Help with Google Home:

FAQ: Why doesn't Baby Stats remember me on Google Home?

For every conversation with the Google Home, it attempts to match your voice with a Google Account stored on the device. If there is no trained voice on the device or if there is at least 1 voice trained on the device and its not your voice, it treats you as a stranger. If your device is treating you as a stranger it will appear to Baby Stats that you are a new account every time you speak to Baby Stats. This isn't something I can fix on my side unfortunately. It requires configuration on the device itself. If you want more information on Voice Matching click this link https://support.google.com/assistant/answer/9071681 Likely what is happening is the device is treating you as a stranger.

Ok, so now you know what the issue is. The high level explanation to fix is to configure your account, train your voice using the Google Home app on your phone. Then use the set ID command within Baby Stats to link all the accounts on your Google Home. Data Sharing. Below will give you more in depth steps to configure it.

Step 1: Ensure the main/default account is configured on the Google Home and that persons voice is trained on the device. You can do this from inside the Google Home mobile app. Open the Google Home app, then follow the steps to add a new account to the device (if it's not already) and train your voice as well. Once you have configured your account and your voice on the account Baby Stats will remember you. You can check by saying "Ok Google, talk to baby stats to get ID" twice and ensure it's the same value. Again, ensure you are using the Google Home app (not Baby Stats). This is a device configuration.

Step 2: Invite anyone else. Return to the Google Home app. Then "Invite others who your your devices". Once you complete the registration process on the device and enable voice matching for the second user, Baby Stats will remember them too. HOWEVER... You now have 2 Baby Stats accounts on the device. Step 3 will explain how to link those accounts together.

Step 3: Link all your Baby Stats accounts together. On the main/default account, say "Ok Google, talk to baby stats to get ID." this request will return to you an identifier that us your unique account numnber for Baby Stats. Open up the Google Assitant on the second account (it's easiest to use their phone and type) "Ok Google, talk to baby stats to set ID ####", where #### is the unique ID from the main account. More information on data sharing is here. Data Sharing.

You should be all set now with multiple accounts on the device, and all of them are now linked together within Baby Stats. There is no more configuration you need to do, unless you need to add another account. If you need another account setup, do Step 2 and 3 again.

There are other, less likely reasons Baby Stats doesn't remember you. If you read above and you still need help, go to our Facebook Page or Twitter and you can chat directly with me and we can work through it. Links here: Facebook Page, or

Help With Data Sharing

When you use Baby Stats you are assigned a unique ID. This is your username. With all of the privacy issues happening around the world, we have taken the approach that we will not store ANYTHING private to you. Because of this, we automatically generate a username (of all numbers) for you. We take your privacy very seriously and will never be able to market anything to you because of it.

In most cases parents are using Baby Stats because of Alexa, Google Assistant or Cortana, it's the most efficient way to track stats for your baby. If you are using a voice assistant say "ask baby stats to get id", and enter that ID value into the mobile app.

If you want to use Baby Stats as a stand alone application. You are welcome to, click the Generate an ID for me below. If you are using Alexa, Google Assistant or Cortana, it is recommended to "ask baby stats to get id". You can set the ID on the device but it is easier to use the ID assigned to you on the voice assistant rather than generating your own.

If you want to share one account with other devices or other platforms, you can Set the ID of whatever device you are using. This allows you to track your stats on any device using the same account. You could track stats on Alexa at home, Google Assistant on the go, or Cortana if you're browsing the web. You can link all those accounts by:

Step 1: Identify which device is your "master" device, and ask Baby Stats to get ID, for that device.
Step 2: Take that ID and set it on any other device by saying, ask baby stats to set ID {the ID numbers in sequence} (so if the ID was 12345 you'd say "one two three four five")
NOTE: There is a confirmation and easy way to restore the old ID. Don't be afraid of messing it up, it may take a couple tries as you have to speak quickly. If the platform allows for typing that is recommended/easier. Below is a picture showing you how to share data.

NOTE: Be aware, if you use this with the other IFTTT integration, you could get yourself into an infinite loop of funness.

