Not able to fetch data through api
I have generated a valid token for my account and now when I use the api for fetching my watch data, it shows a generic data response for any date that I provide. could you please help if i am missing something
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Questions About Nutritional Data Sources and User Input Management
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Unsubscribe from notification when I don't have user credentials
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Activity Types
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Resolved! Authorization with Migration to Google Accounts
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Resolved! Web API data without sync
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Resolved! How do I move away from using localhost to make my API calls?
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Resolved! Heart rate Web API
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Resolved! How do I know what Sleep Logs have been modified?
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Resolved! Fitbit web API OAuth UI prevent clicking the login button
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Fitbit APIS
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Server side fetching of data
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Resolved! Get activity via API subscription
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Sleep Log Web API
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Intraday steps data API
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session cookie and redirect url
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Resolved! Attempting to subscribe to userRevokedAccess results in 403 insufficient_scope
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Log Weight API
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No notifications for some users
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