Auth error 'activity:write_permission', 'code': 'missing'}

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Hi,

I'm trying to make an script on python to upload all my old activities.

Created the app on the portal, and got client_id and client secret.

import os
import requests
import urllib3

urllib3.disable_warnings(urllib3.exceptions.InsecureRequestWarning)

CLIENT_ID = "my_client_id"  
CLIENT_SECRET = "my_secret" 
REFRESH_TOKEN = "my_refresh"  

def get_access_token():
    auth_url = "https://www.strava.com/oauth/token"
    payload = {
        'client_id': CLIENT_ID,
        'client_secret': CLIENT_SECRET,
        'refresh_token': REFRESH_TOKEN,
        'grant_type': "refresh_token",
        'scope': 'activity:write', 
        'f': 'json'
    }

    print("Requesting Token...\n")
    res = requests.post(auth_url, data=payload, verify=False)
    
    try:
        res.raise_for_status()  
        access_token = res.json()['access_token']
        print("Access Token = {}\n".format(access_token))
        return access_token
    except requests.exceptions.HTTPError as err:
        print(f"HTTP Error: {err}")
        print("Response content:", res.text)
        return None
    except KeyError as err:
        print("KeyError:", err)
        print("Response content:", res.text)
        return None

def upload_activities_from_folder(folder_path):
    activites_url = "https://www.strava.com/api/v3/uploads"

    access_token = get_access_token()
    if access_token is None:
        print("Failed to obtain access token.")
        return

    header = {'Authorization': 'Bearer ' + access_token}

    for filename in os.listdir(folder_path):
        if filename.endswith(".gpx"):
            file_path = os.path.join(folder_path, filename)
            files = {'file': open(file_path, 'rb')}
            res = requests.post(activites_url, headers=header, files=files)
            print(res.json())

if __name__ == "__main__":
    activities_folder = "C:\\Users\\z\\Desktop\\all"  
    upload_activities_from_folder(activities_folder)

I am getting an error of permissions, but I'm not sure why

{'message': 'Authorization Error', 'errors': [{'resource': 'AccessToken', 'field': 'activity:write_permission', 'code': 'missing'}]}

Also to debug I tried to make it manually, getting the url, authorizing read and write, getting the code and using the code of the result

from stravalib.client import Client
import os

# Strava application credentials
CLIENT_ID = 'my_client_here'
CLIENT_SECRET = 'my_code_here'
CALLBACK_DOMAIN = 'localhost'  


ACTIVITIES_DIR = 'C:\\Users\\zzzzz\\Desktop\\all'

# Create client
client = Client()
authorize_url = client.authorization_url(client_id=CLIENT_ID, redirect_uri=f'http://{CALLBACK_DOMAIN}/authorized', scope = ["activity:write", "read"])
print(" go to {authorize_url} and authorize access.')
authorization_code = input('Paste the authorization code here: ')

try:
    access_token = client.exchange_code_for_token(client_id=CLIENT_ID, client_secret=CLIENT_SECRET, code=authorization_code)
    print("Access token obtained successfully.")
except Exception as e:
    print(f"Failed to obtain access token: {e}")
    exit()

# Authenticate with the access token
client = Client(access_token=access_token)

# Function to upload activities from a folder
def upload_activities_from_folder(folder_path):
    for filename in os.listdir(folder_path):
        if filename.endswith('.gpx'):
            activity_file = os.path.join(folder_path, filename)
            try:
                client.upload_activity(activity_file, data_type='gpx')
                print(f"Uploaded activity: {filename}")
            except Exception as e:
                print(f"Failed to upload activity {filename}: {e}")

# Upload activities from the specified directory
upload_activities_from_folder(ACTIVITIES_DIR)

In this case, I get this

No rates present in response headers
Access token obtained successfully.
No rates present in response headers
Failed to upload activity activity_11024948997.gpx: [{'resource': 'Athlete', 'field': 'access_token', 'code': 'invalid'}]
No rates present in response headers
Failed to upload activity activity_11442231651.gpx: [{'resource': 'Athlete', 'field': 'access_token', 'code': 'invalid'}]

 I don't get it 🙂 Any help would be apreciated!