Is this project idea possible on this platform

[typro199]

I want to use the fitbit developer platform to make an application using the Fitbit charger 4 and my Iphone. I want the application to track the step count and distance travelled at hourly intervals and store the weather conditions at those time frames. I also want to be able to enter range a value scale of 1 to 5 at each time frame during the physical activity. I want to be able to visulaize all the data collectively on the mobile app or using a web API and i want to be able to collect data from multiple users of the application.

Would all of this be possible?

[LZeeW]

Hi @typro199 and welcome to the Community.  I'm sorry, but it's not possible.  Fitbit doesn't release SDKs for any of their trackers.  No third party apps are allowed on any trackers.

[typro199]

Hi LZeeW, Thanks for the reply. Since it is not possible to build a third party app, would it be possible to fetch the data i need from the Fitbit tracker (i.e. step count, distance travelled and weather conditions) to use on another self-made app.

[LZeeW]

@typro199   I'm not a developer, but I moved your post to one of the developer forums.  You are asking how to fetch data, so I moved it to the web API forum.  There's a 50-50 chance I got it right.

[Gordon-C · Accepted solution]

Hi @typro199 

Let me see if I can clear up some of the information in this post.   You can build an application to query the data from the Charge 4, but you need to use the Web API.  And, the Web API allows your application to collect data from multiple users.   The data is available every time the user syncs their tracker with the Fitbit mobile application which occurs every 15 minutes.  You can implement the subscription API to have your application notified when new data is available.

The Activity Intraday API will return the step and distance data in 1, 5, and 15 min increments which you can sum to equal an hour.

Entering weather and the physical activity scale would be a feature you implement on your own and reference it to the corresponding Fitbit data.

Does this answer your questions?

[typro199]

I does, Thank you very much!