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FYI, before you go digging too far, the shift to on-device Timeline storage was recent (last month or so), so I don't know if they have a public API for interacting with it yet. Prior to that, it was a proprietary in-app thing that lived only in the cloud and could only be accessed via the web or mobile apps.

I am not sure what format that on-device data is, or if it might be accessible via Google Takeout (their data export platform) instead of an API.

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thatgurjot2y ago· 1 in thread

Oh I see. Thanks for letting me know. If it’s obscured behind a cloud like Nike Run Club now, there might still be a way. But maybe I’ll start with simpler services with an existing public API like Strava :)

solardevOP2y ago

It looks like they're still figuring out the transition :(

I just tried a Google Takeout export of the Timeline data, but it was an empty skeleton of the previous Timeline that just has a text file saying "You have encrypted Timeline backups stored on Google servers."

I have no idea where that actual backup is, either on the phone or on the server. There seems to be no way to access it anymore, lol =/

Anyway, nevermind my niche use case. Good luck with the app and excited to see how it comes out!

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