Get All Activity Types

Retrieves a list of all valid Fitbit public activities and the private, user-created activities from the Fitbit activities database in the format requested. If available, activity level details will display.

Scope: activity

Request

GET	/1/activities.json

Request Headers

authorization	required	Specify the token type and Fitbit user’s access token. Token type: `Bearer`
accept	optional	The media type of the response content the client is expecting. Supported: `application/json`
accept-language	optional	The measurement unit system to use for response values. See Localization.
accept-locale	optional	The locale to use for response values. See Localization.

Examples

URL
CURL

GET https://api.fitbit.com/1/activities.json

curl -X GET https://api.fitbit.com/1/activities.json" \
-H "accept: application/json" \
-H "authorization: Bearer <access_token>"

Element Name	Description
categories : activities : accessLevel	Supported: `PUBLIC` \| `PRIVATE`
categories : activities : activityLevels : id	Numerical value representing the corresponding activity level.
categories : activities : activityLevels : maxSpeedMPH	Maximum speed in MPH. Value: -1 means not applicable.
categories : activities : activityLevels : mets	METs score for the activity id.
categories : activities : activityLevels : minSpeedMPH	Minimum speed in MPH. Value: -1 means not applicable.
categories : activities : activityLevels : name	Name of the activity level.
categories : activities : hasSpeed	Supported: `true` \| `false`
categories : activities : id	Numerical value representing the corresponding activity.
categories : activities : name	The name of the activity or exercise.

{
  "categories": [
    {
      "activities": [
        {
          "accessLevel": "PUBLIC",
          "activityLevels": [
            {
              "id": 3016,
              "maxSpeedMPH": -1,
              "mets": 8.5,
              "minSpeedMPH": -1,
              "name": "6 - 8 inch step"
            },
            {
              "id": 3017,
              "maxSpeedMPH": -1,
              "mets": 10,
              "minSpeedMPH": -1,
              "name": "10 - 12 inch step"
            }
          ],
          "hasSpeed": false,
          "id": 90004,
          "name": "Aerobic step"
        },
        {
          "accessLevel": "PUBLIC",
          "hasSpeed": false,
          "id": 3015,
          "mets": 6.5,
          "name": "Aerobic, general"
        },
.
.
.

Response Headers

content-type	The media type of the response content being sent to the client. Supported: `application/json`
fitbit-rate-limit-limit	The quota number of calls.
fitbit-rate-limit-remaining	The number of calls remaining before hitting the rate limit.
fitbit-rate-limit-reset	The number of seconds until the rate limit resets.

Note: The rate limit headers are approximate and asynchronously updated. This means that there may be a minor delay in the decrementing of remaining requests. This could result in your application receiving an unexpected 429 response if you don't track the total number of requests you make yourself.

Response Type

HTTP Status Code	HTTP response code. List of codes are found in the Troubleshooting Guide.
Status Message	Description of the status code.
Response Body	Contains the JSON response to the API call. When errors are returned by the API call, the errorType, fieldName and message text will provide more information to the cause of the failure.

Response Codes

200	A successful request.
400	The request had bad syntax or was inherently impossible to be satisfied.
401	The request requires user authentication.

Note: For a complete list of response codes, please refer to the Troubleshooting Guide.

Additional Information

At startup, we recommend your application retrieve the complete list of activities, cache the results and display the results in the application’s UI later.

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