Connect to Strava Data in RapidMiner

This article shows how you can easily integrate the CData JDBC driver for Strava into your processes in RapidMiner. This article uses the CData JDBC Driver for Strava to transfer Strava data to a process in RapidMiner.

Connect to Strava in RapidMiner as a JDBC Data Source

You can follow the procedure below to establish a JDBC connection to Strava:

1. Add a new database driver for Strava: Click Connections -> Manage Database Drivers.
2. In the resulting wizard, click the Add button and enter a name for the connection.
3. Enter the prefix for the JDBC URL:

   jdbc:api:
   

4. Enter the path to the cdata.jdbc.api.jar file, located in the lib subfolder of the installation directory.
5. Enter the driver class:

   cdata.jdbc.api.APIDriver
   

   👁 The JDBC driver configuration. (Salesforce is shown.)
   
6. Create a new Strava connection: Click Connections -> Manage Database Connections.
7. Enter a name for your connection.
8. For Database System, select the Strava driver you configured previously.
9. Enter your connection string in the Host box.

   To authenticate to Strava, and connect to your own data or to allow other users to connect to their data, you can use the OAuth standard.

   Using OAuth Authentication

   You must create a custom OAuth application to connect to Strava. To create a custom OAuth application:

   1. Log into the Strava API Settings page
   2. Create a new application or select an existing application
   3. Set the "Authorization Callback Domain" to your callback URL domain (e.g. localhost)
   4. Note down the Client ID and Client Secret

   After setting the following connection properties, you are ready to connect:

   • AuthScheme: Set this to OAuth.
   • InitiateOAuth: Set this to GETANDREFRESH. You can use InitiateOAuth to manage the process to obtain the OAuthAccessToken.
   • OAuthClientId: Set this to the Client ID from your Strava API application.
   • OAuthClientSecret: Set this to the Client Secret from your Strava API application.
   • CallbackURL: Set this to the redirect URI matching your application's callback domain.

   Example connection string:

   Profile=C:\profiles\Strava.apip;AuthScheme=OAuth;InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH;OAuthClientId=your_client_id;OAuthClientSecret=your_client_secret;CallbackURL=http://localhost:33333;
   

   Built-in Connection String Designer

   For assistance in constructing the JDBC URL, use the connection string designer built into the Strava JDBC Driver. Either double-click the JAR file or execute the jar file from the command-line.

   java -jar cdata.jdbc.api.jar
   

   Fill in the connection properties and copy the connection string to the clipboard.

   👁 Using the built-in connection string designer to generate a JDBC URL (Salesforce is shown.)
   

   A typical connection string is below:

   Profile=C:\profiles\Strava.apip;AuthScheme=OAuth;InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH;OAuthClientId=your_client_id;OAuthClientSecret=your_client_secret;CallbackURL=http://localhost:33333;
   

10. Enter your username and password if necessary. 👁 The connection to the JDBC data source. (Salesforce is shown.)
    

You can now use your Strava connection with the various RapidMiner operators in your process. To retrieve Strava data, drag the Retrieve operator from the Operators view. 👁 A Retrieve operation to select data. (Salesforce is shown.)
With the Retrieve operator selected, you can then define which table to retrieve in the Parameters view by clicking the folder icon next to the "repository entry." In the resulting Repository Browser, you can expand your connection node to select the desired example set.

Finally, wire the output to the Retrieve process to a result, and run the process to see the Strava data.