Imports

>>> import os

>>> from fitparse import FitFile

Read .FIT file and parse

>>> fitfile_path = os.path.join('files', 'garmin-edge-500-activitiy.fit')

>>> fitfile = FitFile(fitfile_path)

>>> fitfile.parse()

Test get_messages()

>>> records = list(fitfile.get_messages(name='record'))

>>> print len(records)

10686

Test API on an arbitrary DataMessage

>>> record = records[1234]

>>> for field in record:

... print (field.name, field.value, field.units)

('altitude', 128.0, 'm')

('cadence', 0, 'rpm')

('distance', 9027.49, 'm')

('grade', None, '%')

('heart_rate', 147, 'bpm')

('position_lat', 522265991, 'semicircles')

('position_long', -947288309, 'semicircles')

('power', None, 'watts')

('resistance', None, None)

('speed', 8.431, 'm/s')

('temperature', 19, 'C')

('time_from_course', None, 's')

('timestamp', datetime.datetime(2011, 9, 25, 13, 21, 29), None)