fatsecret Platform API Documentation

Returns summary daily nutritional information for a user's food diary entries for the month specified. Use this call to display nutritional information to users about their food intake for a nominated month. Days with no food diary entries are not included.

Why are we introducing this version?

Updated json array formatting so it is consistent when one object is returned.

Parameters

URL / Method

NAME	TYPE	REQUIRED	DESCRIPTION
URL (new) Method	N/A	Required	"https://platform.fatsecret.com/rest/food-entries/month/v1" HTTP "GET"
OR
method	String	Required	"food_entries.get_month.v2" (included with other parameters)

Additional Parameters

NAME	TYPE	REQUIRED	DESCRIPTION
date	Int	Required	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
calories	Decimal	Energy content in kcal
carbohydrate	Decimal	Total carbohydrate content in grams
protein	Decimal	Protein content in grams
fat	Decimal	Total fat content in grams

Example Response

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>
    <calories>1817</calories>
    <carbohydrate>171.70</carbohydrate>
    <protein>100.43</protein>
    <fat>79.56</fat>
  </day>
  <day>
    <date_int>14282</date_int>
    <calories>2432</calories>
    <carbohydrate>249.17</carbohydrate>
    <protein>116.13</protein>
    <fat>109.94</fat>
  </day>
  <day>
    <date_int>14288</date_int>
    <calories>1223</calories>
    <carbohydrate>138.52</carbohydrate>
    <protein>68.60</protein>
    <fat>44.06</fat>
  </day>
  <day>
    <date_int>14294</date_int>
    <calories>2227</calories>
    <carbohydrate>148.18</carbohydrate>
    <protein>93.38</protein>
    <fat>141.80</fat>
  </day>
  <day>
    <date_int>14303</date_int>
    <calories>2347</calories>
    <carbohydrate>262.25</carbohydrate>
    <protein>83.89</protein>
    <fat>118.36</fat>
  </day>
</month>

Example 1:

{
  "month": {
    "day": [
      {
        "calories": "1817",
        "carbohydrate": "171.70",
        "date_int": "14276",
        "fat": "79.56",
        "protein": "100.43"
      },
      {
        "calories": "2432",
        "carbohydrate": "249.17",
        "date_int": "14282",
        "fat": "109.94",
        "protein": "116.13"
      },
      {
        "calories": "1223",
        "carbohydrate": "138.52",
        "date_int": "14288",
        "fat": "44.06",
        "protein": "68.60"
      },
      {
        "calories": "2227",
        "carbohydrate": "148.18",
        "date_int": "14294",
        "fat": "141.80",
        "protein": "93.38"
      },
      {
        "calories": "2347",
        "carbohydrate": "262.25",
        "date_int": "14303",
        "fat": "118.36",
        "protein": "83.89"
      }
    ],
    "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>'