Strava CLI

Interact with Strava via the strava-client-cli Python tool. Use for viewing activities, athlete profiles, stats, and exporting data. Covers setup (creating a Strava account, API app, and OAuth) and all CLI commands.

Install

uvx --from strava-client-cli strava --help
# Or install persistently:
uv tool install strava-client-cli

Setup

1. Create a Strava Account (if needed)

Sign up at https://www.strava.com/register. Only name, email, and password required.

2. Create a Strava API Application

1. Go to https://www.strava.com/settings/api
2. Fill in:
   • Application Name: any descriptive name
   • Category: pick closest match (e.g. "Other")
   • Website: any URL (e.g. your GitHub)
   • Authorization Callback Domain: localhost
   • Description: brief description
3. Check the API Agreement checkbox
4. Click Create
5. Note your Client ID and Client Secret

Important: New Strava API apps allow only 1 connected athlete. To connect a different athlete, revoke the current one at Settings → My Apps → Revoke Access.

3. Authenticate

strava auth

Enter Client ID and Client Secret when prompted. Open the displayed URL in a browser, authorize, then copy the code parameter from the redirect URL (http://localhost/?code=XXXXX) and paste it back.

Tokens auto-refresh (every 6 hours). Config: ~/.config/strava-cli/config.json, tokens: ~/.config/strava-cli/tokens.json.

Manual Token Exchange (headless/automated)

If no browser is available, do the OAuth flow manually:

1. Build the auth URL:

   https://www.strava.com/oauth/authorize?client_id=CLIENT_ID&response_type=code&redirect_uri=http://localhost&approval_prompt=force&scope=activity:read_all,profile:read_all
   

2. Open in any browser, authorize, grab the code from the redirect URL
3. Exchange:

   curl -s -X POST https://www.strava.com/oauth/token \
     -d client_id=CLIENT_ID \
     -d client_secret=CLIENT_SECRET \
     -d code=CODE \
     -d grant_type=authorization_code
   

4. Save the response tokens to ~/.config/strava-cli/tokens.json:

   {
     "access_token": "...",
     "refresh_token": "...",
     "expires_at": 1234567890,
     "token_type": "Bearer"
   }
   

Commands

strava profile                              # Athlete profile
strava stats                                # Run/ride/swim stats summary
strava activities --limit 10                # Recent activities
strava activities --type Run --after 2024-01-01  # Filter by type/date
strava activity 12345678                    # Detailed activity view
strava export --output ./data --format json # Bulk export

Source

https://github.com/geodeterra/strava-cli