micropub checkins not working

[danito]

just tested http://ownyourcheckin.wirres.net/ which peso your checkin from 4sq and publish it via micropub back to your site. The status is coming to my known site but not as checkin.
See https://nxd4n.nixekinder.be/2016/checkin-foursquare-4sq-1
This is what is posted:

[published] => 2016-02-14T20:04:57+01:00
[location] => geo:50.807987237976,4.313364561688
[place_name] => Georgiana Island
[place_url] => https://foursquare.com/venue/555b4630498eec90b9af983b?ref=YOFY2SHCUPCRRJUBFNI2D1SU3IKOFBHOGSX3ZN5CDEARGODM
[category] => Array
(
[] => checkin
[] => foursquare
[] => 4sq
)

[content] =>
[syndication] => https://foursquare.com/forward/checkin/56c0cfd9498e254d8a1ecb77

The checkin category is ignored or probably nothing checks against if it is possible to publish a checkin entity if it is enabled.

[kylewm]

hmm, well category is not a reliable way to determine post type in micropub... you generally have to infer the post type from which properties are given. see http://indiewebcamp.com/post-type-discovery

at this time, it looks like it's impossible to distinguish a check-in from a note with location info. feel free to come chat in #indiewebcamp (freenode irc) if you want to try to work out how it can be done.

[danito]

I see, this is not so easy.
But I guess without a indeWebContentType = checkin it wouldn't work anyways.

[danito]

I created a branch where I modified the IdnoPlugins/IndiePub/Pages/MicroPub/Endpoint.php so it grabs the location and the place_name from the MicroPub and saves a new checkin.

In this case I treat all entries with a location as a new checkin. If you use Ownyourgram.com and add a location to your Instagram, you will also end up with a checkin rather than a photo in your Known.

Now, the question remains, what is a checkin and how is it different to a note with location data..? Do I prefer a photo with a link to (or embed) a map or a checkin with a photo... or both?

[kylewm]

@dissolve suggested including a (optional) parameter in the publish request mp-type=checkin to differentiate. http://indiewebcamp.com/irc/2016-02-16/line/1455653554317

It doesn't have the ideological purity of the post-type-discovery approach, but it's a useful hedge since Known has very explicit post types.

@diplix would you be willing to add this field to https://github.com/diplix/OwnYourCheckin ?

[diplix]

sure, i’ll look into it and test the mp-type=checkin parameter.

[diplix]

ok, hth, this is what get’s send now:

Array
(
    [mp-type] => checkin
    [published] => 2016-02-15T18:20:30+01:00
    [location] => geo:52.553054478082,13.346972465515
    [place_name] => E Reichelt
    [place_url] => https://foursquare.com/venue/4c5912d66407d13a676db128?ref=YOFY2SHCUPCRRJUBFNI2D1SU3IKOFBHOGSX3ZN5CDEARGODM
    [category] => Array
        (
            [0] => checkin
            [1] => foursquare
            [2] => 4sq
        )

    [content] => 2 flaschen bier 1,98€, 18 minuten wartezeit anner kasse.
    [syndication] => https://foursquare.com/forward/checkin/56c208de498e33e48e0f2d8d
)

diplix/OwnYourCheckin@b383f52

[kylewm]

THanks @diplix and @danito! Nice work 💃