Changelog for PubNub JavaScript SDK

Fixed

Fix issue because of which presence events not delivered to the Subscription and SubscriptionSet objects (only global listeners).

Added

Add custom message type support for the following APIs: publish, signal, share file, subscribe and history.

Fixed

Fix Actions type definition.

Modified

Remove indexed signature for publish.
Add serializable objects to Payload type.
Aggregate generated types definitions.
Fix definition of type which represents message actions received from history and list of users which added action of specific type and value to the message.
Remove redundant indexed signature from publish message parameters type definition.
Extend Payload type definition with objects which can be serialized by JSON.stringify using toJSON() methods.
Aggregate multiple types definitions into single type definition type with proper type names and namespaces.
Add the Subscribe Event Engine and Event Listener types to the bundled types definition file.

Fixed

Revert fix created to handle browser timeouts (not gracefully). The Web Fetch API doesn't have descriptive error information, and it sends TypeError for both cases when connection closed by browser or network issue (blocked domain).

Fixed

Fix issue because of which leave request modified wrong URL path component with actual channels.
Fix issue because of which removed channels / groups didn't cancel previous subscribe request to re-subscribe with new set of channels / groups.
Fix issue because of which suitable active PubNub clients subscription not has been used for aggregation and caused additional connections or wrong set of channels / groups.

Modified

Pre-process entries from subscribe response to filter out updates which has been received for channels and groups which are not part of subscription loop (subscription aggregation in shared worker).
Point to the built-in types definition file when package used with npm / yarn.

Fixed

Fix issue because of which timeout enforced by browser triggered wrong error status category.

Fixed

Resolves the issue of manually included presence channels not being unsubscribed from the subscription set.

Modified

Fix PubNub client configuration and listener documentation.

Fixed

Subscription/SubscriptionSet's subscribe() method accepts timetoken parameter. Instead as in subscriptionOption.

Fixed

Fix issue because of which single string sort option wasn't serialized properly.

Fixed

Fix issue because of which heartbeatInterval wasn't computed if presenceTimeout provided during PubNub client configuration.

Fixed

Fix revoke token method signature where mistakenly expected object with token field.

Added	Add environment flags processing to opt-out feature modules from built bundles.
Fixed	Add `application/json` content type for `Grant Token`, `Add Message Action` and `Generate File Upload URL` endpoints.

Added	Use `SharedWorker` instead of `Service Worker` for better PubNub client instances feedback. Add configuration option to enable debug log output from the subscription `SharedWorker`.
Modified	Create types declaration files.

Modified

Provider configuration option to set service worker from the URL (because of browser restrictions for worker files to be registered from the same domain).

Added

Upgraded the network layer, replacing the superagent module with the Fetch API for browser integrations and node-fetch for npm integrations, ensuring enhanced performance and reliability.
Added service worker .
Enhanced the subscribe feature with service worker support, improving user experience across multiple browser windows and tabs. The client interface rewritten with TypeScript, which gives an up-to-date interface.

Fixed

Fixes issue of add or remove listener of subscription to/from subscriptionSet.

Added

Added support for pagination params for listChannels API of push notification devices.

Fixed

Fixes issue of App context event handling for channel and membership.

Added

Adding channel, channelGroup, channelMetadata and userMetadata entities to be first-class citizens to access APIs related to them. Currently, access is provided only for subscription API.

Added	Added `enableEventEngine`, `maintainPresenceState` flags and `retryConfiguration` for retry policy configuration.
Fixed	Fixes issue of allowing duplicate listener registration. Fixes file name conflict in lib directory.

Fixed

Handle unencrypted messages in subscribe with cryptoModule configured.
Fixe for missing parameters to request or filter optional fields for App Context memberships api.

Fixed

Fixes issue of getChannelMembers call not returning status field.

Fixed

Fixes issue of not able to encrypt Blob file content in web.

Modified

Changed license type from MIT to PubNub Software Development Kit License.

Fixed

Fixes issue of pubnub.decrypt() returning wrong data format.

Added	Add crypto module that allows configure SDK to encrypt and decrypt messages.
Fixed	Improved security of crypto implementation by adding enhanced AES-CBC cryptor.

Fixed

Fixes issue of getting misleading error message when sendFile fails.

Fixed

Fixes issue of having deprecated superagent version.

Fixed

Fixes issue of missing get and set methods for userId field of PubNub configuration.

Fixed

Fixes issue of severe vulnerability warnings for vm2 usage.

Added

Added optional param withHeartbeat to set state through heartbeat endpoint.

Fixed

Fixes a case in React Native with using an error interface in superagent.
Fixes issue of getFileUrl not setting auth value as token string when token is set.

Fixed

Removes remains of Buffer from the crypto module.

Added

Allows to specify users and spaces in grantToken method.
Allows to use userId instead of uuid in configuration.

Fixed

Fixes parseToken issues on Web and React Native.

Added

Added user and space memberships related methods.
Added type and status fields in User and Space. status field in memberships.

Fixed

Fixes export issue for Node and update config for es module compatibility.

Modified

BREAKING CHANGES: Removed objects v1 methods support.

