Create Activity

Creates a new activity in Strava.

POST

Query

Field selectionChoose which fields should be included in the response. Learn more

string

Comma-separated response fields to include.

Body

Arguments

stringrequired

The name of the activity.

stringrequired

The sport type of the activity.

daterequired

The local start date/time for the activity.

numberrequired

Elapsed time in seconds.

string

Description of the activity.

number

Distance in meters.

boolean

Whether the activity was done on a trainer.

boolean

Whether the activity was a commute.

Try this request

Request

curl --request POST \
  --url "https://connect.mindcloud.co/v1/universal/strava/latest/actions/create-activity" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $MINDCLOUD_API_TOKEN" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data '{
  "connectionId": "$CONNECTION_ID",
  "name": "",
  "sportType": "",
  "startDateLocal": ""
}'

{
  "success": true,
  "data": [],
  "meta": {}
}

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