{"id":1475,"date":"2014-06-26T04:45:02","date_gmt":"2014-06-26T08:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/345am.com\/?p=1475"},"modified":"2014-06-26T04:45:02","modified_gmt":"2014-06-26T08:45:02","slug":"using-trigger-tasker-for-nfc-automated-foursquare-checkins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/345am.com\/?p=1475","title":{"rendered":"Using Trigger & Tasker for NFC Automated Foursquare Checkins"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m using an HTC M8 running KitKat along with\u00a0Tasker<\/a>\u00a0v.4.3\u00a0and Trigger<\/a>\u00a0v.8.5\u00a0to add in NFC support.<\/p>\n

Assumptions for this guide are that you have:<\/p>\n

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  1. A phone that supports NFC<\/li>\n
  2. Some programmable NFC stickers or badges<\/li>\n
  3. A Foursquare account, valid OAuth token, and a VenueID you would like to use. If not, visit Foursquare’s Developer Site<\/a> before proceeding<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    STEP 1 – Install & Configure Tasker
    \n<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. Launch Tasker and enter Preferences<\/li>\n
    2. Touch to the MISC tab and enable “Allow External Access”<\/li>\n
    3. Save\/Confirm changes, and close Tasker<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      STEP 2 – Install Trigger<\/strong><\/p>\n

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      1. The order of installation apparently makes a difference, so make sure to install it after Tasker<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        STEP 3 – Create a Foursquare Checkin Task<\/strong><\/p>\n

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        1. Launch Tasker<\/li>\n
        2. Touch to enter the Tasks tab<\/li>\n
        3. Add a new task, and label it whatever you’d like<\/li>\n
        4. When prompted to “Click + to add an Action”, do so and select the “Net” option<\/li>\n
        5. Within the “Net” action group, select “HTTP Post”<\/li>\n
        6. For the “Server:Port” enter the following: \u00a0https:\/\/api.foursquare.com<\/li>\n
        7. For the “Path” enter the following: \u00a0\/v2\/checkins\/add?venueId=VenueIDHere&oauth_token=OauthTokenHere&v=YYYYMMDD
          \nExample: \u00a0\/v2\/checkins\/add?venueId=5642309487SDFdsda29&oauth_token=0NVSDFJSDHFDSKFJDSFAFDAWBS&v=20140626<\/em><\/li>\n
        8. Save the Task and press the Play icon from the Task Edit section to run the task and confirm it’s working as expected<\/li>\n
        9. All done with Tasker<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          STEP 4 – Create an NFC based Trigger<\/strong><\/p>\n

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          1. Launch Trigger<\/li>\n
          2. Touch\u00a0the “+” icon to add a new Trigger<\/li>\n
          3. Touch the “+” icon once again to define what the Trigger will be based on, and select “NFC”<\/li>\n
          4. You’ll receive a prompt indicating that you’ll be able to write this trigger to an NFC tag once done. Touch “Next” to proceed<\/li>\n
          5. Define any Restrictions for when this trigger will be applicable, or just touch\u00a0Done to proceed with the default settings of “No Restrictions”<\/li>\n
          6. Touch Next to proceed with what this Trigger will do once activated<\/li>\n
          7. Touch the “+” icon once again to choose between categories of actions, scroll down to Tasker and check the “Tasker Task” box and touch “Next” to proceed<\/li>\n
          8. Touch the magnifying glass to reveal all Tasks configured within Tasker and select the one configured above to checkin to your Foursqaure venue<\/li>\n
          9. One done, you’re returned to the Tasks section where you can add or define other actions which should take place with the trigger is activated<\/li>\n
          10. Touch Next to proceed and you’ll be prompted to configure a “Switch” set of actions. Click Done to proceed<\/li>\n
          11. You’ll be taken to a screen where Trigger will wait for you to present or tap an NFC tag to program it. Once done, you’ll receive an audio\/visual confirmation<\/li>\n
          12. Touch Done when finished and you’ll be returned to the Tasks\/Triggers screen to reveal which triggers are currently enabled and what their actions are<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            STEP 5 – Test it out!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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            1. Close out of Tasker and Trigger<\/li>\n
            2. With the phone unlocked, tap your programmed NFC tag and Trigger should pick up from there<\/li>\n
            3. Based on the Trigger you’ve set up it will check you into the predefined venue and kick off any other actions you may have set<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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              I’m using an HTC M8 running KitKat along with\u00a0Tasker\u00a0v.4.3\u00a0and Trigger\u00a0v.8.5\u00a0to add in NFC support. Assumptions for this guide are that you have: A phone that supports NFC Some programmable NFC stickers or badges A Foursquare account, valid OAuth token, and a VenueID you would like to use. If not, visit Foursquare’s Developer Site before proceeding […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fyi","category-geek-alert"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/345am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/345am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/345am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/345am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/345am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/345am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1475\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/345am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/345am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/345am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}