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Yiliang
Yiliang

Reputation: 473

How can I retrieve the check-in object from foursquare by querying with a checkin id?

I have obtained the 4sq checkin id from twitter streaming api and I want to get the details of the checkin such as userid, time, venueid etc.

However, when I check the 4sq api, I find that the related endpoint requires an acting user. So can anybody suggest what could be an alternative way to get this information? (especially user_id)

Thanks!!

Upvotes: 1

Views: 990

Answers (1)

Jonathan Levison
Jonathan Levison

Reputation: 2617

Right now there is no alternative way:
The Checkin endpoint requires authentication, it will return the data you are looking for.

Foursquare requires you to act as a user (via OAuth) to get user related information.

The only thing that does not require authentication is the Venues Platform, but you cannot get information about checkins from it, just number of people who checked in a place.

Upvotes: 2

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