04-02-2015 12:29 - edited 03-31-2016 15:56
04-02-2015 12:29 - edited 03-31-2016 15:56
EDIT: Please see the updated plan: Breaking changes to Get Activity Logs
Original post below.
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This is a planned behavior change for the Get Activities endpoint on the Fitbit API.
Current Behavior: The ‘activities’ array only contains activities a user has manually logged. Activities can be manually logged by users with the Fitbit website, Fitbit mobile apps, or a third-party application. These manually logged activities override tracker data with user reported values.
Breaking Change: The ‘activities’ array soon will include “activity records” from trackers. “Activity records” are created on Fitbit trackers and allow users to label a period of activity. More information on how to create activity records on devices can be found on Fitbit’s help site.
Unlike manually logged activities, activity records use tracker data instead of user reported values. Going forward, your application should not assume that activities returned in the ‘activities’ array represent user reported values.
We will announce the exact date of this change in this forum topic. If you have questions about this change, please reply here.
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03-31-2016 15:55
03-31-2016 15:55
Please see the updated plan: Breaking changes to Get Activity Logs
04-02-2015 16:59
04-02-2015 16:59
Will there be a bicycling option in the Tracking Exercises pick list? It would be nice to have that as a choice along with walk, run, or hike.
04-02-2015 17:08
04-02-2015 17:08
@Muffins wrote:
Will there be a bicycling option in the Tracking Exercises pick list? It would be nice to have that as a choice along with walk, run, or hike.
@Muffins I agree, but this is unrelated to the Web API. Please use the Feature Request forum for non-Web API feature requests.
04-02-2015 23:54
04-02-2015 23:54
@JeremiahFitbit wrote:Going forward, your application should not assume that activities returned in the ‘activities’ array represent user reported values.
@JeremiahFitbitCan to clarify. You say 'user reported values' but does that include activities recorded by third party apps, such as Runtastic, or created throught the API-Log-Activity endpoint?
04-03-2015 09:57
04-03-2015 09:57
@stuartma wrote:
Can to clarify. You say 'user reported values' but does that include activities recorded by third party apps, such as Runtastic, or created throught the API-Log-Activity endpoint?
@stuartma: Yes, any activity log created using the Log Activity endpoint (which the Fitbit apps and third-parties use) is considered user-reported data because it overrides data from Fitbit trackers with values specified.
04-03-2015 11:00
04-03-2015 11:00
@JeremiahFitbit, could you provide an example of what a json response will look like after this change? I just want to make sure parsers continue to work.
Thanks.
04-03-2015 11:04
04-03-2015 11:04
@retrophil: Not yet, but I will be able to closer to the release date. I will be update the above post when I have it.
04-06-2015 14:47
04-06-2015 14:47
@JeremiahFitbit Is there any chance that this upcoming change could be having any impact on the dashboard now? For example in this thread people are complaining that all of their activities are disappearing, but support says that they can still see them...
04-06-2015 15:14
04-06-2015 15:14
@Michael: This is unrelated. Fitbit is experiencing intermittent API errors at the moment. http://status.fitbit.com/
01-01-2016 20:33
01-01-2016 20:33
Hi,
Is there any update on this improvement to Get Activities? Having visibility into tracker-created activity records will be a huge boon to developers, but I'm concerned that this announcement was made 9 months ago and the endpoint is still returning only manually logged activities. An update on the team's progress would be much appreciated.
Thank you.
01-04-2016 17:20
01-04-2016 17:20
@dpassera: This is still a planned feature.
02-04-2016 11:10
02-04-2016 11:10
Im desperate for this endpoint to be updated aswell. 😞
02-05-2016 12:05
02-05-2016 12:05
+1 to include tracker-created activity records
02-15-2016 05:01
02-15-2016 05:01
when will active this function? I am looking forward to it
02-22-2016 10:42
03-29-2016 11:44
03-29-2016 11:44
Hi
I think I have got this......... my records that are in activities are not in activity history and that will soon be rectified by an update?
However after trial and error, if I take my iphone it will add the activities into the activity history.
Which by default does that mean that the fit bit cannot do that alone?
And that we await the update otherwise we have to do this manually?
03-30-2016 15:39
03-30-2016 15:39
+1 for this.
03-31-2016 15:55
03-31-2016 15:55
Please see the updated plan: Breaking changes to Get Activity Logs