Is device active

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Have successfully built my first IOS app using swift. But I do have a question concerning “get device” function. Is there a way to tell whether or not a device is active (turned on) programmatically? I noticed when clicking on “devices” using “Particle Build” there is a color coded dot that signifies when a particular device is active or not. I would like to replicate this if possible.

Thank you

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I think it's using this API endpoint, so that information should be included in the response.

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Thanks Moors, I see that in the “get” response there is a bool that indicates whether or not the device is connected to the cloud.

To save me some time, and it’s not too much of a problem, would you by chance have the snippet of swift sample code that would accomplish this check? I would like to incorporate it into the “get device” function? If not, I’ll try to figure it out.

Much appreciated

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I’ve never programmer iOS before, so not too much of help here.
Maybe something similar to this?

https://docs.particle.io/reference/ios/#list-devices

var myPhoton : SparkDevice?
SparkCloud.sharedInstance().getDevices { (sparkDevices:[AnyObject]!, error:NSError!) -> Void in
    if let e = error {
        println("Check your internet connectivity")
    }
    else {
        if let devices = sparkDevices as? [SparkDevice] {
            for device in devices {
                if device.connected == true {
                    //do stuff here for connected devices
                }
                else {
                    // do stuff for non-connected devices?
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

This is a total, random guess, with a high chance of it not working… Just sayin’ :wink:

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Lol you hit a home run, it works just a fine. For some reason I was thinking I had to write some special API call but actually it was nothing more than setting a property in the cloud class, as you so graciously pointed out. Thank you for taking time to assist😄

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Guess I should start programming some iOS then… Let’s just call it beginners luck :see_no_evil: Glad it works for you though :smile: