Strava
Interact with Strava's v3 API. This gem is designed to be fully object oriented, so most interaction is with Strava objects. There is an existing gem strava-api-v3, which has been around much longer and has some extra functionality. It is more functional and typically deals with JSON data.
Installation
Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
gem 'strava'And then execute:
$ bundle
Or install it yourself as:
$ gem install strava
API Notes
Detail Level
All Strava resources have a detail level, {1 => meta, 2 => summary, 3 => detailed}. Objects will have a #get_details method which retrieves the full object details, if supported and not already fetched.
Pagination
Many Strava endpoints support optional pagination. All of these endpoints accept :page and :per_page options. These can be used like athlete.activities(page: 3). Refer to the API Coverage section for a list of endpoints supporting pagination.
All method calls including pagination will trigger an API call and return the items from that call. Any calls without pagination will return all previously downloaded items. If no requests have been made, a request without pagination will be made.
Functionality
Configuration
This is not necessary, as only the webhooks API requires application information. The values shown below are used by default if not configured manually.
Strava.client_id = ENV['STRAVA_CLIENT_ID']
Strava.client_secret = ENV['STRAVA_CLIENT_SECRET']Current Athlete
Generally, most of the Strava API is based off the authenticated user. Thus, most of the gem's functionality flows from the athlete class (either authenticated user or another).
The quickest way to get started is with the currently authenticated athlete:
ca = Strava::Athlete.current_athlete(access_token) # => Strava::AthleteThere is also a mixin for existing classes (i.e. models). It is agnostic to DBs/adapters/etc, and only requires a method for the access token.
class Account < ApplicationRecord
include Strava.model as: :athlete, via: :token, id: :strava_id
end
ca = Account.find(1).athlete # => Strava::AthleteThis will add an instance method #athlete to the User class. This returns a Strava::Athlete, populating the access token with User#token and the user ID with User#strava_id. All 3 parameters are optional, and the default parameters are { via: :access_token, as: :strava_athlete, id: nil }.
It can also be used to go through another method, for instance, if you have separate user and account models:
class User < ApplicationRecord
has_one :account
include Strava.model as: :athlete, via: 'account.token', id: 'account.strava_id'
end
ca = User.find(1).athlete # => Strava::AthleteClasses
Most use cases won't include manually instantiating classes. Instead, interaction starts with a user and then flows through related objects. If desired, classes can be instantiated, with two requirements:
- First argument must be either the object ID (string or integer accepted), or a hash with an
'id'key. - Either the
tokenorclientkeyword argument must be passed. All API interaction requires an access_token, so instantiation does too.
act = Strava::Activity.new(321934, token: '83ebeabdec09f6670863766f792ead24d61fe3f9')
act = Strava::Activity.new({'id' => 321934}, client: Strava::Client.new('83ebeabdec09f6670863766f792ead24d61fe3f9'))Usage
Athlete
Strava uses the phrase currently authenticated athlete throughout their docs, so we'll use the term current to represent that athlete. With the current athlete from above, we can request data for that athlete. Some APIs can only be made on behalf of the current athlete. See Strava docs for further information.
ca.get_details # => retrieves full representation of the athlete
ca.email # => "john@applestrava.com"
ca.firstname # => "John"
ca.lastname # => "Applestrava"
ca.stats # => Hash of athlete stats
ca.zones # => Array of HR/power zones (hash)
ca.koms # => [Strava::SegmentEffort]
ca.friends # => [Strava::Athlete]
ca.followers # => [Strava::Athlete]
ca.both_following(other_id) # => [Strava::Athlete]
# listed in docs other than athlete docs
ca.clubs # => [Strava::Club]
ca.routes # => [Strava::Route]
ca.starred_segments # => [Strava::Segment]Activity
Strava provides extensive data on activities.
