Question

I am currently tinkering with STRAVA API (Strava is a site for logging, sharing and comparing GPS tracklogs taken during cycling and running activities).

In order to get the streams (sample logs) of an activity like this:

http://www.strava.com/rides/9999

one can use the Version 1 of the API like this:

http://www.strava.com/api/v1/streams/9999

which returns a json string with time-series of speed, position, heartrate, etc.

My problems are:

1. Is there a way to get streams using API v2?
2. Where is the documentation for API v1?

Docs for API v2 are here

I’ve read somewhere that there are differences between POST and GET methods of the API, and that some data require authentication, but I am still (yet more) confused…

Thanks for any help!

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UPDATE:
For anyone arriving here, as for end of 2013 Strava has (not) released their rather closed V3 API, and shut down their V1 and V2 endpoints.

However, it’s still possible to get the JSON streams of a given activity with URLs like these (using activity of Id 9999 as a working example):

http://app.strava.com/stream/9999

http://app.strava.com/activities/9999/streams

Answer 1

Be aware that these APIs are being deprecated. Here is link to both versions of the API documentation, and a place to sign up for notification about the new API coming in early 2013.

You will find that the REST style is only loosely followed for these versions of the API, thus your confusion is understandable. The new API follows the REST style much more rigorously. For V1 and V2 GET of a resource will usually return an the object representing that resource in json format. However there are cases where POST returns the object rather than creating one. Streams are not returned by the V2 API, only V1. IHTH