Location analytics : Scanning API

[afasquel]

Hello Guys, 

I'd like to explore the Scanning API feature. What kind of server should I use for the "post URL" 

Any labs available ?

I'd really like to see which mac addresses are seen in a specific place and time.

Cheers

Alex

[jdsilva]

Meraki's own @DexterLaBora has this python example in GitHub. This is what I started with. 

https://github.com/dexterlabora/cmxreceiver-python

He's also got a Node.JS example too:

https://github.com/dexterlabora/node-red-contrib-meraki-cmx

[PhilipDAth]

I've used the Amazon AWS Lamba one several times as a base.  I find it the most straightforward way of doing it.  No servers or certificates to setup.

[jdsilva]

Ahh shoot! @PhilipDAth makes a good point. Now that Meraki has changed the Scanning API to require HTTPS you will have to deal with a cert to make this work. If you decide to use the Python CMX-Receiver example you can add a cert from Let's Encrypt to it very easily. Here's a tutorial on doing so:

http://blog.brokennetwork.ca/2019/05/lets-encrypt-for-meraki-webhooks-and.html