Submitting Nutrition to Inform Connect
The nutrition endpoint provides a summary of nutritional intake, and detailed meal information.
nutrition reports a daily summary of nutrition (for example, calories, fiber, sugars, and saturated fat for the day). Nutrition also reports the summary information about each meal (for example, calories, fiber, sugars, and saturated fat for breakfast) and it acts as a container for the foods which make up a given meal (for example, calories, fiber, sugars, and saturated fat for eggs).
A user will only have one
nutritionper Data Source for a given day.
Nutrition must include a name and category.
Name: A free form field that defines the workout type for the record.Category: The category of the nutrition event. Use other if your nutrition record represents a period of time larger than a single meal. Valid values: food, meal, other.
Nutrition may contain segments to break down the daily nutrition summary into individual items (for example, breakfast, lunch, and dinner). A Segment is an array that provides a more granular view of the items that compose the nutrition summary. Generally nutrition segments align with meal designations (breakfast, lunch, dinner, snack).
Further, a nutrition segment may contain food to break down the segment into individual items (for example, a breakfast segment could contain foods for eggs, bacon, and toast).
Due to the complexity of nutrition, we recommend working with our Inform Connect team to ensure you understand this complicated endpoint and map your data points correctly, however, here's a sample of how to use this endpoint.
Example Nutrition POST
{
"log_id": "validic-test-nutrition-record-1",
"start_time": "2025-02-24T12:30:09Z",
"end_time": "2025-02-24T12:30:09Z",
"utc_offset": -18000,
"offset_origin": "source",
"metrics": [
{
"type": "energy_consumed",
"origin": "unknown",
"unit": "kcal",
"value": 1963.0
},
{
"type": "dietary_fiber",
"origin": "unknown",
"unit": "g",
"value": 14.94
},
{
"type": "water",
"origin": "unknown",
"unit": "mL",
"value": 0.0
},
{
"type": "carbohydrate",
"origin": "unknown",
"unit": "g",
"value": 225.46
},
{
"type": "fat",
"origin": "unknown",
"unit": "g",
"value": 94.13
},
{
"type": "protein",
"origin": "unknown",
"unit": "g",
"value": 81.04
},
{
"type": "sodium",
"origin": "unknown",
"unit": "mg",
"value": 3101.43
}
],
"segments": [
{
"name": "Breakfast Summary",
"metrics": [
{
"type": "energy_consumed",
"origin": "unknown",
"unit": "kcal",
"value": 338.0
},
{
"type": "dietary_fiber",
"origin": "unknown",
"unit": "g",
"value": 0.0
},
{
"type": "carbohydrate",
"origin": "unknown",
"unit": "g",
"value": 0.5
},
{
"type": "fat",
"origin": "unknown",
"unit": "g",
"value": 14.31
},
{
"type": "protein",
"origin": "unknown",
"unit": "g",
"value": 6.2
},
{
"type": "sodium",
"origin": "unknown",
"unit": "mg",
"value": 405.77
}
],
"food": [
{
"name": "Toast, Whole Wheat",
"brand": "La Cena",
"metrics": [
{
"type": "energy_consumed",
"origin": "unknown",
"unit": "kcal",
"value": 70.0
}
],
"serving": {
"amount": 2,
"unit_name": "piece"
}
},
{
"name": "Bacon",
"brand": "",
"metrics": [
{
"type": "energy_consumed",
"origin": "unknown",
"unit": "kcal",
"value": 158.0
},
{
"type": "dietary_fiber",
"origin": "unknown",
"unit": "g",
"value": 0.0
},
{
"type": "carbohydrate",
"origin": "unknown",
"unit": "g",
"value": 0.5
},
{
"type": "fat",
"origin": "unknown",
"unit": "g",
"value": 14.31
},
{
"type": "protein",
"origin": "unknown",
"unit": "g",
"value": 6.2
},
{
"type": "sodium",
"origin": "unknown",
"unit": "mg",
"value": 405.77
}
],
"serving": {
"amount": 2,
"unit_name": "slice"
}
},
{
"name": "Orange Juice",
"brand": "Simply Orange",
"metrics": [
{
"type": "energy_consumed",
"origin": "unknown",
"unit": "kcal",
"value": 110.0
}
],
"serving": {
"amount": 8,
"unit_name": "fl oz"
}
}
]
},
{
"name": "Lunch Summary",
"metrics": [
{
"type": "energy_consumed",
"origin": "unknown",
"unit": "kcal",
"value": 767.0
},
{
"type": "dietary_fiber",
"origin": "unknown",
"unit": "g",
"value": 4.69
},
{
"type": "carbohydrate",
"origin": "unknown",
"unit": "g",
"value": 50.26
},
{
"type": "fat",
"origin": "unknown",
"unit": "g",
