Strava API not returning steps

[richardchou]

Hi,

I uploaded an activity to Strava via iPhone app. However I'm not seeing the steps or cadence data in the Strava API (athlete activities API, single activity API).

How do I get this number (1126)?

[richardchou · Accepted solution]

Looks like steps data is unavailable in Strava api

https://communityhub.strava.com/t5/developer-discussions/step-count-missing-in-detailedactivity/m-p/...

I hope the steps data will be available in the API. Our fundraising events need to show steps data.

[ActivityFix]

Steps isn't available but as mentioned in that thread, if cadence is there you can do cadence*2 to get steps per minute and multiply that by moving time/60 to calculate the number of steps. Try it and see how close it is to the recorded number of steps, it may be a good alternative.