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lemjimenoHub Starter
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Programmatically acquire athlete's authorization code?

I have an app where I would like to get the ytd_run_totals of each member in my club. In order to do this, I understand each club member is supposed to authorize my app to be able to read their data. When the user clicks authorize and the athlete's authorization code is displayed in the proceeding url, is there a way to obtain this code programmatically? Or is the only way to obtain it by having the user communicate this to the developer? 

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11 months ago
diego_dotta
diego_dottaHub Rookie
asked in Developers & API
Issue with Strava Webview for external links

Hi,I created a Strava plugin and am facing a severe issue related to open external links.The Strava Webview has some limitations that make the user experience very bad.Main issue: The scrolling behavior has a severe problem, especially scrolling down. Instead of scrolling it, it's closing the page. See the video here: https://files-us-east-1.t-cdn.net/files/WYYSMFdW2s6zTg7fEhey5There are other small things that this Webview is causing, like pull-to-refresh issues, the vertical size of the screen, and lack of href target _blank. Now that you are launching a messaging feature, this web review may cause problems. Other apps already upgraded to a more modern Webview, or they open the native user browser.Is there anything in the roadmap to upgrade it? Or at least remove that behavior of closing that webview when swiping down?

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diego_dotta
11 months ago
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acjolly21Hub Rookie
asked in Developers & API
Strava Developer's Program

  Tony5:07 PM (7 minutes ago)               I use the API for a personal program to give me some summary data from my rides. The form requested to be completed ("apply to Strava's developer program) seems to be aimed a companies, not individuals and for commercial applications? I am not able to provide a company name or application. Please confirm I will not lose access to the API I use for personal stats? Thanks,Tony.

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11 months ago
paleloser
paleloserHub Climber
asked in Developers & API
ClubAthlete does not include Athlete ID

This model won't include any athlete identifier, which makes the information a bit useless in the end. Since APIs are made for machines, and machines identify entities differences between IDs, not having them on the returned models make them invaluable.It would be nice if ClubAthlete had the athlete ID included within its definition. This way, apps for clubs, built on top of the Strava API, can easily map and identify the athletes. Otherwise this is impossible, as there's no other way of identifying athletes related somehow to another one who granted access to the app.

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paleloser
11 months ago
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Anonymous
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11 months ago
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tmikuHub Starter
asked in Developers & API
How to keep client secret secure in public app?

I'm working on a browser-based app using the Strava API that I hope to eventually make publicly available. Originally, I was planning on having all of the communication take place in Javascript in the user's browser. However, since the POST that exchanges the auth code for an access token requires the client secret, so far I have needed to hard-code my client secret in the browser-side JS.This doesn't seem secure, but I'm not sure what the easiest method to secure it is. My first thought was to host a separate API to retrieve access tokens. Once the browser gets an auth code back from Strava, it sends it to the API, and the API talks to Strava to exchange the code for a token, and then sends the token back to the browser.This seems a little convoluted, and even more so if I would need to implement TLS on my new API to secure that communication channel. Is there another recommended way to keep my client secret secure?

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paloskarHub Rookie
asked in Developers & API
Athletes currently connected - but lost in app's db

I have a few "Currently connected athletes".The problem is that they got deleted in my app's database. Meaning that I'm not able to access their refresh token or short lived access token, even though I have their permission.Is there a way to retrieve or regenerate their refresh token?So that I can create their profiles in my db again.Second option is having them "create a user" again in my app.Thanks for any suggestion!

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11 months ago
johantiger
johantigerHub Rookie
asked in Developers & API
How long time for developers to answer

Hey, I submitted a question through email to the developers inbox 3 weeks ago and still no answer. Does anyone know what kind of response time I should prepare for? And, if someone on the developers team at Strava reads this, it is regarding ticket #6141Thanks,Johan

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11 months ago
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DmitriiHub Rookie
asked in Developers & API
API /clubs/{id}/activities Issue. 2 people have same name and first surname letter.

Hello. I created a dashboard. I'm using API /clubs/{id}/activities .All is good, but i can't separate two people because they have same name and surname start with same letter. Therefore i got an issue. Pavel S. - it's a two different people.Could you add any id, guid or something else for separate two persons near with firstname?

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11 months ago
lopey66
lopey66Hub Explorer
asked in Developers & API
Color UTF8 Emoji

Something I noticed some time back has been emoji changing from color to shadow/black & white. below is some code I have used in my web applications to enable color emoji to appear as we expect them, like country flags.<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.gstatic.com" crossorigin><link rel="stylesheet" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/icon?family=Noto+Color+Emoji"><style>@font-face {font-family:Noto Color Emoji;unicode-range:U+1F1E6-1F1FF;}</style>

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11 months ago
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cmenschelHub Rookie
asked in Developers & API
Upload activity with name that contains utf8 characters like an emoji

I am trying to upload an activity via the API with a custom name that contains special utf8 characters like an emoji. It seems that this is blocked by the API. Once I try that the whole activity won't be processed - but I don't get an API error back. or is something wrong on my side? I am using a standard multipart/form-data upload in Swift

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FizzlepieHub Rookie
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Invalid Authorization Code After 1 Use

I was trying to develop my code (in Python) to gather my club's data for a data science course project. The issue I have is that I'm learning that once I run the request using the authorization code one time, the second time won't work. Even if I get my access and refresh token, running the code in the main will end up running the function to use the authorization code so it'll become invalid and the code won't run. How do I solve this?Here is a picture to show what I mean: 

