pyrwgps

A simple Python client for the RideWithGPS API.

This project is not affiliated with or endorsed by RideWithGPS.

Note: This client is not yet feature-complete. Read the code before you use it and report any bugs you find.

API versions: RideWithGPS has a v1 API (/api/v1/...) and a legacy API (no version prefix). This client supports both, but v1 coverage is incomplete. See API Versions for a full breakdown of what uses v1 vs legacy.

Authentication: No OAuth required. authenticate() uses the v1 Basic auth endpoint (POST /api/v1/auth_tokens.json) with your existing API key. The returned token works for both v1 and legacy endpoints.

Features

• Authenticates with the RideWithGPS API
• Makes any API request — get, put, post, patch, delete — to v1 or legacy endpoints.
• Built-in rate limiting, caching, and pagination.
• Use higher-level abstractions like list to iterate collections with automatic pagination.

API Versions

RideWithGPS has a v1 API (/api/v1/...) and a legacy API (no version prefix). This client supports both. The v1 API is preferred where available, but several things are not yet in v1 and still require the legacy API.

Uses v1 API (/api/v1/...)

Resource	Operations
Authentication	Create token (email + password + API key, no OAuth needed)
Trips	List, get single, delete, get polyline
Routes	List, get single, delete, get polyline
Collections	List, get single, get pinned
Events	List, create, get single, update, delete
Club Members	List, get single, update
Points of Interest	List, create, get single, update, delete, associate/disassociate with route
Sync	Get items for sync
Users	Get current user

For list over a v1 endpoint, pass result_key matching the response root key (e.g. result_key="trips"). See v1 API usage for examples.

Still uses legacy API (no version prefix)

These are not available on v1 and require the legacy endpoints:

Resource / Feature	Legacy endpoint	Reason
Gear	/users/{user_id}/gear.json	No v1 gear endpoint exists
Create trip	/trips.json (POST)	v1 trips is read/delete only
Update trip	/trips/{id}.json (PUT/PATCH)	v1 trips is read/delete only
Create route	/routes.json (POST)	v1 routes is read/delete only
Update route	/routes/{id}.json (PUT/PATCH)	v1 routes is read/delete only

v1 API

v1 endpoints live under /api/v1/ and use page/page_size pagination, returning results under a named root key (e.g. {"trips": [...], "meta": {...}}).

All of list, get, put, post, patch, and delete work with v1 paths. For list, pass result_key matching the response root key:

# List all trips (v1)
for trip in client.list("/api/v1/trips.json", result_key="trips"):
    print(trip.name, trip.id)

# List routes, up to 50 (v1)
for route in client.list("/api/v1/routes.json", result_key="routes", limit=50):
    print(route.name, route.id)

# Get a single resource (v1)
route = client.get(path="/api/v1/routes/123456.json")
print(route.route.name)

# Get the authenticated user's pinned collection (v1)
pinned = client.get(path="/api/v1/collections/pinned.json")

# Create an event (v1)
event = client.post(
    path="/api/v1/events.json",
    params={"name": "My Gran Fondo", "start_date": "2026-06-01"},
)

Installation

The package is published on PyPI.

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Usage

First, install the package:

pip install pyrwgps

Then, in your Python code:

from pyrwgps import RideWithGPS

# Initialize client and authenticate, with optional in-memory GET cache enabled
client = RideWithGPS(apikey="yourapikey", cache=True)
user_info = client.authenticate(email="your@email.com", password="yourpassword")

print(user_info.id, user_info.display_name)

# Update the name of a trip (legacy API — trip update not yet in v1)
activity_id = "123456"
new_name = "Morning Ride"
response = client.put(
    path=f"/trips/{activity_id}.json",
    params={"name": new_name}
)
updated_name = response.trip.name if hasattr(response, "trip") else None
if updated_name == new_name:
    print(f"Activity name updated to: {updated_name}")
else:
    print("Failed to update activity name.")

