Dataset: Nutrition Consumption Log

Dataset name: ds_nutrition_consumption_log

Description

Nutrition Consumption Log Data

Fields in this dataset

Name	Field Name	Description	Field Type	Field Example
Calories	calories	Calories	floating point	400
Cholesterol	cholesterol	Cholesterol	floating point	2
Dietary Fibre	dietary_fibre	Dietary Fibre	floating point	1.5
Saturated Fat	fat_saturated	Saturated Fat	floating point	9.8
Total Fat	fat_total	Total Fat	floating point	33.1
Unsaturated Fat	fat_unsaturated	Unsaturated Fat	floating point	11.1
Food Item	food_item	Food item	varchar	Banana
ID	id	The machine name for a record. Internal to PDS and Mydex	int	1
Meal End timestamp	meal_timestamp_end	End date and time of meal	int	1648633780
Meal Start Timestamp	meal_timestamp_start	Start date and time of meal	int	1648633780
Meal Type	meal_type	The type of meal	int	2
Measurement Group	measurement_group	The top level group activity belongs to	varchar	Activity
Monounsaturated fat	monounsaturated_fat	Monounsaturated fat	floating point	2
Nutrition Log ID	nutrition_log_id	The link to the nutrition log record	int	1
Polyunsaturated fat	polyunsaturated_fat	Polyunsaturated fat	floating point	1.5
Potassium	potassium	Potassium	floating point	1.8
Protein	protein	Protein	floating point	10
Created Timestamp	record_created_timestamp	Date record added to PDS	int	1648633780
Updated Timestamp	record_updated_timestamp	Date record updated in the PDS	int	1648633780
Sodium	sodium	Sodium	floating point	1.1
Source Device Type	source_device_type	States the type of source device	varchar	PDA
Source ID	source_id	The unique ID of source of the data	varchar	3621-29756
Source Instance	source_instance	The instance of the source type	int	Google Account 1
Source Name	source_name	The Name given to source	varchar	Google Fit
Sugar	sugar	Sugar	floating point	5
Total carbohydrates	total_carbohydrates	Total carbohydrates	floating point	34.7
Trans fat	trans_fat	Trans fat	floating point	8.7

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Making an API request for this Dataset

Example Request to the Sandbox Server

http://sbx-api.mydex.org/api/pds/transaction/UID.json
  ?key=KEY
  &api_key=API_KEY
  &con_id=CON_ID
  &source_type=connection
  &dataset=ds_nutrition_consumption_log
  &instance=N

Replace the following with your own details: UID KEY, API_KEY, CON_ID and instance N.

Replace sbx-api with api when making a connection to a real member on the production server (must be authenticated).

To return the data in XML, change UID.json to UID.xml.

Example Response

A response to this API request will be structured as follows.

{
  "1": {
    "id": "1",
    "ds_id": "1",
    "calories": "400",
    "cholesterol ": "2",
    "dietary_fibre": "1.5",
    "fat_saturated": "9.8",
    "fat_total": "33.1",
    "fat_unsaturated": "11.1",
    "food_item": "Banana",
    "meal_timestamp_end": "1648633780",
    "meal_timestamp_start": "1648633780",
    "meal_type": "2",
    "measurement_group": "Activity",
    "monounsaturated_fat": "2",
    "nutrition_log_id": "1",
    "polyunsaturated_fat": "1.5",
    "potassium": "1.8",
    "protein": "10",
    "record_created_timestamp": "1648633780",
    "record_updated_timestamp": "1648633780",
    "sodium": "1.1",
    "source_device_type": "PDA",
    "source_id": "3621-29756",
    "source_instance": "Google Account 1",
    "source_name": "Google Fit",
    "sugar": "5",
    "total_carbohydrates": "34.7",
    "trans_fat ": "8.7"
  }
}