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weiyanHub Starter
asked in Developers & API
redirected after authentication,code loss

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fietsicamanHub Starter
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Data analysis app

I have developed a webapp ride analysis using advanced ECP-ExRec models. ECP = Extended Critical Power, ExRec = Acute anaerobic Exhaustion and Recovery.In this stand-alone app, the athlete browses for and uploads his data file in .fit formatI would like to integrate it into Strava as an authorized app. Is it possible to read the full content of a strava data file, such as timestamp, hr, power, alt, cad, etc...?To get an idea of the webapp https://glitch.typhooncycling.me 

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witkHub Rookie
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[Strava API] - Get components of an equipment (Bike)

Hi all, It's possible via API obtain the components of a determinate equipement? In API Reference we can obtain component info by:GET /gear/{id}but it does not return components info 😓:{ "id" : "b1231", "primary" : false, "resource_state" : 3, "distance" : 388206, "brand_name" : "BMC", "model_name" : "Teammachine", "frame_type" : 3, "description" : "My Bike." }

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1 year ago
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hbarn19174Hub Starter
asked in Developers & API
Using the "explore segments" function

I'm using Python to return the "explore segments" query and would like to know how the top-10 segments are chosen.For example, in the Developers Playground it says that the GET explore segments, "returns the top 10 segments matching a specified query". How is "top-10" defined? Is it using the most popular segments in the geography boundary to search or some other designation?How can I view all and not just the top-10 segments?Also am I able to search for a segment using the detail that gets returned in the query instead i.e., distance, avg. grade, elevation gain, etc.? The query is very limited when just being able to search based on "the latitude and longitude for two points describing a rectangular boundary" and the "activity type" especially when I'm searching for a run segment so the climbing category is not relevant.Thanks!

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1 year ago
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meilanHub Starter
asked in Developers & API
Rate Limit Increase

HelloI have applied for API limit rate for 3 weeks, but there has been no feedback. Now it has caused a lot of user complaints. Please review and respond as soon as possibleThanks

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1 year ago
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DvdcasteloHub Starter
asked in Developers & API
aposentar um componente com data retroativa / retire a component with a retroactive date

Como contornar quando esquecer de aposentar um componente em uma determinada data e já tiver feito várias atividades posterior a data de aposentar o componente? TRANSLATION: How to get around when you forget to retire a component on a certain date and you have already carried out several activities after the component's retirement date?

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1 year ago
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livbHub Climber
asked in Developers & API
cannot authorize in the dev playground

In addition to my question below I am also unable to use the dev playground when copying my correct client id and client secret. I have seen another with this issue, is it my side or strava's?Thanks

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1 year ago
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jimmy325Hub Starter
asked in Developers & API
strava api questions

Hello! We are a Chinese company, and we have applied for Strava's developer API. We aim to use Strava user's exercise data through authorization and generate exercise trajectory videos on our Tooolive product, making this a very exciting endeavor.However, we have a few questions that we would like Strava to address:Can Chinese Strava users authenticate through OAuth2? We have received feedback from users about this issue. How can we resolve it?Is it possible to download exercise data from Strava's API in FIT format, or is it limited to GPX format? If FIT format export is possible, could you please provide guidance on how to do it?Thank you!.

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1 year ago
notacreature
notacreatureHub Starter
asked in Developers & API
Unable to change gear for an activity via API

Hi! I have a problem with my Telegram bot which uploads activity files to your Strava accounts.I've made it so you first publish the activity through the bot, and then you can change it's name/description/type etc.And here lies the problem: when the bot changes the type of an activity through the API, the default gear doesn't set automatically, so you have to log in the Strava app and change it manually.Is there a way to set shoes/bikes for the activity via the API?Also, I remember previously gear items had "primary" parameter, which, i think, corresponded with the Default equipment in the UI. But now, since developers added the default sports list to the gear, the "primary" parameter is always set to "false" and cannot be changed, hence the gear can't be set automatically when editing activity via API. Am I right or missing something?

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1 year ago
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VicoHub Rookie
asked in Developers & API
API endpoint to share an activity

Hello,I would want to implement a feature in my app that would allow athletes to share their activity to other accounts automatically based on the activity title. However I was disappointed to see that there is no endpoint on the open api for that. I was wondering if there is any plan to add this feature in the near future? Thanks

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goalassoHub Rookie
asked in Developers & API
How to Get A List of Segments for Athlete within start/end Dates.

Good Day,I can not figure out how to get a list of Segments that an athlete has ridden. I can get the list of Activities in a given time period using the below. But, how do I then see if those Activities contain a certain segment? I can't figure out where/how to link an activity to a segment or link a segment to an activity or just search for a segment across an athlete's activities within a start/end date. https://www.strava.com/api/v3/athlete/activities?access_token=xxxxxxx&per_page=1&page=1&before=1704067200&after=1672531199The goal is that I want to see if an athlete has ever ridden a segment within a specified start/end date.  So,  " Did Bobby ride Segment A between StartDate and EndDate". Any guidance is greatly appreciated,Goalasso 

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pbrett1992Hub Starter
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CORS Error

I am unable to update the scope to activity:read of my Application as there seems to be a CORS error when the when a new auth token and refresh token are requested!  Any help would be appreciated!

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1 year ago
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tylergreen159Hub Starter
asked in Developers & API
Group Challenges

I am currently doing a group distance charity and tracking through strava - i've allowed workouts to be apart of the challenge, however they don't take any distance off, how can we change this or calculate to distance

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1 year ago

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