Accept a GET request from Meraki and respond with a validator
Meraki will POST to the server, if validated.
POST will contain a validator and a secret, which can be verified by the server.
JSON data will be in the data object POST

Prerequisites

Flask must be installed http://flask.pocoo.org/docs/0.12/
Cisco Meraki Network with Location Scanning API enabled and configured to point to this server
Expose your server publicly using a tool like ngrok: https://ngrok.com/

locationscanningreceiver.py

The basic app will show the "blue-dot" location of the clients on a map
To launch from python directly: python3 locationscanningreceiver.py -v <validator> -s <secret>
To launch via flask:

export FLASK_APP=locationscanningreceiver.py -v <validator> -s <secret>
flask run -h 0.0.0.0
 * Running on http://0.0.0.0:5000/

Extends the basic app by placing data into a local MongoDB database to save historical data.
Requires https://www.mongodb.com/
Requires pymongo (pip install pymongo)
To launch from python directly:
- mkdir mongodata
- mongod --dbpath=./mongodata --nojournal
- from another terminal or command line window: python3 locationscanningreceiver-mongodb.py -v <validator> -s <secret>

To launch via flask:

export FLASK_APP=locationscanningreceiver-mongodb.py -v <validator> -s <secret>
flask run -h 0.0.0.0
 * Running on http://0.0.0.0:5000/

ngrok http 5000

Then use the new url it creates as your base URL: https://.ngrok.io/

2016

2017