rowsandall/rowers/templates/developers.html

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  <h2>Resources for developers</h2>

  <p>On this page, a work in progress, I will collect useful information
    for developers of rowing data apps and hardware.</p>
  
  <p>I presume you have an app (smartphone app, dedicated hardware, web site)
    where your users (customers) generate, collect or store their rowing
    related workout data. You can now offer your users easy ways to get
    their data on this site.</p>
  
  <p>There are three ways to allow your users to get data to Rowsandall.com.</p>

  <h5>File based export from your app</h5>

  <p>Enable export of TCX, FIT or CSV formatted files from your app.
    The users
    upload the file to Rowsandall.com.</p>

  <ul>
    <li>Advantages
      <ul>
        <li>User sees immediate results</li>
      </ul>
    </li>
    <li>Disadvantages
      <ul>
        <li>It is a multi-step process: Download from your
          app, store, upload.</li>
      </ul>
    </li>
  </ul>
    

  <h5>Email from your app</h5>

  <p>Similar as above, generate TCX, FIT or CSV formatted files and
    email them
    to <i>workouts@rowsandall.com</i> directly from your app. The From: field
    should be the email address of the registered user.</p>

  <ul>
    <li>Advantages
      <ul>
        <li>It's a simple process, which can be automated.</li>
      </ul>
    </li>
    <li>Disadvantages
      <ul>
        <li>It may take up to five minutes for the workout to show up
          on the site.</li>
      </ul>
    </li>
  </ul>
    
  <h5>Using the REST API</h5>

  <p>We are building a REST API which will allow you to post and
    receive stroke
    data from the site directly.</p>

  <p>The REST API is a work in progress. We are open to improvement
    suggestions (provided they don't break existing apps). Please send
    email to <a href="mailto:info@rowsandall.com">info@rowsandall.com</a>
    with questions and/or suggestions. We
    will get back to you as soon as possible.</p>

  <ul>
    <li>Advantages
      <ul>
        <li>Once it is set up, this is a one-click operation.</li>
        <li>You can read a user's workout data from the site and use
          them in your app.</li>
        <li>This is not limited to workout data. You could make a full mobile
          version of our site.</li>
      </ul>
    </li>
  
    <li>Disadvantages
      <ul>
        <li>The API is not stable and not fully tested yet.</li>
        <li>You need to register your app with us. We can revoke your
          permissions if you misuse them.</li>
        <li>The user user must grant permissions to your app.</li>
        <li>You need to manage authorization tokens.</li>
      </ul>
    </li>
  </ul>

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    <h2>Quick Links</h2>

    <h5>Accepted file formats</h5>

    <p>All files adhering to the standards <a href="http://www8.garmin.com/xmlschemas/TrainingCenterDatabasev2.xsd">TCX</a> and <a href="https://www.thisisant.com/resources/fit/">FIT</a> formats will be parsed.</p>

    <p>However, some rowing related parameters are not supported by TCX and FIT. Therefore, we are supporting the CSV format that is documented in the following link.</p>

    <ul><li><a href="http://rowingdata.readthedocs.io/en/latest/#csv-file-standard">Our standard rowing CSV file</a></li></ul>

    <p>Using this standard will guarantee that your user's data are accepted
      without complaints.</p>

    <h5>API related documentation</h5>
    
    <h6>Registering an app</h6>


    <p>We have disabled the self service app link for security reasons.
      We will replace it with a secure self service app link soon. If you
      need to register an app, please send email to info@rowsandall.com</p>
    
    <h6>Authentication</h6>

    <p>Standard <a href="https://oauth.net/2/">Oauth2</a> authentication.
      Get authorization code by pointing your user to the authorization URL.
      Exchange authorization code for an access token. When access token
      expires,
      use the refresh token to refresh it.</p>

    <p>The redirect URI for user authentication has to be <i>https</i>.
      Developers of iOS or Android apps should contact me directly if
      this doesn't work for them. I can add exceptions.</p>
    
    <p>The POST call must have content-type: <i>x-www-form-urlencoded</i>.
      I set it this way to support the handy testing utility mentioned
      belower. However,
      I really would like to support <i>application/json</i> but with the
      current framework I cannot support both at the same time. Expect
      changes. Write to me if you want to be notified of changes.</p>

    <ul>
      <li>Authorization URL: <b>https://rowsandall.com/rowers/o/authorize</b></li>
      <li>Access Token request: <b>https://rowsandall.com/rowers/o/token/</b></li>
      <li>Access Token refresh: <b>https://rowsandall.com/rowers/o/token/</b></li>
      <li>Handy utility for testing: <b><a href="http://django-oauth-toolkit.herokuapp.com/consumer/">http://django-oauth-toolkit.herokuapp.com/consumer/</a></b></li>
    </ul>

    <h6>API documentation</h6>

    <p>Once you have a registered app, you have gone through the authorization
      and have successfully obtained an access token, you can use it to place
      POST, GET and PUT requests.</p>

    <p>The workout summary data and the stroke data are obtained and sent
      separately.</p>

    <ul>
      <li><a href="/rowers/api-docs">API documentation</a>
        (But refer to the below for stroke data.)</li>
      <li><a href="/rowers/api-docs#/workouts">Try out the workout summary API</a></li>
      <li><a href="/rowers/api-docs#!/workouts/strokedata_list">GET stroke data</a></li>
    </ul>

    <p>You can only post stroke data to an existing workout with
      workout number {id}. If the workout already has stroke data, you
      will get a duplication error. This functionality will be expanded in the
      future to enable updating stroke data. Stroke data for workout {id} are
      posted to:</p>

    <ul>
      <li><b>https://rowsandall.com/rowers/api/workouts/{id}/strokedata</b></li>
    </ul>

    <p>The payload is application/json data and looks as follows:</p>

    <p><pre>
    {
  "distance": [5,12,19,27,35,43,51,59,67,75,82,90,100],
  "power": [112,221,511,673,744,754,754,749,729,729,726,709,707],
  "hr": [132,131,131,132,133,136,139,142,145,147,150,152,153],
  "pace": [145800,116400,88100,80400,77700,77400,77400,77600,78300,78300,78400,79000,79100],
  "spm": [11,41,56,59,55,48,48,48,48,48,48,48,49],
  "time": [0,2200,4599,7000,9599,12000,14400,16799,19400,21799,24200,26599,2900],
}
    </pre></p>

    <p>Mandatory data fields are:</p>
    <ul>
      <li><b>time</b>: Time (milliseconds since workout start)</li>
      <li><b>distance</b>: Distance (meters)</li>
      <li><b>pace</b>: Pace (milliseconds per 500m)</li>
      <li><b>spm</b> Stroke rate (strokes per minute)</li>
    </ul>
    <p>Optional data fiels are:</p>
    <ul>
      <li><b>power</b>: Power (Watt)</li>
      <li><b>drivelength</b>: Drive length (meters)</li>
      <li><b>dragfactor</b>: Drag factor</li>
      <li><b>drivetime</b>: Drive time (ms)</li>
      <li><b>strokerecoverytime</b>: Recovery time (ms)</li>
      <li><b>averagedriveforce</b>: Average handle force (lbs)</li>
      <li><b>peakdriveforce</b>: Peak handle force (lbs)</li>
      <li><b>lapidx</b>: Lap identifier</li>
      <li><b>hr</b>: Heart rate (beats per minute)</li>
    </ul>

    <p>Consistency checks will be done and the stroke data will be
      refused if the mandatory data fields don't pass the checks.
      All mandatory data fields
      must have the same number of records. If an optional data field
      fails a test, its values are silently replaced by zeros.</p>
    
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