activity = ca.activities.first # => Strava::Activity
activity.get_details # => retrieves full representation of the activity
activity.comments # => [Strava::Comment]
activity.kudos # => [Strava::Kudo]
activity.photos # => [Strava::Photo]
activity.related # => [Strava::Activity] activities that were matched as “with this group”
activity.zones # => Array of HR/Power zones
activity.laps # => [Strava::Lap]
activity.streams # => [Strava::StreamSet] Without args, will retrieve time, distance, latlng streams
# Strava Partner APIs
activity.comment(message) # => Create a comment on an activity
activity.kudo # => Kudo an activityClub
club = ca.clubs.first # => Strava::Club
club.get_details # => retrieves full representation of the club
club.activities # => [Strava::Activity]
club.group_events # => [Strava::GroupEvent]
club.announcements # => [Strava::ClubAnnouncment]
club.members # => [Strava::Athlete]
club.admins # => [Strava::Athlete]
club.join # => Join the club as current athlete. Returns hash for success or failure
club.leave # => Leave the club as current athlete. Returns hash for success or failureGroup Event
ge = club.group_events.first # => Strava::GroupEvent
ge.get_details # => retrieves full representation of the group event
ge.athletes # => [Strava::Athlete]
ge.delete # => Delete group event. Must have edit permissions. Returns hash of success/failure
ge.join # => Join the event as current athlete. Returns hash of success/failure
ge.leave # => Leave the event as current athlete. Returns hash of success/failureGear
gear = ca.gear.first # => Strava::Gear
gear.get_details # => retrieves full representation of the gearRoute
route = ca.routes.first # => Strava::Route
route.get_details # => retrieves full representation of the route
route.streams # => [Strava::StreamSet] Retrieves distance, altitude, latlng streams (no other streams available).Running Race
Races are different, as they don't flow from the current athlete. However, the Race APIs still require authentication. As such, there are a couple ways to retrieve races:
# List races via the current athlete. Probably the simplest way.
races = ca.list_races
# List races via the `RunningRace` class. Must provide an API client.
client = Strava::Client.new('83ebeabdec09f6670863766f792ead24d61fe3f9')
races = RunningRace.list_races(client)
# List races via a client. The gem is designed to minimize interaction with the Client class, but it's available if desired.
client = Strava::Client.new('83ebeabdec09f6670863766f792ead24d61fe3f9')
races = client.list_races
# All methods accept an optional argument for the year:
races = ca.list_races(2016)
races = RunningRace.list_races(client, 2016)
races = client.list_races(2016)
# The only API interaction available for a race is to retrieve more details.
races.first.get_details # Returns the race, with full representation.Segment
segment = ca.starred_segments.first # => Strava::Segment
segment.get_details # => retrieves full representation of the segment
segment.efforts # => [Strava::SegmentEffort] Segment efforts for the current athlete
segment.streams # => [Strava::StreamSet] Retrieves distance, altitude, latlng streams (no other streams available).
segment.star # => Star the segment, on behalf of current athlete. Returns hash of success/failure.
segment.unstar # => Unstar the segment, on behalf of current athlete. Returns hash of success/failure.
# segment explorer is similar to the running races API. It can be called via a user:
bounds = '37.821362,-122.505373,37.842038,-122.465977' # => ‘south,west,north,east
ca.segment_explorer(bounds)
# Or via the `Segment` class. Must provide an API client.
segments = Segment.explorer(client, bounds)
# or via a client (discouraged)
client.segment_explorer(bounds)Segment Effort
effort = segment.efforts.first # => Strava::SegmentEffort
effort.get_details # => retrieves full representation of the segment
effort.streams # => [Strava::StreamSet] Retrieves distance, altitude, latlng streams (no other streams available).StreamSet
activity.streams
activity.streams.allUploads
Uploads haven't been implemented yet :( It will be soon though!
Auth
Auth hasn't been implemented yet :( However, most apps are probably using omniauth, so this is a bit lower on the priority list.
Webhooks
Webhooks haven't been implemented yet :( It will be soon though!
TODO
- Continue adding YARD Documentation
- Add tests
- Submit PRs to existing gem
Why
Q. Why aren't there tests? A. Tests are in progress. Unfortunately, there is no test environment for Strava, and virtually everything is based on hitting their API.
Q. Why not contribute to the existing gem? A. I'm planning on it! But I also wanted something a bit more OO, and wanted to see what I could come up with.
Development
After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake test to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.
To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.
Contributing
Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/phoffer/strava.
License
The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.