Title: Modification Required
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Modification Required

 *  Resolved [shockdanny](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shockdanny/)
 * (@shockdanny)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/modification-required/)
 * Hi, is it possible to display check-ins for people on my friends list?
 * Right now I want to run a live feed where it displays the check-ins of myself
   as well as people on my friends list.
 * Therefore, I need the plugin to be able to display everyone’s recent check-ins
   on the map, not just mine.
 * May I know how this can be accomplished?
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 *  Plugin Author [vicchi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vicchi/)
 * (@vicchi)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/modification-required/#post-4241039)
 * I’m afraid this isn’t possible with the current version of the plugin and I doubt
   whether it will be possible with future versions.
 * The Foursquare API only allows a user who has explicitly authorised access to
   their checkins via OAuth to gain access to the list of (recent or historical 
   checkins) (see [https://developer.foursquare.com/overview/community](https://developer.foursquare.com/overview/community)).
 * Although the _checkins by a user_ API endpoint at `https://api.foursquare.com/
   v2/users/USER_ID/checkins` allows a user id to be supplied, the only valid user
   id is `self` which is the currently authenticated user (see [https://developer.foursquare.com/docs/users/checkins](https://developer.foursquare.com/docs/users/checkins)).
 * To do what you’re proposing would mean that each user who you are friends with
   on Foursquare would have to explicitly authorise your WordPress site via OAuth
   and that a Foursquare API call for each and every user would have to be made.
   Although not expressly forbidden by the API’s terms of use, I suspect Foursquare
   would not approve of this. Also, the amount of API calls that would need to be
   made would place a substantial delay on page load times, which isn’t something
   you’d want either.
 * So for now and probably for the foreseeable future, the Foursquare API just doesn’t
   support this; if this did become possible, it would need a substantial amount
   of coding changes to the plugin to enable this.
 * In summary, a great idea but not one that can be realised, for now at least.
 * -Gary

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