Food, Health & Nature
Calories Burned API
Estimate energy burned for any activity from MET values, tuned to body weight and duration.
Request Headers
| Name | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
X-RapidAPI-Key | required | Your RapidAPI key. Get one free. |
X-RapidAPI-Host | required | calories-burned.p.rapidapi.com |
Endpoints
GET
/v1/health/caloriesburned Estimate calories burned for an activity by MET value
Parameters
| Name | Type | Required | Default | Constraints |
|---|---|---|---|---|
activity | string | required | — | matches \S |
minutes | integer | optional | — | 1-1440 |
weight | number | optional | — | 30-300 |
Code Examples
curl --request GET \
--url 'https://calories-burned.p.rapidapi.com/v1/health/caloriesburned?activity=example' \
--header 'x-rapidapi-key: YOUR_API_KEY' \
--header 'x-rapidapi-host: calories-burned.p.rapidapi.com' const url = "https://calories-burned.p.rapidapi.com/v1/health/caloriesburned?activity=example";
const options = {
method: "GET",
headers: {
"x-rapidapi-key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
"x-rapidapi-host": "calories-burned.p.rapidapi.com"
}
};
const response = await fetch(url, options);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data); import requests
url = "https://calories-burned.p.rapidapi.com/v1/health/caloriesburned"
querystring = {"activity": "example"}
headers = {
"x-rapidapi-key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
"x-rapidapi-host": "calories-burned.p.rapidapi.com"
}
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers, params=querystring)
print(response.json()) Interactive Example
$ GET /v1/health/caloriesburned?activity=running&weight=70&minutes=30
{"data":[{"activity":"running, 8 km/h","met":8.3,"calories_per_hour":610.1,"total_calories":305.0}],"meta":{"total":1,"limit":1,"offset":0}} Subscribe & License
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