Good morning,
I have a question about activity upload via api.
I have a TCX file built manually, thus not coming from a device like Garmin. This file contains elevation data (<AltitudeMeters>...</AltitudeMeters>).
If I try to upload this activity via api (https://www.strava.com/api/v3/uploads), the activity appears among my activities (https://www.strava.com/athlete/training), but shows an elevation of 0.
Using the web interface (+ >> Upload activity >> Choose file):
1) before clicking Save & View, the activity appears among my activities, without elevation
2) after clicking Save & View, the elevation appears and is correct.
It seems like the api call stops at step 1, and the elevation is missing. Is it possible to obtain the same result (steps 1 and 2) using apis?
Upload via api skips elevation computation
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+8You can force/suggest Strava to use your elevation data by setting the right device type in the TCX file. See the section Device and Elevation Data on https://developers.strava.com/docs/uploads/
+8You might need to add a namespaced attribute to the Creator
<Creator xsi:type="Device_t">
<Name>something with Barometer</Name>
</Creator>Otherwise somebody from Strava might want to give their 2 cents.
I've the same problem, tried:
<Creator>
<Name>My Awesome Device with barometer</Name>
</Creator>And:
<Creator xsi:type="Device_t">
<Name>something with Barometer</Name>
</Creator>And: (which is the correct way according to https://www8.garmin.com/xmlschemas/TrainingCenterDatabasev2.xsd)
<Creator xsi:type="Device_t">
<Name>something with barometer</Name>
<UnitId>1234567890</UnitId>
<ProductID>123</ProductID>
<Version>
<VersionMajor>0</VersionMajor>
<VersionMinor>1</VersionMinor>
<BuildMajor>1</BuildMajor>
<BuildMinor>0</BuildMinor>
</Version>
</Creator>The activity gets uploaded but with no elevation. Same TCX uploaded from the web interface shows the correct elevation.
+8Sorry, then I'm out of options. Hopefully somebody from Strava can give an answer then.
+24There was a similar thread to this in the Strava API google group. Maybe something in there would be useful?
https://groups.google.com/g/strava-api/c/3QreDD1EWjQ/m/rCxRQ1ghAwAJ
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