thelightbug.com TrackingAPI Example Node (ES6) Client

Note: This repository is from circa 2020/21, and may be out of date. Please refer to https://docs.lightbug.io for the most up-to-date information.

API for retrieving tracking data and changing settings on LightBug & RemoteThings tracking devices

Getting Started

Clone locally and run

npm install

to integrate into your own project, run

npm i -S tracking-api mqtt

Running examples

Open the relevant .js file and add your username and password, change parameters where required

node getting-started.js

node configuration.js

node listener.js

Documentation

Documentation is available here https://cp.remotethings.co.uk/docs/ and here https://www.npmjs.com/package/tracking-api

And after npm install, in node_modules/tracking-api/docs

Setup SQS

See

sqs-setup.js

You will need to have setup an SQS queue on your account with the following Policy Document: NOTE: replace

arn:aws:sqs:us-east-2:829297355604:test_lb

with your queue ARN

{
    "Version": "2012-10-17",
    "Id": "AllowLightbugPush",
    "Statement": [
     {
        "Sid": "AllowLightbugPush001",
        "Effect": "Allow",
        "Principal": "*",
        "Action": "sqs:SendMessage",
        "Resource": "arn:aws:sqs:us-east-2:829297355604:test_lb",
        "Condition": {
            "ArnEquals": {
                "aws:SourceArn": "arn:aws:sns:*:367158939173:*"
            }
        }
     }
    ]
}

Based on information available https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sns/latest/dg/SendMessageToSQS.cross.account.html Once you have run this script, you will need to wait for "SubscriptionConfirmation" message and visit the SubscribeURL to confirm subscription, as detailed int the above link under To confirm a subscription using the Amazon SQS console