gaiagpsclient

A Python API and CLI client for GaiaGPS. I wrote this for myself, but it may be useful for others. Gaia does not have a published API, so this was developed by reverse engineering the browser client and thus may be incomplete or poorly behaved. It is possible to use this to put undue strain on gaiagps.com, so please be judicious with its use. This client is not supported or blessed by Gaia, so do not complain about it to them or ask them for help.

Installation

On a modern Linux (and MacOS with python3 from brew), something like this should work:

$ git clone https://github.com/kk7ds/gaiagpsclient
$ cd gaiagpsclient
$ python setup.py install

CLI Usage

The command line client will attempt to login to gaiagps.com only when necessary, caching the session credentials whenever possible. Thus, at least the first use requires your Gaia credentials, and any time after that session expires. After installation, try testing your connection, which will perform a login and validate that communication is possible:

$ gaiagps --user user@domain.com test
Password:
Success!

After that, you can perform commands without providing your username or password.

The available high-level commands are displayed with --help:

$ gaiagps --help
usage: gaiagps [-h] [--user USER] [--pass PASS] [--debug] [--verbose]
               {waypoint,folder,test,tree,track,upload} ...

Command line client for gaiagps.com

positional arguments:
  {waypoint,folder,test,tree,track,upload}
    waypoint            Manage waypoints
    folder              Manage folders
    test                Test access to Gaia
    tree                Display all data in tree format
    track               Manage tracks
    upload              Upload an entire file of tracks and/or waypoints

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --user USER           Gaia username
  --pass PASS           Gaia password (prompt if unspecified)
  --debug               Enable debug output
  --verbose             Enable verbose output

Help per-command is displayed the same way:

$ gaiagps waypoint --help
usage: gaiagps waypoint [-h]
                        {add,remove,move,rename,export,list,dump,url,coords}
                        ...

This command allows you to take action on waypoints, such as adding, removing,
and renaming them.

positional arguments:
  {add,remove,move,rename,export,list,dump,url,coords}
    add                 Add a waypoint
    remove              Remove a waypoint
    move                Move to another folder
    rename              Rename
    export              Export to file
    list                List
    dump                Raw dump of the data structure
    url                 Show direct browser-suitable URL
    coords              Display coordinates

optional arguments:
 -h, --help            show this help message and exit


$ gaiagps waypoint add --help
usage: gaiagps waypoint add [-h] [--existing-folder EXISTING_FOLDER]
                            [--new-folder NEW_FOLDER]
                            name latitude longitude [altitude]

positional arguments:
  name                  Name (or ID)
  latitude              Latitude (in decimal degrees)
  longitude             Longitude (in decimal degrees)
  altitude              Altitude (in meters

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --existing-folder EXISTING_FOLDER
                        Add to existing folder with this name
  --new-folder NEW_FOLDER
                        Add to a new folder with this name

Examples

Here are some example common operations to demonstrate usage:

# Add a waypoint by lat/lon
$ gaiagps waypoint add 'My Campsite' 45.123 -122.9876

# Show the waypoints so far
$ gaiagps waypoint list
+--------------------------------+----------------------+------------------+
|              Name              |       Updated        |      Folder      |
+--------------------------------+----------------------+------------------+
|          My Campsite           | 19 Apr 2019 03:41:53 |                  |
+--------------------------------+----------------------+------------------+

# Create a folder and move our waypoint into that folder
$ gaiagps folder add 'Camping Trip'
$ gaiagps waypoint move 'My Campsite' 'Camping Trip'
$ gaiagps waypoint list
+--------------------------------+----------------------+------------------+
|              Name              |       Updated        |      Folder      |
+--------------------------------+----------------------+------------------+
|          My Campsite           | 19 Apr 2019 03:41:53 |   Camping Trip   |
+--------------------------------+----------------------+------------------+

# Upload a GPX file with a track inside
$ gaiagps upload --existing-folder 'Camping Trip' myhike.gpx
$ gaiagps track list
+--------------------------------+----------------------+------------------+
|              Name              |       Updated        |      Folder      |
+--------------------------------+----------------------+------------------+
|           Cool Hike            | 19 Apr 2019 03:42:17 |   Camping Trip   |
+--------------------------------+----------------------+------------------+

# Dump all data in Gaia account (assuming more has been added), like a filesystem
$ gaiagps tree
DIR 18 Apr 2019 22:08:14 Camping Trip/
    WPT 19 Apr 2019 03:41:53 My Campsite
    TRK 19 Apr 2019 03:42:17 Cool Hike

DIR 09 Apr 2019 00:32:11 My Other Folder/

    DIR 19 Apr 2019 00:37:51 A Subfolder/
        WPT 19 Apr 2019 00:38:03 Some random waypoint

    WPT 11 Apr 2019 01:56:19 Waterfall
    WPT 11 Apr 2019 01:52:56 Trailhead