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Strava
Denzel-WarrenStrava
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API Agreement Update & How Data Appears on 3rd Party Apps

Updated on Nov. 20 We wanted to provide some additional context around the changes to our API Agreement and the impact for our users and developers. We currently anticipate these changes will impact less than .1% of applications and proactively notified the majority of those affected last week. Enhanced Privacy and User ControlPrivacy and user control are at the forefront of our platform. As a result, we are committed to evolving our API practices as regulatory requirements and user expectations shift. This includes  the decision to limit the ability of a user’s data to be displayed by third-party apps in ways the user may not expect. Specifically, we want to thoughtfully address situations where users connect to a third-party app and are unaware that their data is being surfaced not just for their own use and visibility, but also to other users (for example, in a public feed or heatmap). The latest API changes address this scenario and provide a more consistent framework for Strava us

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atefkbenothmanHub Starter
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Rate Limit Increase

Client ID: 75056App Name: Fitness Recap My app has reached the athlete limit capacity of 999 and has exceeded the daily request limit of 3000 (read) requests. Many new users are still trying to sign in but are met with a 403 error. If there is any possibility of increasing both the athlete limit and the rate limit, that would be greatly appreciated, thank you! -Kai

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connectMyClubHub Rookie
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Activity Start Times Change

As we know Strava activity distances can vary from the proprietary data, this is not a major issue. But, does anyone know why activity start times can vary by ±10 seconds? This seems to be most prevalent on swims and virtual activities but can differ on runs too.

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kanoorHub Rookie
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Request to Increase Athlete Limit

We have reached the 999 Athlete limit and have tried contacting support, resubmitting the app for verification, and we have not heard back on how to increase these limits.Is there a separate contact form or method to get this number increased? I have sent mail and filled forms still no response from Strava 

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3 hours ago
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cshdllrHub Starter
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How to check the app approval status

Hello - I've been waiting for over a week to get approval for an app. There doesn't seem to be a way to check on the status of the app, which makes me question whether I submitted it. Any tips on knowing whether your app has been approved? 

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ActivityFix
Superuser
5 hours ago
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manofmHub Starter
asked in Developers & API
Pause button on Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 Pro

Hello, after Samsung firmware update in December 2024, I’m not able to use the button for pause the activity on my Galaxy Watch 5 Pro anymore. Its necessary to click on screen for pause, which is uncomfortable (because of gloves, etc). Do you think, you can reair that?Before the Samsung Galaxy Watch firmware update, it worked properly.

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7 hours ago
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acb09Hub Rookie
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"Activity id not found" when retrieving activities that previously worked.

A month ago, my application was able to retrieve activities from Strava using the URL /activities/{activityId}. However, it simply stopped working at the end of the year. I am receiving many "Activity id not found" errors. I saw the news about Strava's new policies, but our app is part of the majority that would not be affected by Strava's policy changes, as we only receive the athlete's activities via webhook for registration and analysis purposes by the athlete and coach. Does anyone know what might be happening?

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7 hours ago
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alexd25Hub Starter
asked in Developers & API
API rate limit error but not actually hitting limit?

Hi there,I have an application that fetches activities using webhooks. I have been getting errors about exceeding the overall rate limit, but according to my API settings dashboard I’m not actually hitting my limits - can someone help me out with what is happening here? According to the rate limit headers I’m hitting some crazy numbers which I don’t see being super realistic because we only have DAU in the hundreds, so is something wrong on the Strava side?  

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17 hours ago
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fuzzyraygunHub Starter
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API not returning YTD totals for 2025 yet

Looks like the API is not returning YTD totals for athletes yet. Has anyone else run into this?[ytd_ride_totals] => stdClass Object        (            [count] => 0            [distance] => 0            [moving_time] => 0            [elapsed_time] => 0            [elevation_gain] => 0        )    [ytd_run_totals] => stdClass Object        (            [count] => 0            [distance] => 0            [moving_time] => 0            [elapsed_time] => 0            [elevation_gain] => 0        )    [ytd_swim_totals] => stdClass Object        (            [count] => 0            [distance] => 0            [moving_time] => 0            [elapsed_time] => 0            [elevation_gain] => 0        ) 

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ImreVHub Starter
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Aggregated data for friendly competition

