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"Failed to Send Fitbit Friend Request" Error 403 (Android)

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Hi everyone,

 

Thanks for stopping by the Community to report this error with Friend Requests in the Fitbit for Android app.

 

I'll be escalating the issue to our app developers for investigation. 

 

Please stay tuned for more information or updates. 

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Hi everyone. 

Thanks for all your comments about this inconvenience with your friend requests. Please confirm that the Fitbit app on your phone is running the latest app version: Fitbit app 3.69. If you're using a Pixel Watch, uninstall and reinstall the Fitbit app on your phone. 

After updating the Fitbit app, I'd recommend trying to send a friend request with these instructions: 

  • Tap the Today tab > Fitbit logo > and tap your profile picture.
  • Tap your name then > View All Friends then > Add Friends.
  • Choose email address of the person you want to add < Tap okay to send invitation.

Please check with your friend to determine if he received your friend request. Ask your friend to also check Spam folder just in case.

If you're still receiving 'Error 403' when sending a friend request:

  1. Please confirm what steps are you exactly using when you get this error message and if your friend received this or previous invites.
  2. Confirm that you've tried to send a friend request in the past 24 hours after the update.

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When I try to add friends from Facebook and searching via user name, I get the error message "Failed to Send Friend Request [ERROR 403] [URL https://android-cdn-api.fitbit.com/1.1/user/-/friends/invitations]

 

How do I get this resolved?

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Hi @GlennHad,

 

Welcome to the forums!

 

It looks like we don't support adding Facebook friends through the Web API. Using the POST Invite Friend endpoint, you can only send invites to friends using their UserId or UserEmail.

 

I hope this helps. Let me know if you have any additional questions.

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I've tried their I'd and get the same error message 

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@Elwould Can you provide me with the full URL you are calling so that I can check if it is being formatted correctly? I've tested the Invite Friend endpoint on my end and I received a 201 response code, which indicates a successful query.

 

Hope to hear from you soon!

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This is the error I get everytime I send one out whether it be by contact, email, username, or Facebook 

 

Failed to Send Friend Request

 

[ERROR 403] [URL https://android-cdn-api.fitbit.com/1.1/user/-/friends/invitations]

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I'm getting this error too 😩

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Same thing happening to me as well, it doesn't matter how I try to invite I still get error code

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I ended up using their email adresse that seemed to solve the problem. It
was after a few tries though.

Ellie
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I'm getting the same error code as well.

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I'm getting the same message. I'm trying to connect with their iCloud email account ☹

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Hi @SinjinRides @TimDacus 

 

Welcome to the forums!

 

Can one (or both) of you provide me with a screenshot of the error you are seeing? This is beginning to sound like an issue with the application itself, not the actual API for inviting friends. If this is the case, I may need to move this thread to the appropriate forum.

 

Thanks!

 

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Per your request...Sent from my Sprint Samsung Galaxy S10.
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I get error 403 when trying to add a friend, tried email, ID and facebook and get this every time

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I am having the same issue as many others - I've not seen a solution yet.

I get a 403 error when I try to add a friend. It occurs no matter whether I try to add them from contact list, from facebook friend list, or by email. I have already tried logging out, deleted the app and reinstalled it. I still get the same message when trying to add a friend. Is there a fix?

 

 

Moderator edit: merged reply

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This is also happening to me and three of my friends/colleqgues.  We recently were trying to add each other to our list of friends and we all get the "failed friend request" message.

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Add me to the list...tried username and email, neither option worked.  

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Hi AlessFitbit, Hi Community,

 

is there a solution yet?

 

greetings

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Add me to the list too, please. Can't send any friend requests, although did receive a random one an hour ago.

Frustrating.

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