Private Apps built with SDK

[billyballbag]

With the SDK coming, will it be possible to build apps to deploy selectively? I'm interested in getting this to work with my self built home automation platform to control various things around the house and due to it's bespoke nature would be of no use to anyone publicly.

[shipo]

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@billyballbag wrote:

With the SDK coming, will it be possible to build apps to deploy selectively? I'm interested in getting this to work with my self built home automation platform to control various things around the house and due to it's bespoke nature would be of no use to anyone publicly.

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My understanding you can:

1. Develop an app for just yourself
2. Develop an app which you deploy to just a  selective group of folks
3. Develop an app for general distribution

The above said, I can certainly be wrong (have been before once or twice 🙂 ), I'll be exploring the SDK once I get my Ionic.

[billyballbag]

It's quite exciting! I've managed to stop myself going down the Android Wear route due to the battery life constraints, I hope background app services will be somewhat possible also.

[ErickFitbit · Accepted solution]

@billyballbag You can develop Apps for private or public availability. All Apps, whether submitted privately or submitted for public availability through the App Gallery, should follow the App Gallery guidelines in order to protect our users, you, and Fitbit. These guidelines may change over time. Developers can go to https://dev.fitbit.com/ for full details on how to develop apps for Fitbit Ionic. 

[SunsetRunner]

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@billyballbag wrote:

 I hope background app services will be somewhat possible also.

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Sadly no, currently there is no mechanism or API for background processing.

[Indra007]

When I come home I need to extract data from my Charge2 by a custom linux nodejs home base computer, run some custom algorithms on that raw data along with some other health data. Especially to with Heart Rate. Is it theoretically possible to do such a thing? Or do I have to purchase Ionic to do that?. The reason I am asking is we have multiple fitbit users in our home and all of them do not use ionic, some use versa, some charge2(me). Running comparitive analysis on two users with different fitbit device is my end goal

[bbarrera]

@Indra007 any GPS tracked activity (including 'no tracker' just using Fitbit app's MobileRun) can be easily exported (mouse clicks) or pulled via web API (nodejs). And that means you have access to activity level HR data (MobileRun does not track HR). 

If its not a GPS tracked activity (e.g. auto-tracked Charge2 activities), or not an activity, you can get access to Intraday HR data by special request (personal use only). Details here:

https://dev.fitbit.com/build/reference/web-api/heart-rate/

scroll down to "Get Heart Rate Intraday Time Series" and follow the instructions for making a request.