Hello,A few years ago, we developed a website at my company to promote a healthy lifestyle through a distance-based competition between departments. However, as I understand that due to recent API policy changes, it's no longer possible to display individual user data to others.Is there a way to create a leaderboard that shows the combined achievements of each department, as well as a global leaderboard showcasing the top participants across all colleagues? Thank you,Imre

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Jan_Mantau
Superuser
1 day ago
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Walt LobsHub Rookie
asked in Developers & API
Express my frustration as we have reached our athlete limit of 999

Dear Strava Support Team,I am writing to express my frustration as we have reached our athlete limit of 999. Despite my efforts to contact support, I have not received any assistance, and my clients are now experiencing issues connecting, resulting in a 403 error.I had previously attempted to communicate with Strava before reaching this limit, but was advised to wait until we did so. Now that we are at capacity, the lack of response is incredibly frustrating and not user-friendly.Please assist us in resolving this matter as soon as possible.Thank you.

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russell.youngHub Rookie
asked in Developers & API
Webhook - receiving deauthorization messages but not activity updates

So here’s where I got to -created a new push subscription successfully and got a subscription Id back tested my endpoint to ensure it can process test POST messages ok, and has logging in place to show if it gets called I login as a user and authorize the app with the scope activity:read_all,read,read_all,profile:read_all, and verified that the context with the access token also includes those scopes Now I go to strava and change or create a new activity, but nothing gets sent to my webhook if I deauthorize the app from the settings/my apps page, I see the post getting send successfully to my endpoint with the right Id in for my user, and telling me the athlete has deauthorised. Wondering why I’m not getting any of the activity updates.   My app that the client logs in with works fine and I can query all activities and profile data with the supplied access token.  The Strava developer page for my API shows I have 1 user connected, as expected.One strange thing I notice is the strava my

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2 days ago
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FardageHub Rookie
asked in Developers & API
Webhook - Not Receiving Activity Events

Hi everyone,I'm having an issue with Strava's webhook for my side project and could really use some help. My webhook subscription seems to be partially working since I do receive events when an athlete deauthorizes the app. However, I'm not receiving any events for new activities.Here are some details about my setup:The webhook subscription is successfully created.I have verified that the authorisation scope activity:read_all is granted.Despite this, new activity events are not coming through.Has anyone encountered a similar issue or have any idea what might be causing this?Thanks in advance for any suggestions!Best,Marvin

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2 days ago
Rehman
RehmanHub Explorer
asked in Developers & API
Driving Directions on Strava is broken?

Hi,I am referring to Driving Directions – Strava Support.My route starts from Home, goes through various places, and then ends back at Home.When I follow the instructions in the above link, my navigation app (Google Maps) basically just says I am Home, because the directions are only from the ‘Start location’ to the ‘End location’, which are both Home.Google Maps supports multiple locations. Please could the feature be fixed, such that the multi-point route is also reflected on the Navigation Apps?Many thanks.

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Rehman
3 days ago
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dinodsaurusHub Rookie
asked in Developers & API
API club activities not showing activity date

Hello first of all thanks for the awesome app and easy to use API!Im pulling the club data and everything works just perfect!/clubs/{id}/activitieshttps://developers.strava.com/docs/reference/#api-Clubs-getClubActivitiesByIdBut unfortunetly in the reponse is no activity date field 😞[ { "resource_state" : 2, "athlete" : { "resource_state" : 2, "firstname" : "Peter", "lastname" : "S." }, "name" : "World Championship", "distance" : 2641.7, "moving_time" : 577, "elapsed_time" : 635, "total_elevation_gain" : 8.8, "type" : "Ride", "sport_type" : "MountainBikeRide", "workout_type" : null } ]So I was wondering if by any chance you could add activity date field to the response 🙏🙏

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connectMyClubHub Rookie
asked in Developers & API
Webhook Data - Limiting

We’re not too near to our api limits, but do get close sometimes. Our system is only interested in activities or types of Swim, Bike, Run, or Walking. I don’t think I’ve seen anything, but I was wondering if there was a way to stop Strava webhook from sending e.g. Skiing activities/Paddle Boarding. As querying those only wastes our api limits.

