fatsecret Platform API Documentation

Returns the recorded weights for a user for the month specified. Use this call to display a user's weight chart or log of weight changes for a nominated month. The day elements returned are those where the user entered or updated their weight for the specified month. Days with no recorded weight are not included.

Parameters

URL / Method

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

Additional Parameters

NAME	TYPE	REQUIRED	DESCRIPTION
date	Int	Optional	Number of days since January 1, 1970 (default value is the current day)
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 month element contains information as follows:

NAME	TYPE	DESCRIPTION
from_date_int	Int	First day expressed as the number of days elapsed since January 1, 1970
to_date_int	Int	Last day expressed as the number of days elapsed since January 1, 1970

Each day element contains information as follows:

NAME	TYPE	DESCRIPTION
date_int	Int	Date expressed as the number of days elapsed since January 1, 1970
weight_kg	Decimal	Recorded weight in kilograms
weight_comment	String	Comment recorded by the user (where available)

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"?>
<month 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">
  <from_date_int>14276</from_date_int>
  <to_date_int>14303</to_date_int>
  <day>
    <date_int>14276</date_int>
    <weight_kg>82.000</weight_kg>
    <weight_comment>whoo i did it again</weight_comment>
  </day>
  <day>
    <date_int>14282</date_int>
    <weight_kg>81.000</weight_kg>
  </day>
  <day>
    <date_int>14288</date_int>
    <weight_kg>80.000</weight_kg>
  </day>
  <day>
    <date_int>14294</date_int>
    <weight_kg>79.000</weight_kg>
  </day>
  <day>
    <date_int>14303</date_int>
    <weight_kg>78.000</weight_kg>
  </day>
</month>

Example 1:

{
  "month": {
    "day": [
      {
        "date_int": "14276",
        "weight_comment": "whoo i did it again",
        "weight_kg": "82.000"
      },
      {
        "date_int": "14282",
        "weight_kg": "81.000"
      },
      {
        "date_int": "14288",
        "weight_kg": "80.000"
      },
      {
        "date_int": "14294",
        "weight_kg": "79.000"
      },
      {
        "date_int": "14303",
        "weight_kg": "78.000"
      }
    ],
    "from_date_int": "14276",
    "to_date_int": "14303"
  }
}

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>'