Subscriptions - Receiving update notifications

[shurik]

Did anything change on Fitbit in regards to update notifications around 10/2 or 10/3?

Since nobody else complaining it must be something on our end but still wanted to verify.

Starting 10/3 we are receiving empty notifications. It looks like the "updates" parameter\part name is missing or empty. I will add detailed logging to record the entire notification request, for now I do not have more details, it just looks like the updates parameter is missing or empty.

[AndrewFitbit]

@shurik What file format are you using?

[shurik]

We are using JSON file. I've just verified application settings, the endpoint is configured as "JSON file" type and we are looking for "updates" file in the request

[shurik · Accepted solution]

As I stated above we were using JSON File format and the following code to retrieve the file from request (.Net):

HttpPostedFile file = context.Request.Files["updates"];

It worked for years up until October 2 or 3. At this point I am not sure what exactly happened or changed but suspicious thing to me is that XML was deprecated around this time 🙂

To resolve we are changing format to JSON Body (which is more straightforward) and updating our endpoint accordingly. 

[AndrewFitbit]

@shurik Yeah, the reason I asked is because JSON Body is what you should be using. So I'm glad you're switching over. 🙂

[shurik]

Yep, thanks for pointing us in the right direction. We are up and running with JSON Body.