Add an API Presence and Data Location Feed

About this task

The presence and location API feature lets Extreme Networks wireless devices detect the presence of clients (such as smart phones) and obtain location data for all connected and unconnected clients. Use the following steps to configure a Presence and Data Location feed to stream raw presence and location data from the ExtremeCloud IQ Cloud Services platform to an external server.

Procedure

  1. Navigate to Global Settings > API Data Management.
  2. Select the plus sign on the API Data Management page.
  3. Enter the Post URL for the server to receive presence and location-based services.
    The Extreme Networks Cloud Services platform streams real-time presence and location data through a webhook to this URL.
    Note

    Note

    Because client MAC addresses and positions are being transmitted, an HTTPS connection is strongly recommended. If you use an SSL certificate, ensure that it is well known and contains the entire CA certificate chain because ExtremeCloud IQ will not connect to a server if it cannot validate its certificate.
  4. Enter an access token, which is either automatically generated when you create a new application in the Develop Portal or which you manually generate (see Generate API Access Tokens).
  5. Select a Message Type:
    • Client-Centric presents a single view of a client device and shows the Access Points observing it.
    • AP-Centric sent for each Access Point that observes client devices. If a client device is observed by multiple access points, information about the device will appear in multiple messages, one for each AP observation. This feature does not scale for customers with high density environments.
  6. Select Enable.
  7. Select Save.