javastrava.api.v3.service

Interface UploadService

All Superinterfaces:

StravaService

All Known Implementing Classes:

UploadServiceImpl

public interface UploadService
extends StravaService

Uploading to Strava is an asynchronous process. A file is uploaded using a multipart/form-data POST request which performs initial checks on the data and enqueues the file for processing. The activity will not appear in other API requests until it has finished processing successfully.

Processing status may be checked by polling Strava. A one-second or longer polling interval is recommended. The mean processing time is currently around 8 seconds. Once processing is complete, Strava will respond to polling requests with the activity's ID.

Errors can occur during the submission or processing steps and may be due to malformed activity data or duplicate data submission.

Strava supports FIT, TCX and GPX file types as described below. New file types are not on the road map. Developers are encouraged to use one of these types as it will also maximize compatibility with other fitness applications.

All files are required to include a time with each trackpoint or record, as defined by the file format. Information such as lat/lng, elevation, heartrate, etc. is optional. Manual creation of activities without a data file is not currently supported by the API.

If you feel your file is compatible with the standards but is still not uploading to Strava, please verify that it works with other fitness applications before contacting support.

Author:

Dan Shannon

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
StravaUploadResponse	checkUploadStatus(Integer id) Upon upload, Strava will respond with an upload ID.
StravaUploadResponse	upload(StravaActivityType activityType, String name, String description, Boolean _private, Boolean trainer, String dataType, String externalId, File file) Requires write permissions, as requested during the authorization process.

Method Detail

upload

StravaUploadResponse upload(StravaActivityType activityType,
                            String name,
                            String description,
                            Boolean _private,
                            Boolean trainer,
                            String dataType,
                            String externalId,
                            File file)

Requires write permissions, as requested during the authorization process.

Posting a file for upload will enqueue it for processing. Initial checks will be done for malformed data and duplicates.

URL POST https://www.strava.com/api/v3/uploads

Parameters:

activityType - (Optional) Type of activity being uploaded

name - (Optional) if not provided, will be populated using start date and location, if available

description - (Optional)

_private - (Optional) set to 1 to mark the resulting activity as private, 'view_private' permissions will be necessary to view the activity

trainer - (Optional) activities without lat/lng info in the file are auto marked as stationary, set to 1 to force

dataType - possible values: fit, fit.gz, tcx, tcx.gz, gpx, gpx.gz

externalId - (Optional) data filename will be used by default but should be a unique identifier

file - the actual activity data, if gzipped the data_type must end with .gz

Returns:

Returns an Upload Status object. This object will include an English language status. If success, it will indicate the data is still processing. If there was an error, it will describe the error, potentially containing HTML. Upon a successful submission the request will return 201 Created. If there was an error the request will return 400 Bad Request.

See Also:

http://strava.github.io/api/v3/uploads/#post-file

checkUploadStatus

StravaUploadResponse checkUploadStatus(Integer id)
                                throws UnauthorizedException

Upon upload, Strava will respond with an upload ID. You may use this ID to poll the status of your upload. Strava recommends polling no more than once a second. Polling more frequently is unnecessary. The mean processing time is around 8 seconds.

URL GET https://www.strava.com/api/v3/uploads/:id

Parameters:

id - Upload id originally returned when the upload was done

Returns:

Upload response indicating current status of the upload

Throws:

UnauthorizedException - If the authenticated user does not have write access

See Also:

http://strava.github.io/api/v3/uploads/#get-status