Strava-Visualization

A script to create visualizations of strava rides

Fun with the Strava API

Steps to work with the stand alone strava.py

1. Create a Strava Application

   • You will need your Client ID and Client Secret

2. Copy the url

   http://www.strava.com/oauth/authorize?client_id=[REPLACE_WITH_YOUR_CLIENT_ID]&response_type=code&redirect_uri=http://localhost/exchange_token&approval_prompt=force&scope=read_all,activity:read_all

   into your browser and place your Client ID in the placeholder.

3. Approve the application on the prompt and wait for the redirect url to appear.

4. When the redirect url is shown in your browser, copy the Authorization Code shown in it.

   localhost/exchange_token?stat=&code=[VERY_LONG_CODE_HERE]&scope=read,activity:read_all,read_all

5. Run the curl request with your Client ID, Client Secret and the Authorization Code from above in your terminal.

   curl -X POST https://www.strava.com/oauth/token -F client_id=YOURCLIENTID -F client_secret=YOURCLIENTSECRET -F code=AUTHORIZATIONCODE -F grant_type=authorization_code

6. Create a .env file with the following information:

   REFRESH_TOKEN=<token that is given in the curl response>
   ACCESS_CODE=<token that is given in the curl response>
   CLIENT_ID=<ID given to your Strava application>
   CLIENT_SECRET=<secret given to your Strava application>
   

7. Use the access_token and refresh_token provided in the response in the .env file.

8. From the command line, run python strava.py.

9. When the access token expires, run auth.py from the commandline