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garminexport
============
``garminexport.py`` is a program that downloads *all*
activities for a given [Garmin Connect](http://connect.garmin.com/)
account and stores them locally on the user's computer.
The directory also contains an ``incremental_backup.py`` program that can be
used for incremental backups of your account. This script only downloads
activities that haven't already been downloaded to a certain backup directory.
It is typically a quicker alternative (except for the first time when all
activities will need to be downloaded).
Prerequisites
=============
The instructions below for running the program (or importing the module)
assumes that you have [Python 2.7](https://www.python.org/download/releases/2.7/),
[pip](http://pip.readthedocs.org/en/latest/installing.html), and [virtualenv](http://virtualenv.readthedocs.org/en/latest/virtualenv.html#installation) installed.
It also assumes that you have registered an account at
[Garmin Connect](http://connect.garmin.com/).
Getting started
===============
Create and activate a new virtual environment to create an isolated development
environment (that contains the required dependencies and nothing else).
virtualenv venv.garminexport
. venv.garminexport/bin/activate
Install the required dependencies in this virtual environment:
pip install -r requirements.txt
Running the export program
==========================
The export program is run as follows (use the ``--help`` flag for a list of
available options).
./garminexport.py <username or email>
Once started, the program will prompt you for your account password and then
log in to your Garmin Connect account to download *all* activities to a
destination directory on your machine.
For each activity, these files are stored:
- an activity summary file (JSON)
- an activity details file (JSON)
- an activity GPX file (XML)
- an activity TCX file (XML)
- an activity FIT file (binary) (if available -- the activity may have
been entered manually rather than imported from a Garmin device).
All files are written to the same directory (``activities/`` by default).
Each activity file is prefixed by its upload timestamp and its
activity id.
Running the incremental backup program
======================================
The incremental backup program is run in a similar fashion to the export
program (use the ``--help`` flag for a list of available options):
./incremental_backup.py --backup-dir=activities <username or email>
In this example, it will only download activities that aren't already in
the ``activities/`` directory. Note: The incremental backup program saves
the same files for each activity as the export program (see above).
Library import
==============
To install the development version of this library in your local Python
environment, run:
`pip install -e git://github.com/petergardfjall/garminexport.git#egg=garminexport`
or if you prefer to use a `requirements.txt` file, add the following line
to your list of dependencies:
`-e -e git://github.com/petergardfjall/garminexport.git#egg=garminexport`
and run pip with you dependency file as input:
`pip install -r requirements.txt`