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Does the Fitbit API allow the following:

‎11-02-2015 06:08

‎11-02-2015 06:08

So we're getting tired of the bugs in Google Fit and are looking to use the Fitbit API, since we're hearing a lot of good things about it. I had a few queries regarding this:

 

1. Will I be able to use the Fitbit API to build an android/ios app, which will count steps of a user? In our scenario, the user doesn't have any external device/tracker- we want the steps from the MobileTrack API that I read briefly about. Does this API return the steps of a user only from their smart phone?

 

2. How does the MobileTrack API work? Does it require the Fitbit app to be installed? In other words, how do we initiate the Fitbit recording process from our app if the Fitbit app is not installed?

 

3. Is there an android/ios SDK which will provide us with APIs required to start the recording process etc.?

 

Any help will be appreciated! Thanks in advance.

 

Kaushik

 

 

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‎11-20-2015 15:37

‎11-20-2015 15:37

If the users has a Fitbit app installed on there device which has the ability to MobileTrack then it will record steps if setup to do so. It will sync the step data with the Fitbit account which is linked to the app.

 

Are you wanting to build your own app which has a built in pedometer to record steps and then post that data to Fitbit ??

 

Fitbit do allow for step data to be synced with a users account through POST requests from developped apps. I dont know if Fitbit has a limit of how much step data can be posted to an account. This would have to be looked into.

 

You can see more about making POST requests in the Fitbit dev docs - https://dev.fitbit.com/docs/activity/#activity-logging

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