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A webapp can definitely import activities from Garmin smartwatches automatically. Garmin provide a REST interface to Connect to import FIT activities.

https://developer.garmin.com/gc-developer-program/activity-a...

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Theoretically, practically, the Garmin connect developer programm is only open for businesses and not hobby projects. From my past experience this is also enforced, no hobby projects.

I have also experienced this. It’s very frustrating that my own data, while available for download on the site, is not available via API

There are a few usable libraries now from folks who have reverse engineered it. I've used https://github.com/matin/garth successfully, there should be libraries available in most other popular languages

That’s really handy, thanks

From my past experience (during COVID when everyone was trying to get access to do hobby projects) they were providing access, you just had to email nicely and ask. Maybe that's now changed again, I've not tried since.

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