Strava Uploader

This is an app which enables automatic uploading of activities to strava with out the need to use the proprietary apps which conme with most devices.

Installation

1. Simply download te StravaUploader.exe from the releases page along with the appsettings.json file. This is the master config for the app and needs to be in the same directory as the app.
2. Update appsettings.json with the values as required based on the table below in the configuration section.
3. [Optional] Add a shortcut to the app in the windows start up directory as described here.

Usage

This all will run in the system tray and show a small orange Strava Icon while it's running. It will communicate with you via windows notifications. Right clicking on the system tray icon allows you to view log files, the appsettings.json and see the current version as well exiting the app.

Configuration (appsettings.json)

Property	Description	Default	Type
Auth.CallbackUrl	This is the URL the app uses to listen on for the auth call back. You only need to adjust this if something else is listening on that port	http://localhost:8080/auth/	string
Auth.Scopes	These are the required scopes for uploading activities to Strava	activity:read_all, activity:write	string[]
Auth.ResponseType	This is the type of response Strava will send. You don't need to change this.	code	string
Auth.ClientId	The client id from the API page of Strava (you'll need to sign up to the Strava API for this).		string
Auth.ClientSecret	The client secret from the API page of (you'll need to sign up to the Strava API for this).		string
Device.Name	This is the name of the device the app will watch for being plugged in to search for activities. To find the name of your device, connect it and run the Powershell commandlet Get-Volume. The Friendly Name column is what you'll need to use, case is important. For Germin devices this is just GARMIN.		string
Device.Path	The path in your device (relative to the root) where the activities are stored. For example a Garmin device which has a folder in the root called GARMIN and a sub folder called ACTIVITIES would set the value like GARMIN\\ACTIVITY		string
Device.FileType	The type of file to tell Strava you are uploading. This is probably the extension of your activity files but it it's worth checking here to see if your device is supported.		string
Device.CheckOnStart	Should the app check for the specified device when the app is started.	true	boolean
CheckForUpdates	Should the app check for updates when it starts.	true	boolean

Compatibility

As this app uses a couple of windows only APIs to send toast notifications and detects devices being connected it's a Windows 10+ only.

Trouble Shooting

Most errors which the app might encounter as well as diagnostic logs for HTTP calls are logged to the app log. This is located in the same directory as the app is running and can be located by right clicking on the system tray icon and selecting View Logs

Contributing

PRs or information for adding support for more devices is apreciated.