Tidepool to NightScout sync tool

Questions and answers

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• maybe someone already asked the same question
• answers to questions can be found easier

Description

This tool helps to sync data from Tidepool to NightScout.

Synced data

• Bolus - Normal and Combo bolus
• Carbs - Carbs intake
• Physical activity - Physical activity
• Basal schedules - Basal schedules
• BG targets - BG targets
• BG values - BG values
• Carb ratios - Carb ratios
• Insulin sensitivities - Insulin sensitivities

What is Tidepool

Tidepool is a nonprofit organization dedicated to making diabetes data more accessible, actionable, and meaningful for people with diabetes, their care teams, and researchers. More

What is NightScout

Nightscout (CGM in the Cloud) is an open source, DIY project that allows real time access to a CGM data via personal website, smartwatch viewers, or apps and widgets available for smartphones.

Nightscout was developed by parents of children with Type 1 Diabetes and has continued to be developed, maintained, and supported by volunteers. More

Build and run on your device

1. Install .NET 8 SDK
2. Navigate to src/CLI folder
3. Open file appsettings.json
4. Change items below and fill in your user credentials
   • tidepool:Username = your tidepool username
   • tidepool:Password = your tidepool password
   • nightscout:BaseUrl = your NightScout url
   • nightscout:ApiKey = your NightScout API KEY
   • sync:since = since when the data should be imported (optional, can be null)
   • sync:till = till when the data should be imported (optional, can be null)

Example configuration

{
"tidepool:Username": "tidepool@username.com",
"tidepool:Password": "password",
"nightscout:BaseUrl": "https://skalich.herokuapp.com",
"nightscout:ApiKey": "123456789101112",
"sync:since": "2020-07-01",
"sync:till": null
}

1. Open command prompt in the folder and run the app using dotnet run
2. You should now see your data in NightScout

Run using only CMD

Good for AdHoc syncing.

1. Navigate to src/CLI folder
2. Run command dotnet run -- tidepool:Username="tidepool@username.com" tidepool:Password="password" nightscout:BaseUrl="https://skalich.herokuapp.com" nightscout:ApiKey="123456789101112" sync:since="2020-07-31"
   • This will sync all date since 31st of July 2020
   • It will also use Tidepool username, password and NightScout base url, API Secret from the command

Sync values from Today

Good for AdHoc syncing.

1. Navigate to src/CLI folder
2. Run command dotnet run -- tidepool:Username="tidepool@username.com" tidepool:Password="password" nightscout:BaseUrl="https://skalich.herokuapp.com" nightscout:ApiKey="123456789101112"
   • This will sync all data from Today
   • Notice that sync:since parameter is missing

Sync values from any date

If you have filled your user credentials in appsettings.json you don't have to mention them when running the app using CMD.

1. Navigate to src/CLI folder
2. Run command dotnet run -- sync:since="2020-07-31"
   • This will sync all date since 31st of July 2020
   • Rest of the configuration is loaded from appsettings.json