Polar Electro Oy (operating as Polar Global) is a Finnish sports and fitness technology company founded in 1977 and headquartered in Kempele, Finland. Polar invented the first wireless wearable heart rate monitor — the Sport Tester PE 2000 in 1982 — and remains one of the longest-standing brands in consumer heart rate sensing, GPS sports watches, and fitness wearables. The Polar device portfolio includes the H10 and H9 chest straps, the Verity Sense and OH1 optical sensors, the Polar 360 and Loop fitness bands, and the Vantage, Grit X, Pacer, Ignite, and Unite watch lines, along with a dedicated equine sensor line. Developers access Polar data through the Polar AccessLink API for consumer Polar Flow data, the Polar TeamPro API for team and player training sessions, and the open-source Polar BLE SDK for iOS and Android applications that stream live sensor data over Bluetooth Low Energy.
Polar publishes 2 APIs on the APIs.io network: AccessLink API and TeamPro API. Tagged areas include Fitness, Health, Wearables, Heart Rate, and Sports.
Polar’s developer surface includes developer portal, documentation, signup flow, SDKs, code examples, support, YouTube channel, and 18 more developer resources.
The Polar Open AccessLink API gives partners structured OAuth2-based access to Polar Flow user data — training sessions, daily activity, continuous heart rate, sleep, Nightly Re...
The Polar TeamPro API exposes team and player training data captured by the Polar Team Pro system. Endpoints return teams, sport profiles, team and player training sessions with...
The Polar BLE SDK enables iOS and Android applications to stream live data from Polar sensors over Bluetooth Low Energy. Supports H10, H9, Verity Sense, OH1, Ignite 3, Polar 360...
aid: polar
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apis:
- aid: polar:polar-accesslink-api
name: Polar AccessLink API
tags:
- Fitness
- Health
- Heart Rate
- Wearables
- Training
- Activity
- Sleep
humanURL: https://www.polar.com/accesslink-api/
baseURL: https://www.polaraccesslink.com/
properties:
- url: https://www.polar.com/accesslink-api/
type: Documentation
- url: https://www.polar.com/accesslink-api/swagger.yaml
type: OpenAPI
- url: openapi/polar-accesslink-api-openapi.yml
type: OpenAPI
- url: https://admin.polaraccesslink.com/
type: Portal
- url: https://github.com/polarofficial/accesslink-example-python
type: CodeExamples
- url: https://www.polar.com/en/legal/polar-api-agreement
type: TermsOfService
description: The Polar Open AccessLink API gives partners structured OAuth2-based access to Polar Flow user
data — training sessions, daily activity, continuous heart rate, sleep, Nightly Recharge, Cardio Load,
SleepWise alertness and circadian bedtime, Elixir biosensing (ECG, SpO2, skin and body temperature,
skin contacts), exercise files in FIT/TCX/GPX format, and webhooks for real-time notifications when
new user data is available. Operates against https://www.polaraccesslink.com/ with both transactional
(data discarded after retrieval) and non-transactional endpoints.
- aid: polar:polar-teampro-api
name: Polar TeamPro API
tags:
- Fitness
- Health
- Sports
- Teams
- Training
- Coaching
humanURL: https://www.polar.com/teampro-api/
baseURL: https://teampro.api.polar.com/
properties:
- url: https://www.polar.com/teampro-api/
type: Documentation
- url: https://www.polar.com/teampro-api/swagger.yaml
type: OpenAPI
- url: openapi/polar-teampro-api-openapi.yml
type: OpenAPI
- url: https://admin.polaraccesslink.com/
type: Portal
- url: https://www.polar.com/en/legal/polar-api-agreement
type: TermsOfService
description: The Polar TeamPro API exposes team and player training data captured by the Polar Team Pro
system. Endpoints return teams, sport profiles, team and player training sessions with date-range filters,
detailed per-session metrics (heart rate, speed, power, acceleration), session summaries and phase
summaries. OAuth2 authorization-code flow with the team_read scope. Rate limited to 1 request/second
with a 100-request burst allowance.
- aid: polar:polar-ble-sdk
name: Polar BLE SDK
tags:
- BLE
- Bluetooth
- SDK
- Heart Rate
- ECG
- Sensors
- Wearables
humanURL: https://github.com/polarofficial/polar-ble-sdk
properties:
- url: https://github.com/polarofficial/polar-ble-sdk
type: Repository
- url: https://www.polar.com/en/business/sdk
type: Documentation
- url: https://github.com/polarofficial/polar-ble-sdk
name: Polar BLE SDK (iOS + Android)
type: SDK
- url: https://github.com/polarofficial/create-mobile-app-for-polar-sensors
name: Mobile App Starter for Polar Sensors
type: CodeExamples
description: The Polar BLE SDK enables iOS and Android applications to stream live data from Polar sensors
over Bluetooth Low Energy. Supports H10, H9, Verity Sense, OH1, Ignite 3, Polar 360/Loop, Vantage V3,
Vantage M3, Grit X2 Pro, Grit X2, Pacer Pro, and Pacer. Streams heart rate, ECG, accelerometer, PPG,
gyroscope, magnetometer, and PPI data. iOS 14.0+ (Swift) and Android minSdk 24 (Kotlin/Java) with
RxJava/RxSwift for asynchronous operations.
