Apple Health Data

If you want to deeply analyze your personal health data, Apple Health requires exporting your data as a ZIP archive. While this may seem limiting, it actually provides full access to your raw, structured health records—making advanced analysis possible.

This guide walks you through exporting, parsing, and visualizing your Apple Health data using Python.

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Export Your Apple Health Data

To get started, export your health data from your iPhone:

1. Open the Health App
2. Tap your Profile icon
3. Select Export All Health Data

This generates a file:

export.zip

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Setup

from apple_health_parser.utils.parser import Parser
from apple_health_parser.plot.plots import Plot

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Initialize the Parser

parser = Parser(export_file='export.zip', overwrite=True)

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Explore Available Data Types (Flags)

print(parser.flags)

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Get Data Sources

sources = parser.get_sources()
print(sources)

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Retrieve Data

data = parser.get_flag_records("HKQuantityTypeIdentifierStepCount")

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Visualize Data

plt = Plot(data=data, source="Apple Watch", year=2023)
plt.plot()

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Full Example Workflow

from apple_health_parser.utils.parser import Parser
from apple_health_parser.plot.plots import Plot

parser = Parser(export_file='export.zip', overwrite=True)

flag = "HKQuantityTypeIdentifierStepCount"
data = parser.get_flag_records(flag)
sources = parser.get_sources(flag)

plt = Plot(data=data, source=sources[0], year=2023)
plt.plot()

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Summary

Apple Health gives you full ownership of your data.

With tools like apple_health_parser, you can transform raw exports into meaningful insights, visualizations, and advanced health applications.