In https://developers.strava.com/docs/reference/ there are examples in C# using the com.strava.api.v3.api libraries, but where download the libraries from?
I tried downloading from https://github.com/tdao7/.Net-Strava-API and some api calls work, but it is different from the examples in the documentation and other api calls don't work.
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Api in C#
+2The readme first says that these libraries are not frequently catching up with Strava API. Use your own models and http client or ideally contribute to the opensource.
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If Strava provides examples in C#, I think it's fair to expect them to work.
It's a bit strange to provide examples based on external libraries and then not care about whether these libraries are updated.
However, I made do on my own without using any libraries using just httpclient class.
+2That's a fair point, unfortunately, not only for Strava but other APIs are running in similar fashion. The most used languages for the API seem to survive while others deprecate and drift. I guess we can only ask what are the plans for the library in the future from Strava devs.
I report below the Strava example and my example without using the libraries.
My example has a similar number of lines and is more readable, so it would have taken Strava very little time to publish examples that work.
Strava example:
using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using com.strava.api.v3.Api;
using com.strava.api.v3.Client;
using com.strava.api.v3.Model;
namespace Example
{
public class getLoggedInAthleteExample
{
public void main()
{
// Configure OAuth2 access token for authorization: strava_oauth
Configuration.Default.AccessToken = "YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN";
var apiInstance = new AthletesApi();
try
{
// Get Authenticated Athlete
DetailedAthlete result = apiInstance.getLoggedInAthlete();
Debug.WriteLine(result);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Debug.Print("Exception when calling AthletesApi.getLoggedInAthlete: " + e.Message );
}
}
}
}
My Example:
using System.Net;
namespace Example
{
public class getLoggedInAthleteExample
{
public void main()
{
HttpClient Client = new();
HttpRequestMessage Request = new(HttpMethod.Get, "https://www.strava.com/api/v3/athletes/{id}/stats?access_token={access_token}");
HttpResponseMessage Response = await Client.SendAsync(Request);
try
{
HttpResponseMessage Response2 = Response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Debug.Print("Exception: " + e.Message );
return;
}
string result = await Response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
Debug.WriteLine(result);
}
}
}
It seems to me that we are going around the problem.
I think that, instead of making a non-working example that uses external libraries, it would have been enough to make a simple and working example like the one in my example.
+4You seem to be conflating API usage examples with an SDK.
Strava don’t make a SDK or any libraries (nuget packages) for C#. This isn’t unusual and as a developer we need to not rely on API libraries and know how to build integrations ourselves just using http clients and REST.
You have a point that Strava should keep examples up-to-date if they are going to provide them.
No, I'm not getting confused at all.
Rather, you've confused what a usage example should be in a given language: a usage example should simply show how to use an API with a given language, and, obviously, the example should work, and instead it doesn't work at all.
It doesn't matter if Strava decides whether to use external libraries or language-specific instructions, what matters is that the example should work, and instead it doesn't work at all.
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