Get All Activity Types
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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
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>"


Response

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.