FourSquare hard coded Authentication on microcontroller

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I want to be able to check in to foursquare from a microcontroller. Now as it doesn't have a browser I can't use OAuth that allows user to accept the authorisation. Is there anyway I can hardcode this into the microcontroller code.

Basically I only want to be able to check in to a fixed place when I press a button on my embedded device to my own foursquare account. so it's a pretty static task.

any suggestions would be much appreciated

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 25 '12 at 14:05

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Generate your own OAuth token on the web and then hard-code the token + venueId into the device.

answered Jun 25 '12 at 14:05

akdotcom

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I ended up doing that. but isn't there any other way? to do it all on the device? – ABros Jul 04 '12 at 22:39
No, the OAuth flow requires a device capable of rendering a web page. – akdotcom Jul 10 '12 at 19:30

FourSquare hard coded Authentication on microcontroller

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