stravalib

Install

pip install stravalib

Registry and repository facts

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Registry

PyPI: stravalib

Latest version

2.6.0, published 2026-08-2737 days before our 2026-10-03 read

First published

2013-04-06 · 45 versions published

Licence

Apache-2.0PyPI license_expression

Platforms

not stated in registry metadata

Requires

python >=3.11PyPI requires_python

Status classifier

Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable

Repository

stravalib/stravalib

Last commit, default branch

2026-09-2211 days before our 2026-10-03 read · read by git on 2026-10-03

GitHub signals

1,000 stars · 19 open issues and PRs · not archived · last push to any branch 2026-10-01GitHub API, read 2026-10-03

Registry description: “A Python package that makes it easy to access and download data from the Strava V3 REST API.”

What the README warns about

Each item is the project’s own statement, checked on 2026-10-03, quoted where the wording matters.

• Units are objects. The README says stravalib supports quantities through the Pint library, so distances and speeds come back unit-aware rather than as bare floats.

  Source: README

• Start with the README's tutorials: creating a Strava app, refreshing and auto-refreshing the token, and getting activities and athlete data.

  Source: README

The API underneath

A wrapper inherits every rule of the API it calls. These pages cover that layer directly.

• Strava API integration guide →Strava's OAuth, scopes and webhooks — the API stravalib calls.
• Strava API 401 Unauthorized →The error an expired or under-scoped token produces, whatever the client.
• Strava webhook not firing →Webhooks sit outside what a polling client like this handles.

Other Python packages on this list

Python libraries for fitness APIs: every package side by side, and how to choose →

• garminconnect0.3.17 · 2026-09-29Garmin Connect's web services, signed in as the user with their own credentials.
• garth0.8.0 · 2026-03-28Garmin's SSO login and the Garmin Connect API, through the mobile auth approach the README says Garmin's change broke.
• oura-ring1.0.1 · 2026-06-22The Oura API v2.
• oura1.3.0 · 2024-04-23The Oura API, with v2 clients under oura.v2 (OuraClientV2, OuraClientDataFrameV2) whose methods are named after the URL paths, per the README.
• fitbit0.3.1 · 2019-05-24The legacy Fitbit Web API, using requests-oauthlib and python-dateutil according to the README's requirements.
• withings-api2.4.0 · 2022-02-08The Withings Health API over OAuth 2.0, through WithingsAuth and WithingsApi, per the README.

Questions

Which Python version does stravalib require?

Its README lists Python 3.11+, and its PyPI metadata declares requires_python >=3.11. The README also lists requests, pint, arrow and pydantic 2.x as dependencies that pip installs automatically.

Can stravalib edit Strava activities as well as read them?

Yes. The README lists making changes to account activities among the Client class's features, alongside authentication, keeping the token current and downloading activity, club and profile data.