Daily Resting Heart Rate: the Google Health API daily-resting-heart-rate data type
Read from Google’s documentation on 2026-10-17 · discovery document revision 20261014 · Google’s data-types page last updated 2026-10-06
Daily Resting Heart Rate (daily-resting-heart-rate) is a Daily data type in the Google Health API. Google's data-types table lists list and reconcile for it under the .health_metrics_and_measurements.readonly and .health_metrics_and_measurements.writeonly scopes. The table marks it with webhook support. Google's Fitbit migration table maps the Fitbit Web API's Resting heart rate data to it.
Daily Resting Heart Rate at a glance
From the Daily Resting Heart Rate row of Google’s data-types table, joined to the discovery document’s DataPoint schema.
- Display name
- Daily Resting Heart Rate
- dataType (in endpoint URLs)
daily-resting-heart-rate- filter parameter
daily_resting_heart_rateGoogle: “The identifier separated by underscores (for example,active_minutes) used as the value for thedataTypefilter parameter in daily rollup and rollup requests.”- Record type
- Daily — Google: “Represents measurements aggregated or recorded on a daily basis.”
- Storage resolution
- not stated in Google’s table
- Webhook support
- Yes · automatic-subscription token WEBHOOK_DATA_TYPE_DAILY_RESTING_HEART_RATE
- True zeros support
- Not marked in Google’s table
- Channel
- v4
- DataPoint field
DataPoint.dailyRestingHeartRate→DailyRestingHeartRateIts description: “Optional. Data for points in thedaily-resting-heart-ratedaily data type collection.”- Compatible devices
- 24 in Google’s table
Operations and request paths
The operations Google’s table lists for daily-resting-heart-rate, each matched to its users.dataTypes.dataPoints method in the discovery document. The path is the documented path template (the method’s flatPath on https://health.googleapis.com/) with {dataTypesId} filled in as daily-resting-heart-rate. Google on {user}: “The {user} can be either the alias me or the authenticated user's numeric Health User ID (retrieved via GetIdentity).”
| Table lists | Method | Documented path template |
|---|---|---|
list | list | GET https://health.googleapis.com/v4/users/{usersId}/dataTypes/daily-resting-heart-rate/dataPoints |
reconcile | reconcile | GET https://health.googleapis.com/v4/users/{usersId}/dataTypes/daily-resting-heart-rate/dataPoints:reconcile |
Every method, and how many of the data types list it: the methods overview.
Scopes
The scopes Google’s table lists for daily-resting-heart-rate, as full URLs, with the consent text Google’s Scopes page gives each. Every Google Health API scope.
| Scope | Access | Google’s permission text |
|---|---|---|
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/googlehealth.health_metrics_and_measurements.readonly | read | See your Google Health health metrics and measurement data. |
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/googlehealth.health_metrics_and_measurements.writeonly | write | Add health metric and measurements data to Google Health, and edit or delete the data it adds. |
Fields of Daily Resting Heart Rate
The schema the discovery document gives DataPoint.dailyRestingHeartRate, required fields first. Types are as the discovery document states them; the label is the word Google’s description opens with. The schemas its fields refer to follow, one level deep.
DailyRestingHeartRate — Google: “Measures the daily resting heart rate for a user, calculated using the all day heart rate measurements.”
| Field | Type | Google’s description |
|---|---|---|
beatsPerMinuteRequired | string/int64 | Required. The resting heart rate value in beats per minute. |
dateRequired | Date | Required. Date (in the user's timezone) of the resting heart rate measurement. |
dailyRestingHeartRateMetadataOptional | DailyRestingHeartRateMetadata | Optional. Metadata for the daily resting heart rate. |
Date
Google: “Represents a whole or partial calendar date, such as a birthday. The time of day and time zone are either specified elsewhere or are insignificant. The date is relative to the Gregorian Calendar. This can represent one of the following: * A full date, with non-zero year, month, and day values. * A month and day, with a zero year (for example, an anniversary). * A year on its own, with a zero month and a zero day. * A year and month, with a zero day (for example, a credit card expiration date). Related types: * google.type.TimeOfDay * google.type.DateTime * google.protobuf.Timestamp”
| Field | Type | Google’s description |
|---|---|---|
day | integer/int32 | Day of a month. Must be from 1 to 31 and valid for the year and month, or 0 to specify a year by itself or a year and month where the day isn't significant. |
month | integer/int32 | Month of a year. Must be from 1 to 12, or 0 to specify a year without a month and day. |
year | integer/int32 | Year of the date. Must be from 1 to 9999, or 0 to specify a date without a year. |
DailyRestingHeartRateMetadata
Google: “Metadata for the daily resting heart rate.”
| Field | Type | Google’s description |
|---|---|---|
calculationMethodRequired | string | Required. The method used to calculate the resting heart rate.
|
Fitbit Web API predecessor
Google’s Fitbit Web API → Google Health API data-type table maps Resting heart rate to daily-resting-heart-rate.