# We changed something, so probably should clear the cache.
client.clear_cache()

# Simple GET: fetch a single trip via the v1 API
trip = client.get(path="/api/v1/trips/123456.json")
print(trip.trip.name, trip.trip.id)

# Automatically paginate: List up to 25 trips via the v1 API
for trip in client.list(
    path="/api/v1/trips.json",
    result_key="trips",
    limit=25,
):
    print(trip.name, trip.id)

# Automatically paginate: List all routes via the v1 API
for route in client.list(
    path="/api/v1/routes.json",
    result_key="routes",
):
    print(route.name, route.id)

# Get the authenticated user's pinned collection (v1)
pinned = client.get(path="/api/v1/collections/pinned.json")
print(pinned)

# Automatically paginate: List all gear for this user (legacy API — no v1 gear endpoint yet)
gear = {}
for g in client.list(
    path=f"/users/{user_info.id}/gear.json",
    params={},
):
    gear[g.id] = g.nickname
print(gear)

Note:

• All API responses are automatically converted from JSON to Python objects with attribute access.
• You must provide your own RideWithGPS credentials and API key.
• Use v1 endpoints (/api/v1/...) for trips, routes, collections, events, club members, points of interest, and sync. See the v1 API section for what is and isn't available.
• The list, get, put, post, patch and delete methods are the recommended interface for making API requests; see the code and RideWithGPS API docs for available endpoints and parameters.

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Development

Set up environment

If you use this as VS Dev Container, you can skip using a venv.

python3 -m venv env
source env/bin/activate
pip install .[dev]

Or, for local development with editable install:

git clone https://github.com/ckdake/pyrwgps.git
cd pyrwgps
pip install -e '.[dev]'

Run tests

python -m pytest --cov=pyrwgps --cov-report=term-missing -v

Run an example

python3 scripts/example.py

Linting and Formatting

Run these tools locally to check and format your code:

• pylint (static code analysis):

  pylint pyrwgps

• flake8 (style and lint checks):

  flake8 pyrwgps

• black (auto-formatting):

  black pyrwgps

• mypy (type checking):

  mypy pyrwgps

Updating Integration Cassettes

If you need to update the VCR cassettes for integration tests:

1. Set required environment variables:

   • RIDEWITHGPS_EMAIL
   • RIDEWITHGPS_PASSWORD
   • RIDEWITHGPS_KEY

   Example:

   export RIDEWITHGPS_EMAIL=your@email.com
   export RIDEWITHGPS_PASSWORD=yourpassword
   export RIDEWITHGPS_KEY=yourapikey

2. Delete all existing cassettes (including backups) and re-record:

   rm tests/cassettes/*.yaml tests/cassettes/*.yaml.original
   python -m pytest --cov=pyrwgps --cov-report=term-missing -v

3. Scrub sensitive data from the cassette:

   python scripts/scrub_cassettes.py

   • This will back up your cassettes to *.yaml.original (if not already present).
   • The sanitized cassettes will overwrite *.yaml.

4. Re-run tests to verify:

   python -m pytest --cov=pyrwgps --cov-report=term-missing -v

Publishing a Release

To publish a new version of this package:

1. Update the version number
   Edit pyproject.toml and increment the version. Add a new entry to CHANGELOG.md.

2. Commit and push

   git add pyproject.toml CHANGELOG.md
   git commit -m "Release vX.Y.Z"
   git push

3. Install build tools

   pip install .[dev]

4. Build the distribution

   python -m build

   This will create dist/pyrwgps-<version>.tar.gz and .whl files.

5. Check the distribution (optional but recommended)

   twine check dist/*

6. Upload to PyPI

   twine upload dist/*

   You will be prompted for your PyPI API key.

7. Create a GitHub Release
   Go to github.com/ckdake/pyrwgps/releases/new, create a tag (e.g. vX.Y.Z) pointing at main, use the version as the title, and paste the relevant section from CHANGELOG.md as the description. This populates the Releases sidebar on the repo and gives users a permanent URL for the release notes.

8. Open your package on PyPI (optional)

   $BROWSER https://pypi.org/project/pyrwgps/

Note:

• Configure your ~/.pypirc if you want to avoid entering credentials each time.
• For test uploads, use twine upload --repository testpypi dist/* and visit TestPyPI.

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• PyPI: pyrwgps
• Changelog
• RideWithGPS API documentation

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License

MIT License

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This project is not affiliated with or endorsed by RideWithGPS.