Added

Added a TypeScript build chain and moved from webpack to rollup.
Added an initial implementation of Event Engine.

Fixed

Unsubscribe fix unsubscribe from channel group presence

Modified

BREAKING CHANGES: uuid is required parameter in PubNub constructor.

Added

Add revoke token feature.

Fixed

Remove isomorphic-webcrypto polyfill for web Add buffer polyfill to react native.

Added

Allows to specify multiple origins in the config, which enables domain sharding for custom origins.

Fixed

Fix listener callback is invoked multiple times.

Fixed

Update .npmignore and excluded resources from from NPM package.

Added

Upgrade superagent.

Fixed

Fixes issue of performing file publish message retry according to fileUploadPublishRetryLimit setting of PubNub instance.

Added	Added support for Objects v2 in PAM v3 api.
Fixed	Fixes issue related to file decryption when cipherkey is provided in method.

Fixed

Fixes issue of signature does not match error with getAllUUIDMetadata call.
Error handling with global hereNow call to provide detailed error message when feature not enabled.

Added

Add grantToken support for channel and group resources.

Modified	BREAKING CHANGE - Set `true` for `useRandomIVs` by default.
Fixed	Fix `channel` and `uuid` which is used with: files API, Objects and presence.

Fixed

Revert v4.300.

Modified

Set default increased limit for message count of History v3 api single call.

Fixed

Fixes issue of missing more field in fetch messages response.

Added	Adds timetoken of file publish in the sendFile response.
Fixed	Fixes getFileUrl so that it includes auth and signature query params. Fixes downloadFile method to generate correct signature.

Fixed

Fixes compatibility with @sentry/react-native library.

Added	Added support for managing permissions of objects v2 while applying PAM v2.
Fixed	Fix uncaught promise exception in subscription manager caused by error in user code inside of subscription handlers. Error will be handled and returned to status handler with PNUnknownCategory category where errorData can be examined.

Added

Add file download to Blob in React Native.

Added	Add support for file upload via file URI in React Native.
Fixed	Fix file download to ArrayBuffer in React Native.

Fixed

Fixes an artifact where ract-native entrypoint didnt use ssl.

Fixed

Fixes an issue with react-native entrypoint where interfaces to File and Crypto are not included in the build.
Fixes the ability to sendByPost in publish.
Fixes an issue where getFileUrl returned and URI without a protocol.
Fixes an issue where storeInHistory false would not include the param.
Removes mime types dependency since that will be handled by the server.
Adds userMetadata to file event listener.

Fixed

Move @babel/runtime to runtime dependency.

Fixed

Release 4.291.

Added	Allows to upload files to channels, download them with optional encryption support. Allows to enable random IVs when encrypting messages.
Fixed	Fixes a bug with PAM and Objects v2.

Fixed

Fixes issue of high cpu usage when heartbeat interval is not set.

Fixed

getAllChannelMetadata no longer includes customFields by default.
removeChannelMetadata no longer hits wrong endpoint.
getMemberships and getChannelMembers now includes customFields by default.
getAllUUIDMetadata now includes totalCount by default.
getAllUUIDMetadata no longer includes limit by default.
all membership and channel members methods now accept a callback.
all objects v2 methods are properly typed now to include an optional callback.
getMemberships and getChannelMembers now include totalCount, prev, and next in the response.

Fixed

Fixes a bug in removeChannelMembers and removeMemberships.

Fixed

Ensure proper bytes padding in ArrayBuffer prepared for cbor-js library.

Added

Added Objects v2 API and deprecated Objects v1 API.

Added

Added support for delete permission in the grant method of accesses manager.

Fixed

Update READMEmd CDN links during deployment.
Fix pre-compiled scripts update.

Added	Add telemetry (latency) for all existing operation types.
Fixed	Replace `cbor-sync` module with `cbor-js` for client implementation for web to fix compatibility with Salesforce Lightning Web Components.

Modified	Support for APNS2 Push API
Fixed	Restore functionality to set heartbeat interval when presence timeout is set below the default

Fixed

disable presence heartbeats by default

Fixed	Make changes in fetch_messages endpoint to move message actions (if any) for message from 'data' to 'actions' property (old 'data' will be in place for few updates to not break existing clients).
Modified	fix PAMv3 tests mocked signature fix lint warnings for tests and code fix gulp build so that failures in test and lint will trigger failure in travis

Added

Add Message Actions API support which allow to: add, remove and fetch previously added actions
Add new arguments to fetch messages function which allow to fetch previously added actions and message metadata
Add new handler which can be used to track message actions addition / removal events

Fixed

Ensures history response is an array before iterating it

Fixed

Add support for auth tokens with Objects for Users, Spaces and Memberships

Fixed

Fix issue with subdomains ending in 'ps'

Fixed

Fix titanium build to support recent version

Modified

Add Objects support for Users, Spaces and Memberships

Fixed

Fix regression: 'PubNub is not a constructor' in Node.js

Modified

Add Signals support

Modified

Add minimum presence timeout

Modified

Added support to enable heartbeat requests while subscribe when heartbeat interval is provided

Modified

Added try catch block to handle exception for JSON.parse function
Updated default origin to ps.pndsn.com

Modified

Maintains the state when the presence heartbeat is explicitly disabled

Modified

Disables the presence heartbeat by default when a subscribe is called. Presence heartbeat can still be enabled explicitly.

