Location check in 🗺 — The Roman Baths, Bath

@thedimpause I got to visit during my first year of college! It’s such a faint memory now lol
Enjoy!

@thedimpause curious-are you using a shortcut for these checkins?

@UndamnedOne Yes, I am using an Apple Shortcut that uses the Get current location function and posts to Microblog:

🔗 Check in Shortcut

where you need to edit the shortcut and enter your Micro.blog authorisation token in the first text field.

Probably not a very elegant way of doing it!

@thedimpause I love it! So smart :)

@thedimpause I think this is awesome. I’m obsessed with Shortcuts. How did you learn to make them? This one looks pretty advanced.

I’m still trying to figure out how to use Humboldt to post text and a photo at the same time. No luck there so far.

@UndamnedOne I’ve really only learned about Shortcuts by looking at those made by other people with the occasional dip into the Shortcuts User Guide. So a process of experimentation, trial and error 😉

My location check in shortcut is probably the most complicated I’ve done - but that’s because I know very little about posting to Micro.blog with the JSON API. I used the Micro.blog Help page Location API data along with (again!) looking at how other people had done posting to Micro.blog using Shortcuts.

Afraid I haven’t attempted uploading images using Shortcuts - I mainly use Mimi on iOS - and haven’t used Humboldt at all …

@thedimpause that’s interesting… I’ll test this one out and probably mention it in an upcoming video…

@numericcitizen Hope it works for you - it’s almost certainly not the most elegant solution!

Of course the check in relies on you naming (or typing a message about) the location you are checking into, unlike something like FourSquare which has its own database of places.

But I quite like the results on my blog - e.g. this post. I have modified my post templates to show a map if the location data is present. Idea taken from @manton where he did a similar thing at manton.coffee. I’m using the Google Maps service but other mapping services are available!

@thedimpause wow, cool! I wish I was good at CSS.

@thedimpause just downloaded this to add to my shortcut library. Thank you!

@BenjaminHolsteen Just remember to edit the Shortcut and insert your own Micro.blog App Token in the first text box in place of the

>insert microblog auth token here

placeholder text 😄

Hadn’t really planned on sharing this widely, really would like it to be a little more polished - the confirmation response to a successful check in should definitely be more elegant!

@thedimpause Yes, I noticed the need for my own auth code, added it in and tested it. Works great! As for elegance, I’m a “does the car get me from point a to point b? Yes? Than it’s a good car!” guy. I appreciate you sharing it—even if it’s not (subjectively) perfect! 🙂

@BenjaminHolsteen 👍

@thedimpause Interesting Shortcut. The built-in check-in function of WithKnown has been giving me a fair bit of grief lately, mostly not showing the map, and this would be a good starting point to see if I can make something similar.

@jeremycherfas Definitely! Using the Get current location function in Shortcuts could allow you to push latitude and longitude wherever you like or, if it’s of any use, link to the Apple Maps location.