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· 6 min read · Google Health API
Google Health API: A Practical Guide to Getting Started
A step-by-step walkthrough of setting up the Google Health API: Google Cloud project, OAuth client, environment variables, and verifying your first synced data.
Open Wearables Team
· 6 min read · Google Health API
Google Health API and Google Health Connect: What's the Difference
Google runs two separate products under the same name. Health Connect lives on the device and needs an SDK. The Google Health API is a cloud REST API and needs OAuth verification and CASA at scale.
Open Wearables Team
· 10 min read · Google Health API
Google CASA and OAuth Verification for Health Apps
Moving to the Google Health API means OAuth verification and an annual CASA security assessment. Here is what it costs, how long it takes, and why self-hosting does not move the responsibility off your organization.
Open Wearables Team