Fitbit Web API scopes Google maps to daily-resting-heart-rate’s scopes: blood_glucose, heartrate, oxygen_saturation, respiratory_rate, temperature, weight.
Google’s full Fitbit Web API mapping tables · the migration playbook
Where Google’s pages disagree
Published as found, with the texts that disagree; nothing here is corrected by us.
Rollup missing from the table
The discovery document's DailyRollupDataPoint.restingHeartRatePersonalRange is returned when rolling up daily-resting-heart-rate, but the table does not list dailyRollup for daily-resting-heart-rate.
- the v4 discovery document: “Returned by default when rolling up data points from the
daily-resting-heart-ratedata type, or when requested explicitly using theresting-heart-rate-personal-rangerollup type identifier.” - Google's data-types page: “list, reconcile”
- the v4 discovery document: “Returned by default when rolling up data points from the
Compatible devices
The 24 devices Google’s table lists as able to record and sync daily-resting-heart-rate.
- Fitbit Air
- Fitbit Alta HR
- Fitbit Blaze
- Fitbit Charge 2
- Fitbit Charge 3
- Fitbit Charge 4
- Fitbit Charge 5
- Fitbit Charge 6
- Fitbit Inspire 2
- Fitbit Inspire 3
- Fitbit Inspire HR
- Fitbit Ionic
- Fitbit Luxe
- Pixel Watch
- Pixel Watch 2
- Pixel Watch 3
- Pixel Watch 4
- Fitbit Sense
- Fitbit Sense 2
- Fitbit Versa
- Fitbit Versa 2
- Fitbit Versa 3
- Fitbit Versa 4
- Fitbit Versa Lite
Google’s documentation
Related on this site
- Resting Heart Rate API: How to Read RHR From HealthKit and Health Connect — the metric on every platform this site covers, each type quoted in its platform's own words
- Google Health API webhooks
- Verification and rate limits
- The Fitbit Web API turn-off
Questions
Which OAuth scopes does the Google Health API daily-resting-heart-rate data type need?
Google's data-types table (read 2026-10-17) lists https://www.googleapis.com/auth/googlehealth.health_metrics_and_measurements.readonly and https://www.googleapis.com/auth/googlehealth.health_metrics_and_measurements.writeonly for daily-resting-heart-rate. The Scopes page's consent text: .health_metrics_and_measurements.readonly, "See your Google Health health metrics and measurement data."; .health_metrics_and_measurements.writeonly, "Add health metric and measurements data to Google Health, and edit or delete the data it adds."
Can apps write daily resting heart rate data to the Google Health API?
Not according to Google's data-types table, read 2026-10-17: it lists only list and reconcile for daily-resting-heart-rate, and no create, update or batchDelete operation.
How do you aggregate daily-resting-heart-rate data with the Google Health API?
Not with rollUp or dailyRollUp, going by Google's data-types table: it lists only list and reconcile for daily-resting-heart-rate. The discovery document disagrees: its DailyRollupDataPoint.restingHeartRatePersonalRange is returned when rolling up daily-resting-heart-rate, but the table does not list dailyRollup for daily-resting-heart-rate. Test before relying on either reading.
What did the Google Health API daily-resting-heart-rate data type replace in the Fitbit Web API?
Google's Fitbit Web API migration table maps the Fitbit Web API's "Resting heart rate" to daily-resting-heart-rate. The Fitbit Web API scopes Google maps to its scopes: blood_glucose, heartrate, oxygen_saturation, respiratory_rate, temperature and weight.
Other health metrics and measurements data types
Sources checked
- Google Health API data types — last updated 2026-10-06 · read 2026-10-17
- Google Health API discovery document (v4) — revision 20261014 · read 2026-10-17
- Scopes — last updated 2026-10-09 · read 2026-10-17
- API specifications — last updated 2026-09-22 · read 2026-10-17
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