Foursquare Checkins API

Question

What is the default user information for users who are not their “friends”?

Can I have a list of “checks” from any Foursquare user just by making API requests? What information can I get about a user without having him as a friend (a friend of the account used to make API requests) on four-unit apartments?

On linkedin, for example, I could get his company, but if the user used the API to execute the requests, did this user have a friend, I could get the whole "company history". Are there any limitations like this in four digits?

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

You can try this in the Explorer API to see: https://developer.foursquare.com/docs/explore#req=users/1234

As you can see, even if you are not familiar with this user, you can see their name, friend names, contact information (Twitter / Facebook) and checkout counter, but not the actual checks themselves. You will need to make friends with this user to see their check history.

Please note that if you make this request without authentication (for example, https://api.foursquare.com/v2/users/1234 without oauth_token), you will not see any information about them.