"value": 22.85
},
{
"type": "protein",
"origin": "unknown",
"unit": "g",
"value": 5.04
},
{
"type": "sodium",
"origin": "unknown",
"unit": "mg",
"value": 259.96
}
],
"food": [
{
"name": "Chick-fil-A Nuggets, 6-Count",
"brand": "Chick-Fil-A",
"metrics": [
{
"type": "energy_consumed",
"origin": "unknown",
"unit": "kcal",
"value": 190.0
}
],
"serving": {
"amount": 6,
"unit_name": "nugget"
}
},
{
"name": "Pepsi Cola",
"brand": "Pepsi",
"metrics": [
{
"type": "energy_consumed",
"origin": "unknown",
"unit": "kcal",
"value": 150.0
}
],
"serving": {
"amount": 12,
"unit_name": "fl oz"
}
},
{
"name": "French Fries",
"brand": "",
"metrics": [
{
"type": "energy_consumed",
"origin": "unknown",
"unit": "kcal",
"value": 427.0
},
{
"type": "dietary_fiber",
"origin": "unknown",
"unit": "g",
"value": 4.69
},
{
"type": "carbohydrate",
"origin": "unknown",
"unit": "g",
"value": 50.26
},
{
"type": "fat",
"origin": "unknown",
"unit": "g",
"value": 22.85
},
{
"type": "protein",
"origin": "unknown",
"unit": "g",
"value": 5.04
},
{
"type": "sodium",
"origin": "unknown",
"unit": "mg",
"value": 259.96
}
],
"serving": {
"amount": 1,
"unit_name": "medium"
}
}
]
},
{
"name": "Dinner Summary",
"metrics": [
{
"type": "energy_consumed",
"origin": "unknown",
"unit": "kcal",
"value": 718.0
},
{
"type": "dietary_fiber",
"origin": "unknown",
"unit": "g",
"value": 5.25
},
{
"type": "carbohydrate",
"origin": "unknown",
"unit": "g",
"value": 63.7
},
{
"type": "fat",
"origin": "unknown",
"unit": "g",
"value": 39.980000000000004
},
{
"type": "protein",
"origin": "unknown",
"unit": "g",
"value": 41.8
},
{
"type": "sodium",
"origin": "unknown",
"unit": "mg",
"value": 1500.7
}
],
"food": [
{
"name": "Baked Potato",
"brand": "",
"metrics": [
{
"type": "energy_consumed",
"origin": "unknown",
"unit": "kcal",
"value": 259.0
},
{
"type": "dietary_fiber",
"origin": "unknown",
"unit": "g",
"value": 5.25
},
{
"type": "carbohydrate",
"origin": "unknown",
"unit": "g",
"value": 48.2
},
{
"type": "fat",
"origin": "unknown",
"unit": "g",
"value": 14.5
},
{
"type": "protein",
"origin": "unknown",
"unit": "g",
"value": 6.5
},
{
"type": "sodium",
"origin": "unknown",
"unit": "mg",
"value": 841.2
}
],
"serving": {
"amount": 1,
"unit_name": "serving"
}
},
{
"name": "Green Beans, Cut",
"brand": "Green Giant",
"metrics": [
{
"type": "energy_consumed",
"origin": "unknown",
"unit": "kcal",
"value": 30.0
}
],
"serving": {
"amount": 0,
"unit_name": "cup"
}
},
{
"name": "Milk",
"brand": "",
"metrics": [
{
"type": "energy_consumed",
"origin": "unknown",
"unit": "kcal",
"value": 184.0
},
{
"type": "dietary_fiber",
"origin": "unknown",
"unit": "g",
"value": 0.0
},
{
"type": "carbohydrate",
"origin": "unknown",
"unit": "g",
"value": 15.5
},
{
"type": "fat",
"origin": "unknown",
"unit": "g",
"value": 8.48
},
{
"type": "protein",
"origin": "unknown",
"unit": "g",
"value": 12.0
},
{
"type": "sodium",
"origin": "unknown",
"unit": "mg",
"value": 159.5
}
],
"serving": {
"amount": 1,
"unit_name": "serving"
}
},
{
"name": "Chicken, Roasted",
"brand": "",
"metrics": [
{
"type": "energy_consumed",
"origin": "unknown",
"unit": "kcal",
"value": 245.0
},
{
"type": "dietary_fiber",
"origin": "unknown",
"unit": "g",
"value": 0.0
},
{
"type": "carbohydrate",
"origin": "unknown",
"unit": "g",
"value": 0.0
},
{
"type": "fat",
"origin": "unknown",
"unit": "g",
"value": 17.0
},
{
"type": "protein",
"origin": "unknown",
"unit": "g",
"value": 23.3
},
{
"type": "sodium",
"origin": "unknown",
"unit": "mg",
"value": 500.0
}
],
"serving": {
"amount": 100,
"unit_name": "gram"
}
}
]
},
{
"name": "Snack Summary",
"metrics": [
{
"type": "energy_consumed",
"origin": "unknown",
"unit": "kcal",
"value": 140.0
}
],
"food": [
{
"name": "Breyers Chocolate Ice Cream",
"brand": "Domino's",
"metrics": [
{
"type": "energy_consumed",
"origin": "unknown",
"unit": "kcal",
"value": 140.0
}
],
"serving": {
"amount": 0,
"unit_name": "cup"
}
}
]
}
],
"source": {
"type": "validic_connect_test",
"device": {
"id": null,
"model": "Validic App",
"manufacturer": "Validic Inc."
}
},
"type": "nutrition",
"category": "other",
"name": "Food Log - 02/24/2025",
"version": "1.0"
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