diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index da7f48c..de75462 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,39 +1,40 @@
-# Logs
-logs
-*.log
-npm-debug.log*
-
-# Runtime data
-pids
-*.pid
-*.seed
-
-# Directory for instrumented libs generated by jscoverage/JSCover
-lib-cov
-
-# Coverage directory used by tools like istanbul
-coverage
-
-# nyc test coverage
-.nyc_output
-
-# Grunt intermediate storage (http://gruntjs.com/creating-plugins#storing-task-files)
-.grunt
-
-# node-waf configuration
-.lock-wscript
-
-# Compiled binary addons (http://nodejs.org/api/addons.html)
-build/Release
-
-# Dependency directories
-node_modules
-jspm_packages
-
-# Optional npm cache directory
-.npm
-
-# Optional REPL history
-.node_repl_history
-
-.DS_Store
+# Logs
+logs
+*.log
+npm-debug.log*
+
+# Runtime data
+pids
+*.pid
+*.seed
+
+# Directory for instrumented libs generated by jscoverage/JSCover
+lib-cov
+
+# Coverage directory used by tools like istanbul
+coverage
+
+# nyc test coverage
+.nyc_output
+
+# Grunt intermediate storage (http://gruntjs.com/creating-plugins#storing-task-files)
+.grunt
+
+# node-waf configuration
+.lock-wscript
+
+# Compiled binary addons (http://nodejs.org/api/addons.html)
+build/Release
+
+# Dependency directories
+node_modules
+jspm_packages
+
+# Optional npm cache directory
+.npm
+
+# Optional REPL history
+.node_repl_history
+
+.DS_Store
+/nbproject/
diff --git a/src/android/FirebaseMessagingPlugin.java b/src/android/FirebaseMessagingPlugin.java
index c443435..6719dae 100644
--- a/src/android/FirebaseMessagingPlugin.java
+++ b/src/android/FirebaseMessagingPlugin.java
@@ -24,8 +24,12 @@
 import org.json.JSONObject;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 import me.leolin.shortcutbadger.ShortcutBadger;
+import org.json.JSONArray;
 
 
 public class FirebaseMessagingPlugin extends ReflectiveCordovaPlugin {
@@ -150,6 +154,34 @@ private void requestPermission(CallbackContext callbackContext) {
         }
     }
 
+    @CordovaMethod
+    private void send(String senderId, String id, JSONObject data, CallbackContext callbackContext) {
+        FirebaseMessaging fm = FirebaseMessaging.getInstance();
+        RemoteMessage.Builder messageBuilder = new RemoteMessage.Builder(senderId + "@gcm.googleapis.com")
+            .setMessageId(id);
+        try {
+            for (Map.Entry<String, String> entry : toMap(data).entrySet()) {
+                messageBuilder.addData(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue());
+            }
+            fm.send(messageBuilder.build());
+        } catch (JSONException e) {
+             Log.e(TAG, "sendNotification", e);
+             callbackContext.error("Message is not sent");
+        }
+            
+    }
+    
+    public static Map<String, String> toMap(JSONObject jsonobj)  throws JSONException {
+        Map<String, String> map = new HashMap<String, String>();
+        Iterator<String> keys = jsonobj.keys();
+        while(keys.hasNext()) {
+            String key = keys.next();
+            String value = jsonobj.get(key).toString();
+            map.put(key, value);
+        }   return map;
+    }
+    
+    
     @Override
     public void onNewIntent(Intent intent) {
         JSONObject notificationData = getNotificationData(intent);
diff --git a/www/FirebaseMessaging.js b/www/FirebaseMessaging.js
index 2e7cd4b..fe92f53 100644
--- a/www/FirebaseMessaging.js
+++ b/www/FirebaseMessaging.js
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ module.exports = {
             exec(resolve, reject, PLUGIN_NAME, "getToken", []);
         });
     },
+    send: function(senderId, id, data)  {
+        return new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
+            exec(resolve, reject, PLUGIN_NAME, "send", [senderId, id, data]);
+        });
+    },
     setBadge: function(value) {
         return new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
             exec(resolve, reject, PLUGIN_NAME, "setBadge", [value]);