Fitbit

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.

Oliver_Tooth

@bhepler That’s great news! I’ve managed to get mine up and working, but from what I can tell initially, it doesn’t seem to stay authorised for longer than a day, i’m currently browsing the python-fitbit forum for help on that. It’s also only showing data for steps, with all other fields showing 0. Is this something you’ve encountered?

bhepler

@Oliver_Tooth Somewhat. I see steps, distance and calories. Sleep is zero. There’s definitely something going on here. I haven’t run it long enough to encounter the authorization problem. I’ll investigate further tonight.

@Vendittelli - I’ll do that. I should have a PR for you in a couple days. Thanks for the great module!

s199

Hello, thank you for that nice addon…i finally managed to make it work (exemple code is still incorrect on github…) but there is a problem, im using an alta hr and i only have the “steps” info on display, everything else is set to 0 :/
Any idea how i can fix that ?

Sandy2503

The Modul wont work on my Mirror too.
First:
In the moment i haven`t any Fitbit Hardware. I use the Fitbit -App on my WindowsPhone. I can see in the App all useful things like step etc. and the data will sync with the Fitbit webservce.
I can see all activitys an the Mirror with a Zero …

When i stop the mirror with
pm2 stop mm and try to start the python script setupAccess.py from the local terminal so i can see this:

//your code here
sudo python setupAccess.py
Get credentials from credentials.ini ? (Y/N)
y
{"message": "credentials.ini exists", "type": "status"}
{"message": "Reading from crentials.ini", "type": "status"}
{"message": "Read of credentials.ini successful.", "type": "status"}
[19/Sep/2017:19:30:03] ENGINE Listening for SIGHUP.
[19/Sep/2017:19:30:03] ENGINE Listening for SIGTERM.
[19/Sep/2017:19:30:03] ENGINE Listening for SIGUSR1.
[19/Sep/2017:19:30:03] ENGINE Bus STARTING
CherryPY Checker:
The Application mounted at '' has an empty config.

[19/Sep/2017:19:30:03] ENGINE Started monitor thread 'Autoreloader'.
[19/Sep/2017:19:30:03] ENGINE Started monitor thread '_TimeoutMonitor'.
[19/Sep/2017:19:30:03] ENGINE Serving on http://127.0.0.1:8080
[19/Sep/2017:19:30:03] ENGINE Bus STARTED

and not more - and no prompt …

when i now from a second terminal the mirror restart with pm2 restart mm
i see on the mirror only:

//your code here
```Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/cherrypy/_cprequest.py", line 670, in respond
    response.body = self.handler()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/cherrypy/lib/encoding.py", line 217, in __call__
    self.body = self.oldhandler(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/cherrypy/_cpdispatch.py", line 67, in __call__
    raise sys.exc_info()[1]
HTTPError: (404, `Missing parameters: state`)

CherryPy 3.8.2

Can anyone help me to fix the problem ?

Greetz Sandy2503

stephenmelody

@s199 I also have this problem, only Steps is coming through. Did you manage to get it fixed?

stephenmelody

This is my output of getData.py

pi@Magic-Mirror:~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-fitbit/python $ sudo python getData.py
{"message": "credentials.ini exists", "type": "status"}
{"message": "Reading from credentials.ini", "type": "status"}
{"message": "Read of credentials.ini successful.", "type": "status"}
{"message": "credentials.ini exists", "type": "status"}
{"message": "Reading from credentials.ini", "type": "status"}
{"message": "Read of credentials.ini successful.", "type": "status"}
{"message": "tokens.ini exists", "type": "status"}
{"message": "Reading from tokens.ini", "type": "status"}
{"message": "Read of tokens.ini successful.", "type": "status"}
{"message": "Making API call", "type": "status"}
{"message": "API call okay", "type": "status"}
{"message": "Tokens valid", "type": "status"}
{"values": {"data": 1649, "goal": 10000}, "resource": "steps", "type": "data"}
{"values": {"data": 0, "goal": 1}, "resource": "floors", "type": "data"}
pi@Magic-Mirror:~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-fitbit/python $

pyrosmiley

For a little ways now, I’ve been running into an issue where, after running for a day or so, the module stops being able to update. It seems that it’s failing --for some odd reason-- to write the new Refresh Token, so when the Access token is expired, it needs to be re-authorized. I’ve looked through the code and I don’t know a whole lot but I cannot figure out why it’s doing what it’s doing. For now, I have this shell script set to run every night, and that seems to keep it running well enough. I’m sure there’s a better way but until I can get around to learning more, the kludgy way will do.

#!/bin/bash

export DISPLAY=:0
pm2 stop MagicMirror
python  ~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-fitbit/python/setupAccess.py
killall chromium-browser
pm2 start MagicMirror

exit 0

The first line is there so that it can be run manually over SSH. I did have to log in manually once, but I just told chromium to remember me, so now I don’t have to do anything to re-grant access.

If anyone has a better fix, I’d love to hear your thoughts!

Sandy2503

Hi.

I start the setupAccess.py and i have got an Error from Chromium Browser.

In the Message stands the the Chromium Browser starts as normal user and not as root.

How can i fix it ?

Sandy