2?bundleId=BUNDLE_ID&appleId=APPLE_ID

BUNDLE_ID is the value to be copied from General Information -> Bundle ID

APPLE_ID is the value to be copied from General Information -> Apple ID

8. Click on 'Set Up URL' and paste the Production URL from step 7

9. Click on 'Set Up URL' and paste the Sandbox URL from step 7

10. Click on the radio button next to 'Version 1 Notifications' / 'Version 2 Notifications'

11. Click 'Save'.

12. Next to 'App Information' you will find the text 'Saved' if you have successfully stored the URL App Store Server Notifications.