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mockee
mockeeHub Rookie
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Request to Increase API Read Rate Limit

Dear Strava Developer Support Team,I’m reaching out to request an increase in the API Read Rate Limit for my application (Client ID:113108). The current limit is frequently exceeded, causing restrictions that make our website unavailable and disrupt user experience.To support our users and ensure reliable service, we’d like to request a higher Read Rate Limit, such as 30,000 read requests per day. We are fully compliant with Strava’s API guidelines and can provide additional details about our application if needed.Thank you for considering this request. Please let me know if there’s a specific form or further information required.Best regards,Yan

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Jana_S
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sheva
shevaHub Rookie
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[Help] Regarding the issue with the highlighted_kudosers field

When calling the GET /activities/{id} endpoint, I referred to the sample JSON structure in the Strava API documentation. I noticed this section:"highlighted_kudosers" : [ { "destination_url" : "strava://athletes/12345678987654321", "display_name" : "Marianne V.", "avatar_url" : "https://dgalywyr863hv.cloudfront.net/pictures/athletes/12345678987654321/12345678987654321/3/medium.jpg", "show_name" : true } ]However, when I made the actual request, I didn't receive any highlighted_kudosers field in the response. What could be the reason for this? I want to display the avatars of these highlighted kudos users. How can I achieve this? Do I need to call additional endpoints to get this information? My question is, since the highlighted_kudosers field exists in the official documentation's sample JSON, why is it completely absent in the actual response? Here is the JSON returned by my actual request:{"resource_state":3,"athlete":{"id":xxxxxx,"resource_state":1},"name":"night 10KM

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Jan_Mantau
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sheva
shevaHub Rookie
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[Help] How to Get Athlete's Weight Data at the Time of Each Activity

I want to display the power-to-weight ratio during cycling activities, and I need to obtain the athlete's weight information that matches the activity data (this information is usually available on cycling computers). However, Strava only provides the weight information from the user's last update. How can I retrieve the athlete's weight at the time the activity was uploaded? Are there any solutions for this?🤔

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Jan_Mantau
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paleloser
paleloserHub Climber
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Webhooks security

According to the current Webhooks Events API documentation, only the client authenticates to Strava upon subscription registration/check, with the API client_id and client_secret.This is great but IMO insufficent, as both parties should somehow be authenticated. In other words, Strava should authenticate with the Webhook suscriptor. The way is done at the moment, an attacker could impersonate Strava's API sending fake event data to the client's endpoint. The only way the client could defend from this would be checking whether if the subscription ID matches or not. But this is neither proposed as a security measure in the documentation site, or implicit within the process (it's something that the clients would need to implement ad-hoc). Moreover, since the subscription_id field is integer, it could be pretty easy for an attacker to guess the right value.Is there any other way of dealing with this that you could suggest?Thanks in advance.

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david02Hub Rookie
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Unable to distinguish road rides and gravel rides in bulk export (missing data)

The activity type field in the activities.csv file is “Bike” for both road rides and gravel rides, so the distinction is essentially lost. The activities.csv file should include a “sport type” field (matching the API), which supports values like “GravelRide.” As it stands, users are unable to obtain a faithful copy of their data in bulk.

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david02Hub Rookie
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Activity privacy settings missing in bulk export

The activities.csv file included in Strava’s bulk account export does not have a field for an activity's visibility settings (i.e., whether the activity is visible to Everyone, Followers, or Just Me). Along similar lines, the archive is also missing per-activity map visibility settings (e.g., if the start/ends are hidden). That makes it impossible to maintain privacy when sharing data in bulk across services.I propose that Strava add these fields to the archive that’s produced when exporting data.

