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Quick & Dirty nodejs app to get Fitbit second by second heart rate data
//For info about this gist, see my blog entry https://virtualdatacave.com/2016/09/fitbit-hr-data-raw/
//For API see https://dev.fitbit.com/docs/heart-rate/#get-heart-rate-intraday-time-series
var dateFormat = require('dateformat');
// initialize the express application
var express = require("express"),
app = express();
// initialize the Fitbit API client
var FitbitApiClient = require("fitbit-node"),
client = new FitbitApiClient("YOUR_SECRET", "YOUR_KEY");
// redirect the user to the Fitbit authorization page
app.get("/hr", function (req, res) {
// request access to the user's activity, heartrate, location, nutrion, profile, settings, sleep, social, and weight scopes
res.redirect(client.getAuthorizeUrl('activity heartrate location nutrition profile settings sleep social weight', 'http://YOURSERVER:8083/callback'));
});
// handle the callback from the Fitbit authorization flow
app.get("/callback", function (req, res) {
var menu = "<p><a href='/gethr?code=" + req.query.code + "'>Get HR for Today</a>" +
"<p><a href='/gethr?code=" + req.query.code + "&day=yyyy-MM-dd'>Get HR for Specific Day (Must Manually Update URL)</a>";
res.send(menu);
});
app.get("/gethr", function (req, res) {
var specificday = req.query.day;
var code = req.query.code;
// exchange the authorization code we just received for an access token
client.getAccessToken(code, 'http://YOURSERVER:8083/callback').then(function (result) {
// log the access token
// console.log("Got access token: " + result.access_token);
// use the access token to fetch the user's profile information
if(specificday) {
client.get("/activities/heart/date/" + specificday + "/" + specificday + "/1sec/time/00:00/23:59.json", result.access_token).then(function (results) {
var csv = "<pre>date,time,HR";
for(var bit in results[0]['activities-heart-intraday']['dataset']) {
csv = csv + "\r\n" + specificday + "," + results[0]['activities-heart-intraday']['dataset'][bit]['time'] + ',' + results[0]['activities-heart-intraday']['dataset'][bit]['value'];
}
res.send(csv);
});
} else {
client.get("/activities/heart/date/today/1d/1sec/time/00:00/23:59.json", result.access_token).then(function (results) {
//Now get the heart rate data
var csv = "<pre>date,time,HR";
var datebit = dateFormat( (new Date()), 'yyyy-mm-dd' );
for(var bit in results[0]['activities-heart-intraday']['dataset']) {
csv = csv + "\r\n" + datebit + "," + results[0]['activities-heart-intraday']['dataset'][bit]['time'] + ',' + results[0]['activities-heart-intraday']['dataset'][bit]['value'];
}
res.send(csv);
});
}
}).catch(function (error) {
res.send(error);
});
});
// launch the server
app.listen(8083);
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