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Users.dataSources: get

AI-generated Key Takeaways

Retrieves a specific data source for a user, requiring authorization with relevant scopes.
The request is a simple HTTP GET with dataSourceId and userId (currently only 'me' is supported) as path parameters.
Authorization scopes cover various fitness data types like activity, location, body metrics, nutrition, and more.
A successful response returns a Users.dataSources resource containing the requested data source information.

Returns the specified data source. Try it now.

Request

HTTP request

GET https://www.googleapis.com/fitness/v1/users/userId/dataSources/dataSourceId

Parameters

Parameter name	Value	Description
Path parameters
`dataSourceId`	`string`	The data stream ID of the data source to retrieve.
`userId`	`string`	Retrieve a data source for the person identified. Use `me` to indicate the authenticated user. Only `me` is supported at this time.

Authorization

This request requires authorization with at least one of the following scopes:

Scope
`https://www.googleapis.com/auth/fitness.activity.read`
`https://www.googleapis.com/auth/fitness.activity.write`
`https://www.googleapis.com/auth/fitness.location.read`
`https://www.googleapis.com/auth/fitness.location.write`
`https://www.googleapis.com/auth/fitness.body.read`
`https://www.googleapis.com/auth/fitness.body.write`
`https://www.googleapis.com/auth/fitness.nutrition.read`
`https://www.googleapis.com/auth/fitness.nutrition.write`
`https://www.googleapis.com/auth/fitness.blood_pressure.read`
`https://www.googleapis.com/auth/fitness.blood_pressure.write`
`https://www.googleapis.com/auth/fitness.blood_glucose.read`
`https://www.googleapis.com/auth/fitness.blood_glucose.write`
`https://www.googleapis.com/auth/fitness.oxygen_saturation.read`
`https://www.googleapis.com/auth/fitness.oxygen_saturation.write`
`https://www.googleapis.com/auth/fitness.body_temperature.read`
`https://www.googleapis.com/auth/fitness.body_temperature.write`
`https://www.googleapis.com/auth/fitness.reproductive_health.read`
`https://www.googleapis.com/auth/fitness.reproductive_health.write`

For more information, see the authentication and authorization page.

Request body

Do not supply a request body with this method.

Response

If successful, this method returns a Users.dataSources resource in the response body.

Try it!

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