Creating an alarm on charge 5 with API

[mickjeon]

Hi, I have two things that I want to confirm:

1. Is tracker-id required for posting an alarm the "id" that I obtain from GET request of "Get Devices"?

2. When I try to create an alarm through POST, I receive:

{"errors":[{"errorType":"validation","fieldName":"deviceId","message":"Device does not support alarms, device id : <device id>"}]}

Does Charge 5 not support alarms creation using API?

[Gordon-C]

Hi @mickjeon,

It is my understanding that all trackers support the Alarm endpoints.   Let me confirm with engineering.

Gordon

[Gordon-C · Accepted solution]

According to https://help.fitbit.com/articles/en_US/Help_article/1868.htm?Highlight=set%20alarms, you set the alarm on the Charge 5 device itself, not through the mobile application.   Therefore it would not support the Alarm endpoints.   This is similar to the smart watches.   I'll update the Web API documentation to clarify.