How to export my own fitbit step data without releasing a public fitbit app?

[inspiretester]

Hi, 

I'm a developer and want to export my own personal fitbit tracking data as CSV. 

In this diagram in the fitbit account I can see my steps in a 5 minute time period. So my steps at 10:00 am, 10:05 am, 10:10 am......and so on....and that's what I want to export for myself, to make some calculations in excel regarding my step activity.

---> how can I export this data? (Without having to register / release a publically available Fitbit App)

As far as I know it is not possible to register a "personal, only for my personal statistical calculations" app for Fitbit Web API? Because I only want to do personal calculations and only need a barebone CSV-export with my steps on a daily basis in 5 minute time-frames.

Or can I just register one, use my WEB API export and then never release it publically? 

Or is that forbidden by Fitbit?

[Gordon-C]

Hi @inspiretester ,

When using a web browser, you can export your personal data as a CSV.  Log into your Fitbit.com account and go to your account settings.  You should see an option on the left for "Data Export".  However, I believe the CSV export will provide a daily summary and not the steps over a 5 minute period.

The only option I'm aware to get the step count for the 5 minute window is to create an application using the Web APIs.   You will have to register the application with us to obtain the client ID and client secret.  When registering the application, set the application type = "personal".  You don't have to release the application publicly.   This method will let you pull your personal intraday data where you can query the steps taken every 1 min or 15 mins for the 5 minute window you require.  The output of the data will be in JSON.

https://dev.fitbit.com/build/reference/web-api/activity/#get-activity-intraday-time-series