DataLoader: R6 class for Loading Fitbit data

In fitcoach: Personalized Coach for Fitbit and R API

Description

DataLoader is an R6 Class that connects to the Fitbit API with the credentials, requests the data, and writes the response to JSON files,

Usage

DataLoader

Format

A R6Class generator object

Methods

connect(appname, key, secret, cache.file)

This method connects to the Fitbit API and to your application.
appname: Name of the Fitbit App
key: Fitbit API Client key
secret: Fibit API Client secret
cache.file: Path to a cached token file, instead of providing credentials in the function call

request(type = "day", activities = "", start.date = Sys.Date(), end.date = "", path = "./json/"))

This method builds the request URLs, sends the requests and writes response to JSON files, in the specified folder.
type: Type of time series. Must be 'day' or 'intraday'.
activities: A list of the Fitibit activities to be retrieved.
start.date: Start date in format YYYY-mm-dd.
end.date: End date in format YYYY-mm-dd.
path: Folder where the JSON files will be written.

Examples

## Not run: 
testObject <- DataLoader$new()

testObject$connect(appname = "abcd",
                   key = "123ABC",
                   secret = "3089e3h1ac9dde0aa67b54ajc8691j44")

testObject$request(
    type = 'day', 
    activities = list("calories", "steps", "distance", "minutesVeryActive"), 
    start.date = "2016-01-01", 
    end.date = "2016-02-01", 
    path = "~/fitbit-daily/")

## End(Not run)

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