Discussion: Third-party tracker integration #12
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A quick google search shows that Hevy App has an API for pro users: https://api.hevyapp.com/docs/
Not sure if others have apps they've liked using but leveraging a third-party app for workout plans, progressions, etc would be 1000x easier than trying to rebuild all of that functionality in a single page app. Perhaps there are others app with public APIs but I couldn't find them.
With an API integration, the user would provide their key then the SPA simply fetches the available workouts, user selects the workout to perform, and ideally progresses through the workout like normal. Exercise data is posted back to the app and stored just like using the native app.
My recommendation is to email the developers of your favorite lifting apps and ask them to contribute to this repo or build native support for our hardware. This is a great new customer opportunity for the workout apps. There are thousands of people looking for a new home. Whoever moves first will gain a lot of new customers very quickly.
I already emailed Hevy since they have the API in place and have a way for users to easily get their developer key. The more people who reach out the more likely this gets traction.