name: Polar
tags:
- Fitness
- Health
- Wearables
- Heart Rate
- Sports
- Training
- Sleep
- Activity Tracking
- Sensors
- Bluetooth
kind: contract
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access: 3rd-Party
common:
- url: https://www.polar.com/en
name: Polar
type: Portal
- url: https://www.polar.com/en/developers
name: Polar Developers
type: Portal
- url: https://www.polar.com/en/business/api
name: Polar API for Business
type: Portal
- url: https://www.polar.com/accesslink-api/
name: AccessLink API Documentation
type: Documentation
- url: https://www.polar.com/teampro-api/
name: TeamPro API Documentation
type: Documentation
- url: https://admin.polaraccesslink.com/
name: AccessLink Partner Admin Console
type: SignUp
- url: https://www.polar.com/en/business/sdk
name: Polar SDK
type: SDK
- url: https://github.com/polarofficial
name: Polar Official GitHub
type: GitHubOrganization
- url: https://github.com/polarofficial/polar-ble-sdk
name: Polar BLE SDK
type: SDK
- url: https://github.com/polarofficial/accesslink-example-python
name: AccessLink Python Example
type: CodeExamples
- url: https://github.com/polarofficial/create-mobile-app-for-polar-sensors
name: Mobile App Starter for Polar Sensors
type: CodeExamples
- url: https://flow.polar.com/
name: Polar Flow
type: Portal
- url: https://support.polar.com/en
name: Polar Support
type: Support
- url: https://www.polar.com/en/compatible-apps
name: Compatible Apps
type: Documentation
- url: https://www.polar.com/en/science/collaborate-with-us
name: Research Collaboration
type: Partners
- url: https://www.polar.com/en/legal/polar-api-agreement
name: AccessLink Limited License Agreement
type: TermsOfService
- url: https://www.polar.com/en/legal/privacy-notice
name: Privacy Notice
type: PrivacyPolicy
- url: https://www.polar.com/en/legal
name: Legal
type: TermsOfService
- url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/polar-electro
name: Polar on LinkedIn
type: LinkedIn
- url: https://twitter.com/PolarGlobal
name: Polar on X
type: Twitter
- url: https://www.youtube.com/user/PolarGlobalOfficial
name: Polar on YouTube
type: YouTube
- url: https://www.facebook.com/polarglobal
name: Polar on Facebook
type: Facebook
- url: https://www.instagram.com/polarglobal/
name: Polar on Instagram
type: Instagram
- url: https://www.polar.com/blog/
name: Polar Blog
type: Blog
- url: https://www.polar.com/en/products
name: Polar Products
type: Documentation
- type: Features
data:
- Polar AccessLink API with OAuth2 access to Polar Flow user training, activity, sleep, and biosensing data
- Continuous heart rate (5-minute samples), Nightly Recharge, SleepWise alertness, and circadian bedtime endpoints
- Cardio Load training-impulse calculation across days and months
- Elixir biosensing endpoints — ECG, SpO2, body and skin temperature, skin contacts
- Exercise downloads in JSON, FIT, TCX, and GPX formats
- Webhook subscriptions for real-time delivery of new training, activity, and sleep data
- Transactional endpoints (data is discarded after commit) and non-transactional persistent endpoints
- Polar TeamPro API for coaches with team and player training session data
- OAuth2 authorization-code flow with team_read scope for TeamPro and accesslink.read_all for AccessLink
- Partner registration and OAuth credential management at admin.polaraccesslink.com
- Polar BLE SDK for iOS (Swift) and Android (Kotlin/Java) streaming live HR, ECG, ACC, PPG, gyro, magnetometer, PPI
- Supported sensors include H10, H9, Verity Sense, OH1, Polar 360/Loop, Vantage V3, Vantage M3, Grit X2 Pro, Pacer Pro
- Heart-rate monitoring pioneer — first wireless wearable HR monitor (Sport Tester PE 2000, 1982)
- Google Fit and Apple HealthKit integration paths for consumer data sharing
- Dynamic rate limiting on AccessLink based on registered user count (15-minute and 24-hour windows)
- TeamPro API rate limit of 1 request/second with 100-request burst
- Polar Flow ecosystem (web at flow.polar.com plus iOS, Android, and Huawei mobile apps)
sources:
- https://www.polar.com/en
- https://www.polar.com/en/developers
- https://www.polar.com/accesslink-api/
- https://www.polar.com/teampro-api/
- https://github.com/polarofficial
updated: '2026-05-25'
created: '2026-05-25T00:00:00.000Z'
modified: '2026-05-25'
position: Providing
description: Polar Electro Oy (operating as Polar Global) is a Finnish sports and fitness technology company
founded in 1977 and headquartered in Kempele, Finland. Polar invented the first wireless wearable heart
rate monitor — the Sport Tester PE 2000 in 1982 — and remains one of the longest-standing brands in
consumer heart rate sensing, GPS sports watches, and fitness wearables. The Polar device portfolio
includes the H10 and H9 chest straps, the Verity Sense and OH1 optical sensors, the Polar 360 and Loop
fitness bands, and the Vantage, Grit X, Pacer, Ignite, and Unite watch lines, along with a dedicated
equine sensor line. Developers access Polar data through the Polar AccessLink API for consumer Polar Flow
data, the Polar TeamPro API for team and player training sessions, and the open-source Polar BLE SDK for
iOS and Android applications that stream live sensor data over Bluetooth Low Energy.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
email: [email protected]
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