2015-08-03-c-and-the-strava-web-api_001.cs

private T GetStravaData < T > (string url) {
 try 
 {
  HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest) WebRequest.Create(url);
  using(WebResponse response = request.GetResponse()) 
  {
   using(Stream responseStream = response.GetResponseStream()) 
   {
    using(StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(responseStream, Encoding.UTF8)) 
    {
     Task < string > result = reader.ReadToEndAsync();
     T rides = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject < T > (result.Result);
     return rides;
    }
   }
  }
 }
catch (WebException ex)
{
  using(WebResponse errorResponse = ex.Response) 
  {
    using(Stream responseStream = errorResponse.GetResponseStream()) 
    {
      using(StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(responseStream, Encoding.GetEncoding("utf-8")))
      {
      string errorText = reader.ReadToEnd();
      }
    }
  }
  throw;
 } 
 catch (Exception ex) 
 {
  throw;
 }
}

public IEnumerable < Activity > GetStravaRides() 
{
 try 
 {
  Configuration accessTokenConfig = this.ConfigRepository.FindOne(x => x.Key == ConfigKeys.Strava_AccessToken);
  string url = string.Format("https://www.strava.com/api/v3/athlete/activities?access_token={0}&per_page=200", accessTokenConfig.Value);
  return this.GetStravaData < IEnumerable < Activity >> (url);
 } 
 catch (Exception ex) 
 {
  return new List < Activity > ();
 }
}

public Athlete GetAthlete() 
{
  Configuration accessTokenConfig = this.ConfigRepository.FindOne(x => x.Key == ConfigKeys.Strava_AccessToken);
  string url = string.Format("https://www.strava.com/api/v3/athlete?access_token={0}&per_page=200", accessTokenConfig.Value);
  return this.GetStravaData < Athlete > (url); 
}