Related to this, I would like to see an option where I could post data to Glide via a webhook.
I’m currently working on a project where I’m integrating with a medical screening device. This is an IOT device, and provides the following via an API:
- temperature
- heart rate
- respiratory rate
- thermal image
- photograph (with eventual facial recognition)
- QR code decode
Right now, I am pulling the above data from the cloud API every minute into a Google Sheet. This means that there is typically a 3-5 minute delay between the scan and the data hitting the app. Being able to call the API directly from Glide or (even better) being able to post to a Glide webhook would make this almost instantaneous.
Why is this important to me?
Amongst other things, I want to use this device as part of an attendance system, ie:
- Employee arrives at the office
- Employee has an app with a QR code that has their employee ID embedded
- Employee stands in front of the device and shows their QR code
- Device scans employee and their QR code
- Device sends data back to the cloud
- Cloud posts webhook to Glide
- Employee sees result in their app almost immediately
- (and back end system registers that employee has arrived at work)
I already have the above scenario up and running, it’s just the last few steps that are the missing piece in the puzzle.