Calories Burned API

The Calories Burned API calculates the total calories burned for hundreds of sports and activities. It supports custom weight and duration. See activities endpoint for a list of all supported activities.

/v1/caloriesburned GET

https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/caloriesburned

Returns the calories burned per hour and total calories burned according to given parameters for given activities (up to 10).


Parameters

  • activity  required

    Name of the given activity. This value can be partial (e.g. ski will match water skiing and downhill skiing).

  • weight  optional

    Weight of the user performing the activity in pounds. Must be between 50 and 500. Default value is 160.

  • duration  optional

    How long the activity was performed in minutes. Must be 1 or greater. Default value is 60 (1 hour).

Headers

  • X-Api-Key  required

    API Key associated with your account.

Sample Request Live Demo!

activity
https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/caloriesburned?activity=skiing

Headers

X-Api-KeyLog in or sign up to get your API Key

Sample Response

JSON
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 [ { "name": "Skiing, water skiing", "calories_per_hour": 354, "duration_minutes": 60, "total_calories": 354 }, { "name": "Cross country snow skiing, slow", "calories_per_hour": 413, "duration_minutes": 60, "total_calories": 413 }, { "name": "Cross country skiing, moderate", "calories_per_hour": 472, "duration_minutes": 60, "total_calories": 472 }, ... ]

Code Examples

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 import requests activity = 'skiing' api_url = 'https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/caloriesburned?activity={}'.format(activity) response = requests.get(api_url, headers={'X-Api-Key': 'YOUR_API_KEY'}) if response.status_code == requests.codes.ok: print(response.text) else: print("Error:", response.status_code, response.text)

If your programming language is not listed in the Code Example above, you can still make API calls by using a HTTP request library written in your programming language and following the above documentation.

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/v1/caloriesburnedactivities GET

https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/caloriesburnedactivities

Returns a list of all supported activities.


Parameters

None

Headers

  • X-Api-Key  required

    API Key associated with your account.

Sample Request

https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/caloriesburnedactivities

Headers

X-Api-KeyLog in or sign up to get your API Key

Sample Response

JSON
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 [ "Aerobics, low impact", "Aerobics, high impact", "Aerobics, step aerobics", "Archery", "Badminton", "Baseball", "Basketball", ... ]