[Imc-makerspace] Space API Resources

[Brian Williams]

Here's the wiki page for the 'open' switch, with a link to the Github repo:

http://wiki.hive13.org/Hackerspace_Open_Switch

https://github.com/Hive13/openswitch

They did use an arduino (clone) with an ethernet shield.

- Brian



On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 8:44 PM, Stewart Dickson <mathartspd at gmail.com>wrote:

> **
> == Relating to tonight's Makerspace membership meeting ==
>
> == Snipped from below and further annotated ==
>
> Space API[1].
>
> There's already a number of spaces using this api and thus Android
> apps[2] and webpages[3][4] already accessing this information.
>
> #matt  <brimstone at the.narro.ws>
>
> 1: https://hackerspaces.nl/spaceapi/
> "The HackerSpace Status API proposes a unified syntax to publish
> information about a hackerspace for consumption by javascript widgets,
> mobile apps and other scripts or programs. The API is flexible, and allows
> for custom extensions."
> 2:
>
> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ws.narro.the.in.spacedirectory
> "This is a directory browser for hackerspaces supporting the SpaceAPI and
> listed in the directory. More details about the API here:
> https://hackerspaces.nl/spaceapi/ If you want your camera image to show
> up on your space's page, direct the cam array element in the API towards a
> url ending in jpg, png or gif.
> Source can be found at
> https://the.narro.ws/svn/brimstone/programming/android/SpaceDirectory"
> 3: http://hackerspaces.me/wall
> Global Hackerspaces Status Wall
> 4: http://joewalnes.github.com/hackerspace-globe/ (when it works) --
> Requires a WebGL
> enabled browser
>
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------  Subject: Re: [freeside] Re: Anyone
> Home?  Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2012 18:07:55 -0500  From: Stewart Dickson
> <mathartspd at gmail.com> <mathartspd at gmail.com>  To:
> freesideatlanta at googlegroups.com
>
> Again, I don't know the details, but it seems to me that the odds are good
> that Space API is what Hive13 uses for their "Space Status" app.
> On the hardware side, I think it is an Arduino with Ethernet port Internet
> *Appliance* which senses the state of the "Open"/"Closed" switch
> in the physical space.
>
> Cheers,
>
> -Stewart
>
> On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 5:54 PM, Matt <brimstone at the.narro.ws> wrote:
>
>> On 07/25/2012 05:21 PM, Stewart Dickson wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > In response to the general "Is the space open?" questions ...
>> > A member of MakerSpace Urbana showed us the cool "Space Status" app
>> > that Hive13 has:  http://www.hive13.org
>> > (Cincinnati, OH)
>> > In the right-hand side-bar of the web page, the "Space Status"
>> > toggles between "Open" and "Closed"
>> > depending on whether someone is physically in the space or not.  I
>> > don't remember exactly what it is,
>> > but it's something like a "The Doctor is [In|Out]" sign or electric
>> > "Open"/"Closed" sign in the window,
>> > where sliding the square to cover "Out" and reveal "In" (Turning on
>> > the "Open" sign) changes the state
>> > in the Web server app.  It could probably link to a smartphone
>> > "Space Status" app as well.
>>
>>  If you think that is cool, I invite Freeside to join the Space API[1].
>>
>> There's already a number of spaces using this api and thus Android
>> apps[2] and webpages[3][4] already accessing this information.
>>
>> #matt
>>
>> 1: https://hackerspaces.nl/spaceapi/
>> 2:
>>
>> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ws.narro.the.in.spacedirectory
>> 3: http://hackerspaces.me/wall
>> 4: http://joewalnes.github.com/hackerspace-globe/ (when it works)
>>
>>
>
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