Adding a Subscription

Scenarios

To deliver messages published to a topic to endpoints, you must add the subscription endpoints to the topic. Endpoints can be email addresses, phone numbers, and HTTP/HTTPS URLs. After you add endpoints to the topic and the subscribers confirm the subscription, they are able to receive messages published to the topic.

You can add multiple subscriptions to each topic. This section describes how you can add a subscription to a topic you created or a topic that you have permissions for.

Adding a Subscription

1. Log in to the management console.
2. In the upper left corner of the page, click and select the desired region and project.
3. Select Simple Message Notification under Application.

   The SMN console is displayed.

4. In the navigation pane, choose Subscriptions.

5. In the upper right corner, click Add Subscription.

   The Add Subscription dialog box is displayed.

6. Specify the required subscription information.
   1. Beside the Topic Name box, click Select Topic.
   2. Specify the subscription protocol and endpoints.

      Table 1 Parameters for adding a subscription

      Parameter	Description
      Topic Name	Specifies the name of the topic to which messages are published.
      Protocol	Specifies the protocol over which messages are sent. Possible values include SMS, HTTP, HTTPS, and Email.
      Endpoint	Specifies the subscription endpoint. You can add up to 10 email, HTTP, or HTTPS endpoints, one in each line. SMS: Enter one or more valid phone numbers. The phone number must be preceded by a plus sign (+) and country code. Email: Enter one or more valid email addresses. Examples: username@example.com username2@example.com HTTP: Enter one or more public network URLs. Example: http://example.com/notification/action HTTPS: Enter one or more public network URLs. Example: https://example.com/notification/action

7. Click OK.

   The subscription you added is displayed in the subscription list.

   

   • To prevent malicious users from attacking subscription endpoints, SMN limits the number of confirmation messages that can be sent to an endpoint within a specified period. For details, see section "Traffic Control on Subscription Confirmation" in Simple Message Notification User Guide.
   • SMN does not check whether subscription endpoints exist when you add subscriptions. However, subscribers will not receive notification messages until they confirm their subscriptions.
   • After you add a subscription, SMN sends a confirmation message to your subscription endpoint. You can confirm the subscription within 48 hours through the confirmation link via your mobile phone, mailbox, or other endpoints.
   • Subscription confirmation messages will be counted as messages sent and will be billed.