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Learning ibeacon

By : Craig Gilchrist
Book Image

Learning ibeacon

By: Craig Gilchrist

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Learning iBeacon
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Using Estimote API 2.1


Our tutorial is going to take us through how to use the Estimote API to build an app, which allows us to configure Estimote beacons with custom UUID, major, and minor values.

To complete this tutorial, you will need some hardware. Estimote offer a 3-beacon developer kit at $ 99, which allows you to get started with building solutions using their beacons, which can be ordered from their website at https://order.estimote.com/.

I've used the latest SDK (2.1) at the time of writing this, but the developers working at Estimote are always busy and constantly improving their API and firmware. Before beginning this tutorial, I'd recommend heading over to the Estimote API pages (http://bit.ly/estimoteapi) and checking out the latest API.

I'd also recommend upgrading your Estimote beacon firmware to the latest version.

Security

In the latest version of the Estimote SDK, you need to connect to the devices using the API app ID and API app token. When you buy beacons from Estimote,...