Fitbit

Oliver_Tooth

Hi folks, i’ve installed this module and got it up and running ,but it doesn’t seem to be pulling any data. Could anyone possibly point me in the right direction on how best to fix this? Cheers.

bhepler

@Oliver_Tooth For starters, I would open up the developer tools to see if there are any obvious errors when the module is attempting to load data from the Fitbit servers.

If you’re using an external machine to view the web application (such as Firefox, Chrome, Edge or whatever) press the F12 button. You should see the screen divide and show you what’s going on behind the scenes. Find the console tab and click on it. Look for any error messages in red and see if that helps.

If you’re modifying the Pi directly, add the dev switch to the start command: npm start dev. It will likewise open up the developer tools and you can see what’s going on.

It’s a start.

Oliver_Tooth

@bhepler Cheers for the pointers. I’ve looked through the dev console and I can’t see anything glaringly obvious. Weirdly however, i’ve gone onto my account section on Fitbit’s website and it doesn’t actually say that this module (app) is listed as having access to the data, despite me running through all the setup as written.

bhepler

@Oliver_Tooth Hrm. The next step would probably be to check the NPM logs. I think they’re located at ~/MagicMirror/npm-debug.log, or possibly in the FitBit module’s directory itself.

It sure sounds like you’re not extracting data from the website.

Oliver_Tooth

@bhepler Slightly embarrassing to admit i can’t find that debug file anywhere!

bhepler

@Oliver_Tooth Well, the Wife wants her FitBit stats on the mirror so I’m going to end up using this module at some point. I’ll try and catch up to you and we’ll debug this together.

Oliver_Tooth

@bhepler That’d be fantastic if you could! This is a 21st birthday present due in just under a weeks time, so i’m starting to panic somewhat!

Oliver_Tooth

@daniel44992 I too am having this exact issue. Did you ever find a solution?

bhepler

@Oliver_Tooth I was able to successfully install the Fitbit module and get it to pull information from the web API. It took a little tweaking, but I did get it to work.

Problems I encountered:

Python was not installed. I had to install it and figure out how to install “pip”.
Fitbit doesn’t make their developer area visible off their main website. I ended up bouncing through their forums first.
Example config file on the module GitHub page contains errors. The character after config: should be {, not [.
The secret key and appID field values need to be surrounded by single quotes, something not explained in the readme file.

Here’s the relevant portion of my config.sys file.

{
        module: 'MMM-fitbit',
        position: 'bottom_left',
        config: {
                credentials: {
                        client_id: '000XX0',
                        client_secret: 'abbacadabba1234567890',
                        },
                resources: [
                        'steps',
                        'floors',
                        'caloriesOut',
                        'distance',
                        'activeMinutes',
                        'sleep',
                        'heart'
                        ],
                update_interval: 60
                }
},

When you run npm start the MMM-Fitbit python script will run and kick out a few lines in the console. I’m not entirely sure what it’s doing, but here’s what mine reads:

Set credential request recieved.
{ client_id: '000XX0',
  client_secret: 'abbacadabba1234567890' }
Initial run request recieved.
Running getData.py
results: [{"message":"credentials.ini exists","type":"status"},{"message":"Writing credentials to credentials.ini","type":"status"},{"message":"Writing id: 000XX0 and secret: abbacadabba1234567890","type":"status"},{"message":"Credentials write successful","type":"status"}]

When I ran the setupAccess.py script, it failed to modify the credentials.ini file. I ended up editing it manually and plugging in my application ID and my secret key. The format is simple. Spaces before & after the = and no quotes around the ID or key.

Vendittelli

@bhepler Please, if you spot any problems with the documentation, create a pull request on GitHub and I’ll happily make those changes.