2022 June Updates

Check out what we've been doing at Terra over the month of June!

Backend 💾

Completely rewrite the Garmin payload handler system to improve performance, maintainability, and query-ability
Completely rewrite the Polar daily data handler system to prevent extreme ratelimiting which was causing some users to never have data sent
Minor database optimisations to prevent various endpoints timing out prematurely
Changed authentication success/failure webhooks to run syncronously before being sent to the queue if a retry is necessary to prevent delays due to queue backlog

Minor fixes for authentication redirect URLs not being processed correctly under certain conditions
Fixed some fields not being correctly populated for the data generator
Fixed Garmin activity end time sometimes being before the end of the activity if it was paused at any point during the workout
Fixed Cronometer data sometimes not being sent as scheduled
Fix sensor activation time for freestyle libre being normalised incorrectly
Fix payload upload to s3 system sending webhooks with an incorrect HMAC signature header
Fix small normalisation bugs with various providers
Improve various webhook handlers which would sometimes not send data to all applicable users
Fix incorrect time normalisation for Fitbit causing the wrong timezones to be set

Add ability to get data from Freestyle Libre Pro sensors using NFC
Add ability to activate Freestyle Libre 2 sensors over NFC
Added ability to use single-use authentication tokens when creating new SDK users in order to prevent your API key from being exposed
Background scheduler tasks have been added to ensure that no data will be missed even when the app has not been opened for longer than a day
Custom read and write permissions for Apple Health
Add facilities for the uploading of nutrition data to Apple Health
Mindfulness Data added

New iOS SDK that streams data in real time through our Websocket API
BLE Connection to heart rate monitor straps including Polar, Wahoo and more
BLE support for Xiaomi bands to allow streaming of heart rate, calories, steps, and distance
Bluetooth connection widget provided for easy BLE connection

Add ability to get data from Freestyle Libre Pro sensors using NFC
Add ability to activate Freestyle Libre 2 sensors over NFC
Added ability to use single-use authentication tokens when creating new SDK users in order to prevent your API key from being exposed
A Service class is used for the data scheduler to ensure the app can still send data even when not in the foreground.
Package distributed to the Maven central repository to improve ease of installation

BLE support for Xiaomi bands to allow streaming of heart rate, calories, steps, and distance
Bluetooth Connection Widget provided for easy BLE connection