Get fitbit mindfulness minutes through Web APi
Hi All, Is there anyway to get the mindfulness minutes from the Fitbit Web API. Is there any other alternative to get this data from Fitbit through any other integration? Thanks
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Known Issue: HRV and BR Intraday data endpoint returns 403 for personal application type
We are aware there is a long standing problem with querying your own HRV and BR intraday data when the application type is set to "personal". We are trying to get a fix prioritized with the engineering team. In the meantime, please submit an intra...
Resolved! 403 Permission Denied for HRV Intraday API – Personal Application Type
Hi,I'm trying to access Fitbit's HRV Intraday data using the following request:GET https://api.fitbit.com/1/user/-/hrv/date/{startDate}/{endDate}/all.json However, I receive a 403 Permission Denied error with the following response:{"error": {"code":...
Activity TCX does not match laps of structured workouts
When requesting the TCX for a structured workout (recorded on a Pixel Watch 4) the data does not show the laps from the structured workout, but instead just returns a lap for each kilometer (1000.0m).For example in an interval training consisting of ...
Webhooks randomly missing
Hi! We have an app that integrates with the Fitbit api, and we rely on webhooks for data updates.We noted that we are missing sleep data for a certain user for several (!) days over the past two weeks (dates with disruptions were December 15, 19, 26,...
Resolved! 400 error logging foods (RPC "_food_id is already set")
The API for logging foods seems to have broken today. (Also seems to be broken in the mobile apps){ "error": { "code": 400, "message": "Invalid value (oneof), oneof field '_food_id' is already set. Cannot set 'food_id'", "status": "INVA...
Important updates to the Fitbit Web API
Dear Fitbit Developer Community, We’re making some important upgrades to the Fitbit APIs so that they remain stable and scalable for everyone. These updates include the log ids, stricter syntax enforcement and deprecating the Sleep v1 endpoints. To...
Will Migrating My Fitbit Developer Account Affect Existing Credentials?
Hi,I’m planning to migrate my Fitbit developer account to a Google account, and I would like to confirm whether this migration will affect my existing credentials or disrupt my current data collection pipeline.Thank you!Best,Yuhang
Can't get spo2 but can get intraday heart rate
Hi All - I'm trying and failing to get oxygen saturation data through the web API.I have authorized the oxygen_saturation scope (see screenshot below).The app is designated as "Personal".A request for heart rate data works fine. The URL looks like......
Get Activity Tcx not working
I can successfully register people and add them to a subscription. I receive data when they sync and I am able to call for the activity data and record that. However, there is data that seems to only be present in tcx files and so I wanted to downloa...
Resolved! Error 403 on pulling VO2 Max (cardio fitness)
Hi there. I am trying to pull data at https://api.fitbit.com/1/user/-/cardioscore/date/YYY-MM-DD.json and getting a 403 (PERMISSION_DENIED) error. I have scopes "activity profile sleep heartrate weight" granted in the authentication of the app and ...
web api for nutrition time series endpoint change in response type
Previously this web api endpoint/1/user/[user-id]/foods/log/[resource]/date/[start-date]/[end-date].jsonreturned values in string format like below{ "foods-log-water": [ { "dateTime": "", "value": "0.0" }, { "dateTime": "", ...
Rate Limiter seems to be Double Counting
I have implemented strict logging, call counts, and ensured no redirect calls are being made. I have been retroactively pulling data from authorized users of my application; going back to their enrollment in a research study, 100 days at a time, for ...
Intraday denied access
Hello everyone!I am Alex, and currently at my last year of university, as my final year project I was studying wearable technologies and how it could help elders and people with special needs. Throughout my dissertation I have managed to connect the ...
Search Food API sometimes returning empty results
Currently, the Search Food API seems to be randomly returning empty results for searches.To reproduce: use the Web API explorer and set the query to something like "cheez" or "honey".https://api.fitbit.com/1/foods/search.json?query=cheezTry it a few ...
401-Unauthorized for OPTIONS request for sleep data
I've been working with the web api for the last couple of days. Sending requests using an http client (like insomnia) was fine, but from within a web based application, the request fails with a CORS error.Taking a look into the devtools showed an err...
Resolved! Web API for Readiness Score and Stress data
Dear there,Is there Web API for Readiness Score and Stress data?
adding meditation activity
I've been able to add user activities of type 7075 - Meditating to my user account, but I can't get them to show up in the Mindfulness area of the phone app. Does anyone know of a way to add a meditation session into the mindfulness area of the phone...
Undocumented endpoint in foods API
I've been looking through the documentation for the Food and Water API at https://dev.fitbit.com/build/reference/web-api/food-logging and https://dev.fitbit.com/build/reference/web-api/explore/#/ and was searching for a way to get a list of the curre...
Resolved! cors on activities/list.json
Hello,I'm having a problem when I try fetching <https://api.fitbit.com/1/user/-/activities/list.json> gets "... has been blocked by CORS policy: No 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' header is present on the requested resource."I can make the same call wi...
