![]() ![]() I found this sorta strange given that they had an entire site dedicated to said API (still present even then), along with terms of service that still said you were allowed to do anything you wanted as long as it was great.īut things got quiet again and nobody screamed…until mid-February.įast forward to the week of February 17th, when Garmin started rolling out their new Garmin Connect Modern interface, also known as GC2. You can find our corporate wellness page here, which will change on January 6 to reflect the new product announcements.” ![]() The API makes it possible for all activity monitoring and fitness device data to be shared with a wellness partner. We are working closely with B2B partners who are looking to use activity data to validate a participant’s activities in their wellness program. When I first started poking around at this back in early January (before the data cutoff in February) when Garmin appeared to delete the welcome page for the API instructions (but not delete any other content, including all the details). Ultimately, they were allowing you to view your data that you uploaded. There were cool apps that uploaded data, parsed data, viewed data, and allowed you to analyze the data. “You are free to access our API as long as you agree to create great things.” The API had a very simple terms of service, that previously said (in total): An API that was built over half a decade earlier by the MotionBased team (which Garmin bought and eventually rebranded Garmin Connect). Up until February, Garmin Connect had an API that was available to developers to use free of charge. In doing so Garmin effectively completed a Strava-like blockage on a single night without any notice (that they since changed direction on). That wall was targeted at blocking the numerous app developers that used to directly pull data from Garmin Connect. So then you might be asking – why would this be a bad thing? Well, because while Garmin has built a bridge that many users will love with automatic sync, they’ve also built a huge wall at the same time. But ultimately, those two companies are just the first two to take advantage of it – with a number of massive fitness/sports names in the queue, as Garmin and those other companies work through the technical implementation details. The culmination of that effort arrived today with direct synchronization to TrainingPeaks and runcoach. You may also want to install python-lxml.This morning’s announcement by Garmin of their Garmin Sync rollout is one that’s been long in the making – starting in earnest much earlier this year. Sudo apt-get install python-pip libusb-1.0-0 Make sure your system has python, pip, and libusb-1.0: These devices (and probably anything newer) appear to implement ANT-FS instead of "Garmin Device Interface API". ![]() ![]() So far this software software has been reported to work with: The software also supports automatic upload to Garmin Connect. In on-demand mode the program just downloads once and terminates. In deamon mode it automatically saves TCX files to a configured directory whenever a paired device is within range and has new data. The software can be run as either a daemon or on-demand. Early wireless Garmin devices should be supported, but newer hardware uses a different protocol. In theory it should work with any device implementing this stack. This software implements the Garmin Device Interface Spec over an ANT-FS transport. It doesn't support workout, profile, or activity uploads like the Windows "Garmin ANT Agent." The project goal is to support downloading data from GPS unit and upload to Garmin Connect. Tools for extracting data from Garmin wireless (ANT) GPS devices. ![]()
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