External provider name in athlete/activities API response?

Question

Hello,I try to identify what is the “external provider” of activities.We have a field called external_id, but it can contain a “.tcx” file name.I can identify the Garmin activities because the external_id starts with : “garmin_ping_xxx”But for other providers like Polar or Fitbit we only have a TCX filename.How to get the real external provider name ? (A code or id would be better of course)Bonus question: Is there an official list of all providers supported by Strava ?Regards.Thanks. COil. Related posts :

stanansems · Accepted Answer

Strava announced a API change in the changelog about the device_name in the ActvitySummary seehttps://developers.strava.com/docs/changelog/FYI

Jan_Mantau · Answer

Depends on what a “real provider” is for you. The device, the user that has recorded the activity, a third party app that has uploaded the activity to Strava, a cloud portal that has uploaded the activity to Strava, a smartphone database where the Strava app on the same smartphone got the activity from, an external API where Strava pulled the activity from (that would be Garmin i.e.) …

I know there are some companies out there that are deluded to think they own the data only because they are a link in the chain from the user to whereever, worst of them starts with “S”. We should not be too obedient.

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