Meraki Scanning API

Enable Location API

The Location API is configured in the Meraki Dashboard and will capture all WiFi observations by default.

Logon to the Meraki Dashboard.

Then navigate to Network Wide > General

  1. Turn on the API by selecting Location API enabled in the dropdown box.
  2. Specify a post URL and the authentication secret (the secret is used by your HTTP server to validate that the JSON posts are coming from the Meraki cloud)
  3. Specify which Location API version your HTTP server is prepared to receive and process.
  4. Configure and host your HTTP server to receive JSON objects.
  5. Upon the first connection, the Meraki cloud will perform a single HTTP GET; the server must return the organization-specific validator string as a response, which will verify the organization's identity as the Cisco Meraki customer. The Meraki cloud will then begin performing JSON posts.

Protocol Flow

An illustration of the conversation between Meraki cloud and third-party server:

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