Question

I’ve created a consumer and managed to get a test running of the real-time api (user push). How do I create and tie a venue to my consumer, so when users checkin at my venue, it will push to my application?

Answer 1

You can either claim a venue you are managing, or you can create a home venue with your authenticated user. Then, you should automatically get a push notification for every checkin.

https://developer.foursquare.com/overview/realtime (see point “Venue Push API”) says:

The venue push API will push to your application every time a user checks in to a venue managed by any of your OAuth consumer’s authorized users, or into a home venue that was created by one of your consumer’s authorized users. This API is designed for applications whose users are managers of venues, allowing your application to get a real-time view of traffic into their venue, or for applications enabling foursquare-powered automation of a user’s home.