Suddenly I can't access breathing rate data
As of a couple of days ago, I'm not able to access my Breathing Rate data. I get the message: PERMISSION_DENIED - The caller does not have permissionHas something changed??
syncing multiple devices
A potential client would like to use multiple FitBits (or potentially another device if one would be more appropriate) for a research project. The project would be to have multiple fitbits (say, 10), and a group of people to wear them during a shared...
deletion of water records 502 error
Deleting a water record now fails with a 502 error, but the record is deleted. We do the request as follows (tested it with Postman, user id of an existing user and the logID exists also):https://api.fitbit.com/1/user/<userid>/foods/log/water/1080101...
Resolved! [Feature request] Adding Cardio Load to WebAPI
I can't find anything about Cardio Load in the WebAPI documents. I hope WebAPI can have the ability to access Cardio Load. Thanks
Get IRN Alerts List returning data in a format differing from the past and Example Response
I have use "Get IRN Alerts List" extensively this year, with the data formatted as show in the example response:"alerts": [ { "alertTime": "yyyy-mm-ddTHH:MM:SS", "detectedTime": "yyyy-mm-ddTHH:MM:SS", "serviceVersion": "2.2", ...
Discrepancy in Intraday SpO2 Data from API vs. Data Export
We’ve noticed that the intraday SpO2 data retrieved from the web API endpoint appears to be incomplete. After comparing it with the day-wise SpO2 data exported as CSV files (through data export feature), we observed that the exported files contain mo...
Resolved! Sleep List Endpoint Returns Empty JSON
We are now seeing the same issue with Sleep requests that we did with Water requests. Using the https://api.fitbit.com/1.2/user/-/sleep/list.json endpoint it returns an empty JSON response.I cannot reproduce the issue with my accounts, but there are ...
Resolved! Water log: always empty response
With the water log request: /foods/log/water/date/......jsonthe response is always empty, while there is water data logged in the Fitbit app for the dates requested:{ "summary": { "water": 0.0 }, "water": []}We see this on our test de...
Clarification on SpO2 Data for Non-Main Sleep Sessions
According to the SpO2 API documentation, SpO2 data is specifically associated with a user's main sleep. However, we’ve observed that intraday SpO2 data is also being returned for sleep sessions where mainSleep=false.Could you please clarify this beha...
endpoint to retrieve swim_lengths data
When exporting data from my fitbit using google-takeout I find a file recording my swim length data, namelyPhysical Activity_GoogleData/swim_lengths_data_yyyy-mm-dd.csvNow, I'd like to obtain the same data by using the WebAPI, but I can't seem to fin...
Collaborate with another dev on their Applications
Hi,Is it possible for two devs to access the same Application in the "https://dev.fitbit.com/apps" portal? If yes, may I know how we can go about doing this?Thank you.Best Regards,Augustine
Resolved! Nutrition log: loggedFood changed unexpectedly to logged_food
In the Fitbit Web API documentation, the logged food JSON key is called 'loggedFood', but we now see in user data that this has changed to "logged_food":{"foods":[{"logId":36982634939,"logged_food":{"foodId":0,Can this be fixed, to match with the des...
Getting a 403 Permissions error when trying to get Activity Log List
I'm registered my own account and successfully signed up to a subscription. I get a daily summary and can call for the data from activities.I want to be able to determine if an activity has been created manually on the Fitbit app and ignore those act...
Error in Response for intraday heartrate data web api
Hello,I recently had trouble with getting the intraday heartrate data for a client app. When i request the data from the browser, i get this reponse:REQUEST:```GET /1/user/-/activities/heart/date/[YYYY-MM-DD]/1d/1min/time/00:00/23:59.json HTTP/1.1Hos...
Still missing access control headers in API responses
Dear Fitbit developers,I’ve noticed that I’m still encountering many preflight (CORS policy) errors because not all endpoints return the required access control headers in their responses. Some endpoints do this correctly and don't cause any issues.I...
timezone=UTC parameter not working as expected
Hello,I'm having an issue with the timezone parameter when requesting intraday data.Here is the API request I'm making:/1/user/${userId}/activities/calories/date/YYYY-MM-DD/1d/1min.json?timezone=UTCEven though I've specified timezone=UTC, the API sti...
Web API Readiness score
Is there a way to access the calculated readiness score using the web api?
How to report a breaking issue?
Dear Fitbit developers,I’m experiencing an issue for which I need your assistance. However, over the past few days, I’ve made several attempts to get in touch—without success.I’ve updated existing topics with questions about the status → No response....
401 Unauthorized error for OPTIONS preflight requests (April 2025)
My users are reporting errors that just started happening today (April 18) where requests to activities and timeseries APIs like https://api.fitbit.com/1/user/-/activities/date/<date>.json are getting a 401 Unauthorized response (no error message or ...
Data Collection Suddenly Stop
Hi, Last night, I was collecting data using hundreds of tokens. However, the process unexpectedly stopped during the use of one token, even though it hadn’t reached the API limit and no error messages were recorded in the logs.Has anyone else encount...