[question]: When using the 5.x.x API how to make background notifications work even when notifications are disabled for my app.

[stefan-tkii]

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So far I have been using OneSignal version 4.8.6 for my app. And I had made use of the API defined here: https://documentation.onesignal.com/v9.0/docs/sdk-reference#unsubscribewhennotificationsaredisabled-method for enabling notifications to work even when the permission for them was disabled. I was reading the documentation about the new 5.x.x API but could not find the corresponding API for this same functionality.

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[jennantilla]

Hello there!

We are looking at adding this capability to our API, but currently, the workaround is to create a 2nd OneSignal app to register the push tokens. You can get the token with this method even if the user did not accept notifications.

Then, use the OneSignal Create Subscription REST API call to register the device to your secondary OneSignal app_id for your silent notifications.

Hope this helps! Let us know if you have any additional questions or concerns.