Quantifying your Fitness

WHO AM I?

WHY QUANTIFY?

technology stack

• MyFitnessPal
• Fitbit
• Twilio
• (IFTTT + Twitter)
• Philips Hue

myfitnesspal

chicken korma

dance

also dance

FITBIT api

• Great Developer Experience
• Nice RESTful API
• PubSub Model for Updates
• Various Content Types
• Explorer for API Endpoints

fitbit application setup

• Get developer account
• Create application
• Configure application
• Set up subscribers
• Get User Token

why sms?

TWILIO

PHILIPS HUE

hue local api

• Decent REST API
• Not terribly secure
• Good for local services

local request

• { "on": true }
• /api/user/lights/1/state
• /api/user/groups/0/action

SET THE COLORS

but!

Hue REMOTE API

• Masquerade as an iPhone
• Grab/save the token
• Create JSON POST body
• Send it and get a 200 (hope it's right!)

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REMOTE REQUEST