littleBits Activate Output. Foursquare New check-in by friend in area.

If a friend checks in near our office, sound a friendly alert!

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If a friend checks in near our office, sound a friendly alert!

If
Foursquare

New check-in by friend in area

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This Trigger fires every time any friend checks in on Foursquare or Swarm in an area you specify.
Shout UserName UserUrl UserProfileImageUrl VenueName VenueUrl VenueMapImageUrl LocationMapImageUrl LocationMapUrl CheckinDate
Then
littleBits

Activate Output

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This Action will activate the output of your cloudBit for 3 seconds.
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Services used in this Applet

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Any new check-in

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This Trigger fires every time you check in on Foursquare or Swarm. Only works with public check-ins.

New check-in at category

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This Trigger fires every time you check in to a venue in a specific category on Foursquare or Swarm. It only works with public check-ins.

New check-in by friend in area

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This Trigger fires every time any friend checks in on Foursquare or Swarm in an area you specify.

New check-in by you in area

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This Trigger fires every time you check in on Foursquare or Swarm in an area you specify.

New check-in tagged

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires every time you check in on Foursquare or Swarm with a single hashtag in the shout (e.g. #IFTTT).

New check-in with photo

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This Trigger fires every time you check in with a photo on Foursquare or Swarm. Only works with public check-ins.

Turned Off

Realtime trigger
Realtime Applets run after the trigger service notifies IFTTT of a new trigger event. Since IFTTT is notified proactively of new trigger events, realtime Applets normally run within a few seconds of a trigger event occurring.
This Trigger fires every time your cloudBit's input goes from high to low.

Turned On

Realtime trigger
Realtime Applets run after the trigger service notifies IFTTT of a new trigger event. Since IFTTT is notified proactively of new trigger events, realtime Applets normally run within a few seconds of a trigger event occurring.
This Trigger fires every time your cloudBit receives an input signal from another littleBits module.

History of when input dropped

Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns a list of when your cloudBit's input goes from high to low. Note: this query will only return future events after this Applet is created.

Activate Output

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This Action will activate the output of your cloudBit for 3 seconds.

Deactivate Output

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This Action will deactivate the output of your cloudBit.

Set Output Level

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This Action will set the output of your cloudBit to the specified level for the specified length of time.

Activate Output

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This Action will activate the output of your cloudBit for 3 seconds.

Any new check-in

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This Trigger fires every time you check in on Foursquare or Swarm. Only works with public check-ins.

Deactivate Output

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This Action will deactivate the output of your cloudBit.

History of when input dropped

Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns a list of when your cloudBit's input goes from high to low. Note: this query will only return future events after this Applet is created.

New check-in at category

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This Trigger fires every time you check in to a venue in a specific category on Foursquare or Swarm. It only works with public check-ins.

New check-in by friend in area

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This Trigger fires every time any friend checks in on Foursquare or Swarm in an area you specify.

New check-in by you in area

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This Trigger fires every time you check in on Foursquare or Swarm in an area you specify.

New check-in tagged

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires every time you check in on Foursquare or Swarm with a single hashtag in the shout (e.g. #IFTTT).

New check-in with photo

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This Trigger fires every time you check in with a photo on Foursquare or Swarm. Only works with public check-ins.

Set Output Level

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This Action will set the output of your cloudBit to the specified level for the specified length of time.

Turned Off

Realtime trigger
Realtime Applets run after the trigger service notifies IFTTT of a new trigger event. Since IFTTT is notified proactively of new trigger events, realtime Applets normally run within a few seconds of a trigger event occurring.
This Trigger fires every time your cloudBit's input goes from high to low.

Turned On

Realtime trigger
Realtime Applets run after the trigger service notifies IFTTT of a new trigger event. Since IFTTT is notified proactively of new trigger events, realtime Applets normally run within a few seconds of a trigger event occurring.
This Trigger fires every time your cloudBit receives an input signal from another littleBits module.

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