# Get Daily Step Count — Google Health

> Get the user's total step count per day — the tool for any "how many steps" question. Returns one pre-aggregated total per day, not raw samples. Use Get Daily Activity Summary instead when distance, calories, active minutes, or floors are…

- Key: `google_health-get-daily-steps`
- Type: Action (Read-only)
- Version: 0.0.3
- App: Google Health (`google_health`) — https://pipedream.com/apps/google-health.md
- This page (HTML): https://pipedream.com/apps/google-health/actions/get-daily-steps
- Hints: read-only · open-world
- Source: https://github.com/PipedreamHQ/pipedream/blob/master/components/google_health/actions/get-daily-steps/get-daily-steps.mjs

## Description

Get the user's total step count per day — the tool for any "how many steps" question. Returns one pre-aggregated total per day, not raw samples. Use **Get Daily Activity Summary** instead when distance, calories, active minutes, or floors are wanted alongside steps. The range is inclusive and capped at 90 days, because these totals are server-aggregated. Example: startDate="2026-08-17", endDate="2026-08-23" → `days: [{ date, steps: 8432 }, ...]` plus `totalSteps`, `averageSteps`, `daysRequested` and `daysWithData`. Set dataSourceFamily="google-wearables" to count only tracker-recorded steps, excluding manual entries. Days the tracker never reported are omitted from `days` entirely, so `daysWithData` can be lower than `daysRequested` and `averageSteps` is the mean over `daysWithData`. An empty `days` array means nothing synced, not zero steps — `totalSteps` and `averageSteps` are `null` in that case rather than 0. [See the documentation](https://developers.google.com/health/reference/rest/v4/users.dataTypes.dataPoints/dailyRollUp)

## Props

| Prop | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `startDate` | `string` | No | Start date in YYYY-MM-DD format (e.g. 2026-08-24), in the user's own timezone. Defaults to today in UTC, which can be a day off from the user's local date late at night — pass an explicit date when the exact day matters. |
| `endDate` | `string` | No | End date in YYYY-MM-DD format, inclusive. Defaults to Start Date, i.e. a single day. For a whole week, set Start Date to the Monday and End Date to the Sunday. |
| `dataSourceFamily` | `string` | No | Which data sources to include. all-sources (the default) counts everything. google-wearables counts only Fitbit trackers and Pixel Watches, excluding manually logged entries — use it when the user asks about what their watch or tracker recorded. Only applies to aggregated (roll-up) queries. |

## Run it

**MCP**

```ts
import { Client } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/client/index.js"
import { StreamableHTTPClientTransport } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/client/streamableHttp.js"
import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"

const pd = new PipedreamClient({
  projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
  clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
  clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
  projectEnvironment: "production",
})

const accessToken = await pd.rawAccessToken

const transport = new StreamableHTTPClientTransport(
  new URL("https://remote.mcp.pipedream.net/v3"),
  {
    requestInit: {
      headers: {
        Authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}`,
        "x-pd-project-id": process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
        "x-pd-environment": "production",
        "x-pd-external-user-id": "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
        "x-pd-app-slug": "google_health",
      },
    },
  },
)

const mcp = new Client({ name: "my-agent", version: "1.0.0" })
await mcp.connect(transport)

const { tools } = await mcp.listTools()

// listTools() hands your model this tool's input schema, so it can
// fill the arguments itself:
const result = await mcp.callTool({
  name: "google_health-get-daily-steps",
  arguments: {
    startDate: "Start Date",
    endDate: "End Date",
  },
})
```

**TypeScript**

```ts
import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"

const pd = new PipedreamClient({
  projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
  clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
  clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
  projectEnvironment: "production",
})

const result = await pd.actions.run({
  id: "google_health-get-daily-steps",
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  configuredProps: {
    google_health: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
    startDate: "Start Date",
    endDate: "End Date",
  },
})

console.log(result)
```

**cURL**

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.pipedream.com/v1/connect/{project_id}/actions/run \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "X-PD-Environment: production" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
  -d '{
    "external_user_id": "{external_user_id}",
    "id": "google_health-get-daily-steps",
    "configured_props": {
      "google_health": { "authProvisionId": "apn_xxxxxxx" },
      "startDate": "Start Date",
      "endDate": "End Date"
    }
  }'
```

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- App: https://pipedream.com/apps/google-health.md · All apps: https://pipedream.com/apps