Polar AccessLink
Fitness Free key (no card)
AuthenticationFree key (no card)
Rate limit3,000 requests/15 minutes and 100,000 requests/day
Documentation: www.polar.com ยท Checked Sep 13, 2026
About
Polar's AccessLink API gives you access to the data collected by Polar watches and heart-rate monitors. Any Polar Flow user can create a client for free. No business application needed. It covers training sessions, daily activity, sleep, continuous samples, and device info.
Details
Free to start. You may need a free key, but no credit card.
Auth: Free key (no card)
Rate limit: 3,000 requests/15 minutes and 100,000 requests/day
Verified: 2026-09-13
Best for: heart-rate training sleep
Setup
- Create a free Polar Flow account and pair your Polar device.
- Open the Polar API v4 documentation page and register a new client.
- Note your client ID and client secret from the client dashboard.
- Register the users who will connect their Polar data to your app.
- Use OAuth2 to get an access token, then pull data from the v4 endpoints.
Example
GET https://www.polaraccesslink.com/v4/data with your OAuth access token as a Bearer headerUse cases
- Analyze heart-rate zones and training load from your workouts
- Track sleep and recovery trends across weeks
- Feed Polar data into a personal health dashboard