Requesting heart rate data not working

[kiwiscience]

I'm completely new to using the API so maybe I'm going in the wrong direction in the first place.

I want to extract my heart rate data from my account and store it later on a spreadsheet. I was researching on how to do this and found this on the API website: 

https://dev.fitbit.com/build/reference/web-api/heart-rate/

I tried to simply type this (https://api.fitbit.com/1/user/-/activities/heart/date/today/1m.json) into my web browser but it didn't work. I receive this error: 

{"errors":[{"errorType":"system","fieldName":"n/a","message":"Authorization Error: Invalid authorization token type"}],"success":false}

I'm guessing my problem is the "user-id", since I don't know where to get that. I further researched and found that I needed to authorize my application. But I only want to get this data for personal use.

Is there any way I can get my heart rate data without creating an application or is there another way for me to receive this data?

[JohnFitbit]

Hi @kiwiscience,

Welcome to the forums! 

Absolutely. If you aren't planning on developing an application, you can use the Fit Web API Explorer. You'll be able to authorize the explorer to access your data and download the JSON responses into a CSV format. For instructions on how to use the explorer, please click here: https://dev.fitbit.com/build/reference/web-api/troubleshooting-guide/debugging-tools/#web-api-explor...

I hope this helps. Please let me know if you have any additional questions.