QUOTA: There is a quota allowed per ID or Access Token. The current quota is 50 requests in a 5 minute time period. If you exceed that quota your account will be banned from the public API automatically. If you need additional quota, please reach out to us at support@babystats.org.

We have opened up a public API that can be used by your own home automation projects, or can be used by IFTTT web hooks. In order to use this API, click the button below to generate an "accessToken". This token needs to be supplied with every request or we will reject your request. Ensure you save this token for use later.

If you are not technical, don't worry below that will show you how to get the data into IFTTT. Just fill in the "YOUR ACCESSS TOKEN GOES HERE" (if you don't have an access token click Generate Access Token) and enter your ID in the "YOUR ID GOES HERE".

• URL: https://www.babystats.org/api/public
• Method: POST
• ContentType: application/json

Fields that are shared across all event Types

A request that adds a wet diaper, then tells the API to return SSML.

A request that adds a wet diaper, then tells the API to return BabyData, but limits it to 5 days and only returns the BabyCount data (not BabyTransaction).

Integrating with IFTTT Web Hooks

In order to use our public API with IFTTT follow these steps. If you are not planning on using IFTTT you can skip lower.

1. Create a new Applet, and select the "this" portion of the applet. It could be any event you want to trigger counting a stats on baby stats.
2. Chose "Webhooks" for the action service, then select "Make a web request".
3. 
4. 

Baby Data:

The GetData request will return a "BabyData" object. The documentation below will explain what that object is, along with all of the fields/properties of it.

{
        "status": true,                               
        "statusMessage": "",
        "ssml": "",
        "data": {
            "ifttt": null,
            "lastStats": { },                    
            "lastNStats": { },
            "countsInTheLast": {
            "hours24": { },
            "hours12": { },
            "hours6": { },
            "hours1": { }
            },
            "dueDate": "2018-07-02",
            "deletedBabies": [],
            "babies": [],
            "seenThings": [ ],
            "previous": [ ],
            "guid": "string",
            "id": "string",
            "timezone": "unknown",
            "babystats": [ ],
            "transactions": [ ],
            "weights": [ ],
            "notes": [ ],
            "sleep": [ ],
            "pumping": [ ],
            "kick": [ ],
            "startSleep": {},
            "startFeeding": {},
            "uom": "ml",
            "uomType": "us"
        }
        }
                                

Explanation of BabyData parameters

babyTransaction:

The babyTransaction is the object used to store all counts. There is only 1 object for a count, and different types will use different fields depending on the requestType.

                            
{
    "uom": "oz",
    "breastSide": 0,
    "uid": "0a0661d1-c747-4817-a380-bf274fb8f69f",
    "requestType": 2,
    "note": null,
    "weight": 0,
    "wet": 0,
    "stool": 0,
    "feeding": 1,
    "bOz": 0,
    "sleep": 0,
    "feedingMinutes": 0,
    "transactionDateTime": "2018-06-19T23:22Z"
}
                              
                            

Explanation of babyTransaction parameters

baby:

The baby object is used when a user uses multiple babies. It's important to note. If a user has multiple babies you will need to do 2 GetData requests for displaying counts. 1 to get the header information, then a second against the baby of the information you want to display.

                            
{
"spokenName": "coleman",
"displayName": "Coleman",
"id": "731954344",
"isDefault": false
}
                              
                            

Explanation of baby parameters

babyCount:

The babyCount is a calculated field. It contains the rollup of all stats by day. You can use noCountsByDay to control if this is sent in the response. noCountsByDay = true means this array will be empty. You can also use numberOfDays to control the number of days returned. These 2 fields are to help your app be more responsive. Instead of sending all data in the request you can just have it send a little bit.

                            
{
    "uom": "oz",
    "bOz": 0,
    "wet": 1,
    "stool": 1,
    "feeding": 4,
    "feedingMinutes": 0,
    "date": "2018-01-12",
    "sleepCount": 0,
    "sleep": 0,
    "pumping": 0,
    "pOz": 0,
    "kicks": 0
}
                                  
                                

Explanation of baby parameters