Modified

The timetoken parameter is deprecated in the message-counts function. Use 'channelTimetokens' instead, pass one value in 'channelTimetokens' to achieve the same results.

Added	message counts
Modified	use null instead of '' for NativeScript networking module

Modified

update dependencies
fix flow process on nativescript

Fixed

fix POST for nativescript adapter over android

Modified

update dependencies

Modified

return error parameter into errorData when logVerbosity = true

Modified

update dependencies

Modified

add stringifiedTimeToken into the fetch endpoint

Fixed

avoid security vulnerability in growl < 1.10.0

Added

subscribe without using the heartbeat loop with flag withHeartbeats = false

Fixed	fix timetoken announces
Modified	categorize ETIMEDOUT errors as PNNetworkIssuesCategory

Fixed

fix signature to delete message

Modified

allow set ssl to false for nodejs

Added

add support for heartbeat sending without subscription via .presence()
add method setProxy for Nodejs
set ssl to true for nodejs by default

Added	add support for Native Script
Modified	add missing flow types upgrade superagent to ^3.8.1

Modified	keepAlive is now initialized globally instead of per-call, allowing better connection reuse
Added	added sdkName configuration parameter which allow completely override pnsdk in request query

Modified

allow disabling of heartbeats by passing 0 during initialization.

Fixed

fix UUID library to work in browsers.

Fixed

fix incorrect packaging of lil-uuid and uuid

Added	support delete messages from history
Modified	swap uuid generator with support for IE9 and IE10

Modified

fix typo to enable http keep alive support

Modified

Support optional message deduping via the dedupeOnSubscribe config
Do not issue leave events if the channel mix is empty.

Modified

Allow disable of heartbeats by passing heartbeatInterval = 0

Modified

patch up 503 reporting
fix issue with where now and invalid server response
fix issue with here now and invalid server response

Modified	fix issue of net with android for titanium
Added	add additional hooks for connectivity add auto network detection

Modified

fix issue of net with android for react-native

Added

metadata is now passed on message envelope

Added

add support custom encryption and decryption

Added	integrate fetch for react-native SDK
Modified	announce when subscription get reactivated stop heartbeats for responses with status PNBadRequestCategory

Added

allow manual control over network state via listenToBrowserNetworkEvents

Added	add support for titanium SDK
Modified	fix support for react-native SDK add validation for web distribution

Added

add support for presence deltas.
keep track of new and upcoming timetokens on status messages

Added

add optional support for keepAlive by passing the keepAlive config into the init logic

Modified

add guard to check for channel or channel group on state setting
add guard to check for publish, secret keys when performing a grant

Modified

downgrade superagent to v2; add a new entry point for react native.

Modified

adjust compilation for webpack based compilations

Modified

proxy support for node

Modified

upgrade dependencies; fix up linting.
handle network outage cases for correct reporting.

Modified

bump version after v3 release.

Modified

removes bundling of package.json into the dist file

Modified

SDK now supports the restore config to allow message catch-up

Modified

bulk history exposed via pubnub.fetchMessages
publish supports custom ttl interval
v2 for audit and grant; no consumer facing changes.
fixes for param validation on usage of promises

Modified

SDK reports on the id of the publisher in the message

Modified

Detection of support of promises improved.

Modified

Fixes on encoding of apostrophes.

Modified

Add promise support on setState operation (@jskrzypek)
Add hooks to stop polling time when the number of subscriptions drops to 0 (@jasonpoe)

Modified

Encode signatures to avoid sending restricted characters

Modified

Add optional support for promises on all endpoints.
History always returns timetokens in the payloads.
Optionally, if queue size is set, send status on queue size threshold

Modified

Fix state setting for channels with reserved tags.

Modified

Reset timetoken when all unsubscribes happen
Sign requests when a a secret key is passed

Modified

Propagate status events to the status callback on subscribe operations.

Modified

affectedChannels and affectedChannelGroups are now populated on subscribe / unsubscribe events

Modified

Dependency upgrades

Modified

Expose decryption and encryption as a global

Modified

Channel / subscription items are populated in
Constants for operation and category are exposed on global object

Modified

Re-publish of v4.0.7

Modified

Dependency upgrades
Try..catch wrapped around localStorage for iframe compliance

Modified

Adjustment of reconnection policies for web distributions.
PNSDK support for partner identification

Modified

Stop exposing .babelrc which causes unpredictable behavior on react native.

Modified	Adjust handling of presence payloads for state settings. Triggering disconnect, reconnect events on Web distributions. React Native adjustments to package.json information.
Added	Exposing generateUUID method to create uuids.

Modified

Global Here Now parsing adjustments.

Modified

Adjustments to internet disconnects on node.

Fixed

Fixes to avoid double encoding on JSON payloads.

Added

New iteration of JS / Node SDK family

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