Upload workouts to Dropbox for Zwift etc

Forgive me stupidity but I’ve managed to set up the dropbox folders and my weekly workouts are appearing as I would expect. But how do I link that dropbox folder to Intervals? This is the bit that I seem to be struggling with. I would find this most helpful.

Ignore me I’ve managed to sort it

I tried this method but for some reason the shortcut is not working on the MAC,
I moved the files to dropbox and used the exact method as above, but when I start zwift the folder is filled with the documents from the cloud and not checking the dropbox folder, any ideas?

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Do those documents from the cloud end up in Dropbox?

no they fill the normal workouts folder, it looks like the shortcut is not working correctly

@david, tested the zwift sync and works perfect! Small UI thing: when there is no folder in the root of dropbox, the configuration modal is empty which is a bit confusing. Maybe add a root folder / or a message linke “Confirm to start sync”.

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So you upload directly into the root of your dropbox?

I had not created any sub folders before connecting so dropbox was completely empty. I only use it for intervals.icu. Afterward i created a subfolder and reconfigured the connection. Don’t think uploading in root is really a use case but people (me) do strange things :slight_smile:

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This would be so much easier if Zwift

  1. Allowed developers access to the API
  2. Allowed ability to upload workout via profile page

On linking the windows folders, I’ve had to drop in a folder named my zwift ID on dropbox and use this path to upload to.

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@david Small request and no problem if out of your control - Is there a way for the zwift workout not to show the average watts during an interval? If you are using ERG mode it’s just clutter on the screen. I can see it being useful for a free ride segment and wanting to maintain a number though. Cheers

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Do you mean in Zwift itself? This is a Zwift thing if so, not the way in which the w/o is created.

I think it is something in the way the file is created for zwift (but could be wrong). Last year I used workouts created from trainingpeaks and it didn’t show this average text.

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The setting is done inside the Zwift workout files.

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I stand corrected! Thank you!

You can turn off the average watts display by adding “hidepower” to the end of the step:

- 60m Z2 hidepower

I really need to add these flags to the UI.

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Average power doesn’t show on any of my workouts in Zwift, by default. Only if I add “show power” to the workout text does it show up.

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HI!

I’m not seeing my custom workouts in Zwift.

I linked my Intervals account to Dropbox, and created a folder in there called “Intervals ICU Workouts” and synced it, and I can see my workouts from the calendar in the folder.

The link you show for “Backing up and syncing Zwift custom workouts” on Zwift Insider is dated 2017, and there’s an updated header on the article from 2018, saying “hack below is no longer required due to Zwift update 1.0.30360”

Do I still need to do all of the Command prompt stuff shown in the article?

I’m running Zwift on a dedicated desktop PC.

Help!

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I think you still need to do the command prompt stuff. I don’t use Zwift myself, I just got it running to test out the Dropbox upload. It worked for me on a Mac.

Okay, no problem. Thanks for your reply.

I’ll try and figure out out!

All i did from the command prompt stuff was the MKLINK command line from the Zwift Insider article.

It worked fine on one PC, but didn’t seem to work on the other (or i was having a bad day), so I installed Link Shell Extension on that one and it worked too