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EliasReutelsterzHub Starter
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Tutorial Authentification with strava client_secrets.txt error

In the tutorial at https://stravalib.readthedocs.io/en/v2.2/get-started/how-to-get-strava-data-python.html in the bottom part of Step 1it seems like you should save your client secret and access token in the txt file. When we are loading the tokes inclient_id, access_token = open("client_secrets.txt").read().strip().split(",")we read the client id and the access token, which is what we need later in the tutorial. So the text in the tutorial includes an error and should be changed to client id everywhere where secret value is mentioned.

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VandraHub Starter
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excess bug in calculating distance and pace incorrectly

I did a light run this morning but there was something strange when I looked at the results of my running recording, it said I ran 16 kilometers at a pace of 1 even though I didn't run up to 16 kilometers so I hope problems like this can be fixed

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Vincenzo
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TijRHub Rookie
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Merge activities - keep power data

Hello,I manage to merge two activities using third-party tools, but when I do, I lose my power data.Is there a way to merge activities whilst keeping the power data?

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nairnskiHub Rookie
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Deauthorising an athlete - does it reduce the Strava active connections count?

Hello. When deauthorising an athlete from the app side (not the athlete clicking ‘revoke access’ themselves), should we see: the app being removed from the My Apps page for the deauthorised athlete? the “Number of athletes currently connected” reduce on our API connected Strava account (My API Application)?Thanks for your help. 

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mk99Hub Starter
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Getting 403 when accessing data, but not even close to hitting athlete/rate limits

Today, 9th May, (3 hrs ago) our app started getting a 403 error when accessing data for all authenticated athletes (this is for refreshing access tokens, collecting data - everything). Our code has not changed and we’ve received no communication as to why this might be happening. We are not even remotely close to hitting our agreed rate limits.Interestingly we are still receiving webhook events, however when we try to collect data associated with the webhook events there’s a 403 error.Is anyone else experiencing this? https://status.strava.com doesn’t report any issues.

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Mike220Hub Starter
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Error 401 - can't get Access code

 I can’t do the very first thing with the integration!   I am unable to get an access code after I get the authorization code.Get authorization code via browserhttp://www.strava.com/oauth/authorize?client_id=[CLIENT_ID]&response_type=code&redirect_uri=http://localhost/strava-app/callback.php&approval_prompt=force&scope=readwhich returns a legit authorization codehttp://localhost/strava-app/callback.php?state=&code=b2ab5e0a49ff7f7595d98fae7970e98b428bc600&scope=readThen, when I feed this into postman along with my secret code and client_id I get an Authorization Error and it doesn’t return the access code.What could I be doing wrong?

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ChungNDHub Starter
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Increase athele capacity

We have a running club in our office.I am the developer of an application currently using the Strava API (Client ID:  126230.Recently, some new users encountered the error:"Error 403: Limit of connected athletes exceeded",even though we believe we haven't reached the 100-athlete limit for development applications.Could you please help us verify our current usage, and if needed, grant a quota increase?This application is intended to help a small group of runners automatically track and analyze their activities via Google Sheets.Thank you in advance for your assistance!

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RunFreeProjectHub Rookie
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Athlete Limits

I have a list of applications we publish with Strava integration features and a lot of them have reached the athlete limits. I have filled out the form multiple times over the past few weeks and have not received a response or an update. Is there any way to expedite these athlete limit requests and make a mass update to multiple client Ids at once for those of us with White Label applications? 

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harrylonsHub Starter
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API Review form response time

Hey guys! I just filled out the API program submission form for my app. I was just wondering what the typical response time is like? Super excited to share my site with friends! Thank you!

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ToobooAppHub Starter
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API Review form no response?

Hi Strava dev!I filled out the API program submission form for my app a week ago.So far, there has been no response, and my users are eagerly waiting for my app to integrate with Strava.Looking forward to your reply. 

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SiamHub Rookie
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Manage athlete limits

Hello Strava community!I applied to the Developer Program with my app about more than a month ago. This is actually my second attempt; the first time, they asked me to provide more screenshots of my app. I applied to increase my user limit from 1, because right now no one can use my app except me. After submitting additional screenshots, I received this email in response:'We've received your submission to Strava's Developer Program. It's under review, and there's nothing else you need to do for now. Once your app has been approved, we'll contact you with more information.'Given that I've already gone through one round of feedback and I'm trying to make my app available to more users, how long should I expect to wait for a response regarding this second review?

