Fitbit api and the fitbit HR

[C00ky]

Our web app has successfully intergrated into the api for over 18 months now and the only problems we seem to get lately are with the HR. For example a users activity does not seem to trigger a push notification when they have done a detected activity, also when the activity list is requested for that user after a push notification it does not include any activity that the HR has autodetected including steps.

Is there something we have missed about the fitbit HR? Does it do activity differently?

Any help would be gratefully received.

A bit more information.

We currently just use the 

GET https://api.fitbitcom/1/user/[user-id]/activities/date/[date].json

Daily activity summary. 

regards Paul

[AndrewFitbit]

Hey @C00ky, welcome. 

Are you referring to SmartTrack activities? Currently only manually logged activities will show up, which means you won't be able to see any SmartTrack activities.

[C00ky]

Yes that looks like the problem.

So if a user wants to sync with our system and have a full record of steps etc with the HR then they need to turn off smart track.

Whats the reason for not including this in the API?

regards Paul

[AndrewFitbit]

@C00ky SmartTrack was a new feature in a firmware update back in November, and it's not a manually logged activity so that's why it's not currently included in the API. There's plans to include SmartTrack activities eventually, but I don't have any information as to when that will happen.

Users shouldn't have to turn off SmartTrack to get a full record of steps, those steps will still be recorded by the tracker.