FatSecret Platform API Documentation

Profile - Authentication: Get Profile Status

Description

Returns general status information for a nominated user.

Parameters

All

NAME	TYPE	REQUIRED	DESCRIPTION
method	String	Required	MUST be "profile.get"
format	String	Optional	The desired response format. Valid response formats are "xml" or "json" (default value is "xml").

Response

There are no storable values returned by this call.

Each profile element contains information as follows:

NAME	TYPE	DESCRIPTION
weight_measure	String	Either "kg" or "lb" - whether weight should be displayed in kilograms or pounds
height_measure	String	Either "cm" or "inch" - whether height should be displayed in centimeters or inches
last_weight_kg	Decimal	Last recorded weight in kilograms
last_weight_date_int	Int	Date that the user's weight was last recorded expressed as the number of days elapsed since January 1, 1970
last_weight_comment	String	Comment recorded by the user on the last weight entry (where available)
goal_weight_kg	Decimal	User's goal weight in kilograms
height_cm	Decimal	User's current height in centimeters

Example Response

Example 1:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<profile xmlns="http://platform.fatsecret.com/api/1.0/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://platform.fatsecret.com/api/1.0/ http://platform.fatsecret.com/api/1.0/fatsecret.xsd">
  <weight_measure>Kg</weight_measure>
  <height_measure>Cm</height_measure>
  <last_weight_kg>80.0000</last_weight_kg>
  <last_weight_date_int>14289</last_weight_date_int>
  <last_weight_comment>Woohoo!</last_weight_comment>
  <goal_weight_kg>78.0000</goal_weight_kg>
  <height_cm>187.96</height_cm>
</profile>

Example 1:

{
  "profile": {
    "goal_weight_kg": "78.0000",
    "height_cm": "187.96",
    "height_measure": "Cm",
    "last_weight_comment": "Woohoo!",
    "last_weight_date_int": "14289",
    "last_weight_kg": "80.0000",
    "weight_measure": "Kg"
  }
}

Error Codes

CODE	TYPE	DESCRIPTION
2	OAuth 1.0	Missing required oauth parameter: '<details>'
3	OAuth 1.0	Unsupported oauth parameter: '<details>'
4	OAuth 1.0	Invalid signature method: '<details>'
5	OAuth 1.0	Invalid consumer key: '<details>'
6	OAuth 1.0	Invalid/expired timestamp: '<details>'
7	OAuth 1.0	Invalid/used nonce: '<details>'
8	OAuth 1.0	Invalid signature: '<details>'
9	OAuth 1.0	Invalid access token: '<details>'