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BaddersHub Rookie
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.FIT File Import - Pool Swim Missing Laps

Hi Strava Team,Our application encodes .FIT files from pool swim activities and sends them to Strava via the APIWe recently found some swims that have an incorrect Pace and Moving Time, after some investigation I noticed that in the ‘Laps’ list for the Strava activity it only lists 36 out of 63 Laps defined in the .FIT file, the ‘moving time’ is calculated from these Lap messages so its short.There are no other errors shown on importI have spent a lot of time looking at the FIT fields and they look correct, please could someone take a look at the attached .FIT file to see why Strava only seems to read the first 36 Lap messages when there are 63 in total?When I import the same .FIT into TrainingPeaks it reads the whole file and gives the correct swim pace TIA 

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jonasvHub Starter
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Promotion of my API app

Hey!i built another map generating website, which integrates the strava api. My question is, how i get it promoted like others here:https://www.strava.com/apps/visualizerWebsite is: https://mapprints.deYou can easily build custom maps there and plot activities onto it. It differs to others, because its truely customizable.To use it, you need to register (eg via google). Its required to keep bots away, generating load on the backend. Thanks!

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borjagasconHub Rookie
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API connection with supabase

I am getting crazy while trying to fetch gear-equipment from Strava to Supabase (I am building an app). connection works fine, but then it doesn’t get the bikes. It doesn’t show any errors either. I have tried everything, but still never find the way. Is there anyone that has faced something like this before and can give me some advice?Thank you in advance,Borja

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nikolasthaylor29Hub Rookie
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Limited Number of Athletes

Hi!  We have an app called MWatch. The purpose of this app is connect to our smartwatches and the users can manage the health data.  We have more than 15k active users, so, when they will share the exercises in the Strava app, the app returns a error saying that the app reached the total number of athletes connected. When I checked the number of athletes in the API, I saw that the Strava is allowing just one athlete. How can I up this number? Our app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=br.com.grupomulti.multismartwatches&hl=pt_BR&pli=1 

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MicolHub Rookie
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Maps feature not working

Hi All, the maps feature stopped working and I can't see maps or select the sport. Did anyone experience the same issue? Can I asked how people solved this hurdle? Cheers! 

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ShoniHub Rookie
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OAuth - Authorization Error

The following post request is returning an authorization error (401).What steps can I take to fix this?https://www.strava.com/oauth/token?client_id={client_id}&client_secret={client_secret}&code={code}&grant_type=authorization_codeReturning:{    "message": "Authorization Error",    "errors": [        {            "resource": "Application",            "field": "",            "code": "invalid"        }    ]}

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liuyindongHub Rookie
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Inquiry About Activity Upload Formats to Strava

Dear Strava Support Team,I hope this message finds you well. I am reaching out to seek clarification regarding the best format for uploading activities to Strava with comprehensive data.Currently, we are evaluating the following options: GPX: This format lacks lap data  TCX: Supports lap data but does not include temperature information. FIT: Seems to be the only format that includes both lap data and temperature, but we understand FIT certification has been discontinued. Could you kindly advise: Is there an alternative format that supports both lap data and temperature? If FIT is still acceptable for uploads despite the certification discontinuation, are there any limitations we should be aware of? Are there plans to extend TCX or GPX formats to include missing fields (e.g., temperature in TCX)? We appreciate your guidance to ensure our users receive the best experience with complete activity data

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Przemek SiczekHub Rookie
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Camera video very poor

My videos recorded on the phone show up in a very good quality. Meanwhile, those from the Hero Black 13 Camera have traces of high compression, they are really bad. Do you have any way to improve this?

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Bryant
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