Using smarthings to locate nearby devices?

[nayelyz (SmartThings Developer Support)]

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@EdWellsense

I am looking for an API to retrieve the nearby tablets and collect that data to find which one is missing.
Is there a way to use it using Smartthings?

No, it isn’t possible to get sensible information like the geolocation (latitude, longitude) from the SmartThings API. Only the SmartThings Find handles this information and the data of the geolocation isn’t saved in the API.

A while ago, people asked about that and this was the response from the team:

Smarttag not visible in webinterface

Hi, I recently received feedback about this: The SmartTags are considered privacy-sensitive devices, that’s why that information is not shared in the SmartThings API. About this, think of when you give “read” permissions for all your devices to third parties, if people do it without noticing they would be sharing their exact location, they would be at risk. In the SmartThings Find app, you can enable/disable location sharing The team mentioned that having that info available requires a lot of processes to define the purposes of the exposure and define privacy measures to protect the users. So, we can’t make promises about that. The SmartThings Find app allows you to invite other members and share your device’s location with them, so they could help you locate your things in that cas…