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RunFreeProjectHub Rookie
asked in Developers & API
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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bmalbuck
4 days ago
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agasconHub Rookie
asked in Developers & API
Authorization Error: "Invalid Access Token" Despite Following OAuth Flow

 Hi,I'm encountering an issue with the Strava API when trying to retrieve activities. Despite following the OAuth flow as per the Getting Started documentation, I consistently receive the following error:{ "message": "Authorization Error", "errors": [ { "resource": "Athlete", "field": "access_token", "code": "invalid" } ]}Here’s what I’ve done so far: Generated an authorization code using the following URL: https://www.strava.com/oauth/authorize?client_id=143540&redirect_uri=http://localhost&response_type=code&scope=activity:read_all Exchanged the authorization code for an access token and refresh token: https://www.strava.com/oauth/token?client_id=143540&client_secret=****&code=****&grant_type=authorization_code Used the access token to fetch activities: https://www.strava.com/api/v3/athlete/activities?access_token=**** However, the access token always returns the "invalid" error. I verified the follow

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4 days ago
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rc100Hub Rookie
asked in Developers & API
Strava API: activities/streams API not returning latlng

Hello, the following API appears to no longer be returning latlng.  I believe I ran this same URL a few weeks ago and did receive latlng in the results.“https://www.strava.com/api/v3/activities/<ACTIVITY_ID>/streams?access_token=<ACCESS_TOKEN>&keys=time,latlng&key_by_type=true” When I convert the response to json, the structure of the response appears as follows (I put in the “...”){'distance': {'data': [0.0, 0.0, 9.2, ... 4438.1, 4440.6], 'series_type': 'distance', 'original_size': 246, 'resolution': 'high'}, 'time': {'data': [0, 1, 10, ... 1550, 1551], 'series_type': 'distance', 'original_size': 246, 'resolution': 'high'}} Previously, the response string included a section that was structured as follows (but with actual lat/lon pairs):'latlng': {'data': [[0.0, 0.0], [0.0, 0.0], [0.0, 0.0] … [0.0, 0.0], [0.0, 0.0]}... Is this a bug, did I miss an API change, or perhaps did I change something in my code without realizing it? Thank you in advance for any assistance. 

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5 days ago
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javidrHub Rookie
posted in Developers & API
API endpoint to retrieve fitness

Hi In the webpage, fitness and freshness is retrieved from here https://www.strava.com/fitness/{athlete_id}?range=3months&type=&source=combined What is the equivalent endpoint in the API to retrieve that information?Thanks

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Jan_Mantau
Superuser
5 days ago
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kleinpetrHub Starter
asked in Developers & API
Get Advanced Metrcis via API

Hi,I would like to integrate and display advanced metrics for Subscription users in our application, such as Fitness Score, Relative Effort, Training Log, etc., to provide a fitness summary, send notifications, predictions, and more.However, I couldn’t find a clear endpoint for this in the documentation. It seems like I might need to retrieve all activities, count their relative effort (which appears to be tied to the `suffer_score`), and then manually calculate the values. But I would expect there to be an easier method.Could you please clarify if there is a more straightforward way to achieve this?Thanks for your help.

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Jan_Mantau
Superuser
5 days ago
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joycelsqHub Rookie
asked in Developers & API
Can increase athlete limit from 999 to 200k ?

Hi Strava team, We have  the 999 Athlete limit and have tried contacting support to request to increase it 200k but we didnt get any update for almost 1month now.Is there a separate contact form or method to get this number increased?Thanks.

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LucasHeringerHub Starter
asked in Developers & API
Strava widget for iPhone not working

Hello, so I’m using an iPhone 14 Plus with the most recent iOS version, I tried the Strava widget but it does not update, does not show any activity, I already uninstalled and rebooted my phone but nothing… how do I fix it?  

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danieljacobHub Starter
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Personal Bests / Best Efforts in API

Hello,I’m trying to find an API endpoint to get my best effort times on different run distances (1K, 5K, HM etc.), but I can’t find a sensible way to do it. I understand that I could, in theory, go through each detailed activity, but that would be a hassle. There must be a more efficient way of doing this? 

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5 days ago
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karthiknayak205Hub Starter
asked in Developers & API
PR NOT UPDATED

FINISH TIME IS 1:49 MIN BUT THE PR FOR 50K 1:51 MIN PLEASE SOLVE THE ISSUE

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