FatSecret Platform API Documentation

NAME	TYPE	REQUIRED	DESCRIPTION
URL (new) Method	N/A	Required	"https://platform.fatsecret.com/rest/exercises/v1" HTTP "GET"
OR
method	String	Required	"exercises.get" (included with other parameters)

Additional Parameters

NAME	TYPE	REQUIRED	DESCRIPTION
format	String	Optional	The desired response format. Valid response formats are "xml" or "json" (default value is "xml").

Response

The only storable value returned by this call is exercise_id.

Each exercise element contains information as follows:

NAME	TYPE	DESCRIPTION
exercise_id	Long	Unique exercise identifier
exercise_name	String	Name of the exercise

Example Response

⚠️ Response json is only in array format when more than one object is returned

Example 1:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<exercise_types 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">
  <exercise>
    <exercise_id>0</exercise_id>
    <exercise_name>Other</exercise_name>
  </exercise>
  <exercise>
    <exercise_id>2</exercise_id>
    <exercise_name>Resting</exercise_name>
  </exercise>
  <exercise>
    <exercise_id>1</exercise_id>
    <exercise_name>Sleeping</exercise_name>
  </exercise>
</exercise_types>

Example 1:

{
  "exercise_types": {
    "exercise": [
      {
        "exercise_id": "0",
        "exercise_name": "Other"
      },
      {
        "exercise_id": "2",
        "exercise_name": "Resting"
      },
      {
        "exercise_id": "1",
        "exercise_name": "Sleeping"
      }
    ]
  }
}

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>'