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The app push notification subscriptions API lets you register mobile devices to receive push notifications for Cal.com booking events. This is useful when building native iOS or Android apps that need real-time booking alerts.

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Prerequisites

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How it works

  1. Your mobile app obtains an Expo push token from the device.
  2. You register the token with Cal.com using the POST endpoint, specifying the platform and a unique device identifier.
  3. Cal.com delivers push notifications to the registered device when booking events occur.
  4. When the user logs out or disables notifications, you remove the subscription using the DELETE endpoint.
Registration is idempotent — if you register the same token again, the existing subscription is updated rather than duplicated.

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Endpoints

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Register a subscription

curl -X POST https://api.cal.com/v2/notifications/subscriptions/app-push \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <token>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "token": "ExponentPushToken[xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]",
    "platform": "IOS",
    "deviceId": "device-unique-id"
  }'
Request body
FieldTypeRequiredDescription
tokenstringYesExpo push token. Must match the format ExponentPushToken[...].
platformstringYesDevice platform. Must be IOS or ANDROID.
deviceIdstringYesA unique identifier for the device, used to distinguish multiple devices.
Response Returns the created or updated subscription with status: "success". 
{
  "status": "success",
  "data": {
    "id": 123,
    "userId": 456,
    "type": "APP_PUSH",
    "identifier": "ExponentPushToken[xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]",
    "platform": "IOS",
    "deviceId": "device-unique-id"
  }
}

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Remove a subscription

curl -X DELETE https://api.cal.com/v2/notifications/subscriptions/app-push \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <token>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "token": "ExponentPushToken[xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]"
  }'
Request body
FieldTypeRequiredDescription
tokenstringYesThe Expo push token to unregister. Must match the format ExponentPushToken[...].
Response Returns status: "success" when the subscription is removed. Returns a 404 error if no subscription exists for the given token. 
{
  "status": "success"
}

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Example: React Native integration

import * as Notifications from "expo-notifications";

async function registerForPushNotifications(apiToken: string) {
  const { data: expoPushToken } = await Notifications.getExpoPushTokenAsync();
  const deviceId = `${Platform.OS}-${Device.modelId}`;

  const response = await fetch(
    "https://api.cal.com/v2/notifications/subscriptions/app-push",
    {
      method: "POST",
      headers: {
        Authorization: `Bearer ${apiToken}`,
        "Content-Type": "application/json",
      },
      body: JSON.stringify({
        token: expoPushToken,
        platform: Platform.OS === "ios" ? "IOS" : "ANDROID",
        deviceId,
      }),
    }
  );

  return response.json();
}

async function unregisterPushNotifications(
  apiToken: string,
  expoPushToken: string
) {
  const response = await fetch(
    "https://api.cal.com/v2/notifications/subscriptions/app-push",
    {
      method: "DELETE",
      headers: {
        Authorization: `Bearer ${apiToken}`,
        "Content-Type": "application/json",
      },
      body: JSON.stringify({ token: expoPushToken }),
    }
  );

  return response.json();
}