garmin-connect-export

Download a copy of your Garmin Connect data, including stats and GPX tracks.

Note that Garmin introduced recently (around May 2018, for GDPR compatibility) a possibility to download all of your Garmin Connect data in one zip file. Depending on your needs this might be enough, but the script here offers additional features like getting GPX tracks instead of the original upload format or limiting the export to just a couple of activities.

Forks and Branches

Before going into the details of this script itself, some meta information.

There exist many forks of this script repository:

pe-st This is my (pe-st) repository, the one you're looking at (or the source of the copy you're looking at)
kjkjava The original repo (mother repo) of my (pe-st) repo. It seems not maintained anymore (last commit in 2015, see also: pr#42 and issues#46)
moderation After some inactivity of the @kjkjava repo, @moderation made some corrections in his own fork to have a working script again. His fork is primarily designed for his use which is cycling, while mine (pe-st) is running. In March 2018 I integrated @moderation's work into my own repo, so logically @moderation is now the father repo of my repo. In April 2018 @moderation migrated his script to Python 3. Unfortunately @moderation's script didn't work for me for a couple of months, probably because of different Garmin Connect REST endpoints (URLs).

For the branches in pe-st's repo see BRANCH.md

Description

This script will backup your personal Garmin Connect data. All downloaded data will go into a directory called YYYY-MM-DD_garmin_connect_export/ in the current working directory. Activity records and details will go into a CSV file called activities.csv. GPX files (or whatever format you specify) containing track data, activity title, and activity descriptions are saved as well, using the Activity ID.

If there is no GPS track data (e.g., due to an indoor treadmill workout), a data file is still saved. If the GPX format is used, activity title and description data are saved. If the original format is used, Garmin may not provide a file at all and an empty file will be created. For activities where a GPX file was uploaded, Garmin may not have a TCX file available for download, so an empty file will be created. Since GPX is the only format Garmin should have for every activity, it is the default and preferred download format.

If you have many activities, you may find that this script crashes with an "Operation timed out" message. Just run the script again and it will pick up where it left off.

Installation

If you're comfortable using Git, just clone the repo from github
Otherwise get the latest zip (or tar.gz) from the releases page and unpack it where it suits you.

Usage

You will need a little experience running things from the command line to use this script. That said, here are the usage details from the --help flag:

usage: gcexport.py [-h] [--version] [-v] [--username USERNAME]
                   [--password PASSWORD] [-c COUNT] [-e EXTERNAL] [-a ARGS]
                   [-f {gpx,tcx,original,json}] [-d DIRECTORY] [-s SUBDIR]
                   [-u] [-ot] [--desc [DESC]] [-t TEMPLATE] [-fp]
                   [-sa START_ACTIVITY_NO]

Garmin Connect Exporter

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --version             print version and exit
  -v, --verbosity       increase output verbosity
  --username USERNAME   your Garmin Connect username or email address
                        (otherwise, you will be prompted)
  --password PASSWORD   your Garmin Connect password (otherwise, you will be
                        prompted)
  -c COUNT, --count COUNT
                        number of recent activities to download, or 'all'
                        (default: 1)
  -e EXTERNAL, --external EXTERNAL
                        path to external program to pass CSV file too
  -a ARGS, --args ARGS  additional arguments to pass to external program
  -f {gpx,tcx,original,json}, --format {gpx,tcx,original,json}
                        export format; can be 'gpx', 'tcx', 'original' or
                        'json' (default: 'gpx')
  -d DIRECTORY, --directory DIRECTORY
                        the directory to export to (default: './YYYY-MM-
                        DD_garmin_connect_export')
  -s SUBDIR, --subdir SUBDIR
                        the subdirectory for activity files (tcx, gpx etc.),
                        supported placeholders are {YYYY} and {MM} (default:
                        export directory)
  -u, --unzip           if downloading ZIP files (format: 'original'), unzip
                        the file and remove the ZIP file
  -ot, --originaltime   will set downloaded (and possibly unzipped) file time
                        to the activity start time
  --desc [DESC]         append the activity's description to the file name of
                        the download; limit size if number is given
  -t TEMPLATE, --template TEMPLATE
                        template file with desired columns for CSV output
  -fp, --fileprefix     set the local time as activity file name prefix
  -sa START_ACTIVITY_NO, --start_activity_no START_ACTIVITY_NO
                        give index for first activity to import, i.e. skipping
                        the newest activites

Examples:

python3 gcexport.py --count all
will download all of your data to a dated directory.
python3 gcexport.py -c all -f gpx -ot --desc 20
will export all of your data in GPX format, set the timestamp of the GPX files to the start time of the activity and append the 20 first characters of the activity's description to the file name.
python3 gcexport.py -c all -e /Applications/LibreOffice.app/Contents/MacOS/soffice -a calc
will download all of your data and then use LibreOffice to open the CSV file with the list of your activities (the path to LibreOffice is platform-specific; the example is for macOS).
python3 gcexport.py -d ~/MyActivities -c 3 -f original -u --username bobbyjoe --password bestpasswordever1
will download your three most recent activities in the FIT file format (or whatever they were uploaded as) into the ~/MyActivities directory (unless they already exist). Using the --password flags is not recommended because your password will be stored in your command line history. Instead, omit it to be prompted (and note that nothing will be displayed when you type your password). Equally you might not want to have the username stored in your command line history; in this case avoid also to give the --username option, and you'll be prompted for it. Note also that depending on the age of your garmin account your username is the email address (I myself still can login both with username and email address, but I've had a report that for some users the email address is mandatory to login).

Alternatively, you may run it with ./gcexport.py if you set the file as executable (i.e., chmod u+x gcexport.py).

Of course, you must have Python installed to run this, any recent 2.7.x or 3.x version should work (if you use Python 2.x, replace python3 in the examples above with python or python2). Most Mac and Linux users should already have it. Note that if you run into the TLSV1 ALERT problem, your Python installation might not be recent enough, e.g. macOS Sierra and High Sierra come with Python 2.7.10 which suffers from this problem (macOS Mojave's Python is recent enough though). In this case you can install a more recent Python on your Mac using Homebrew and MUSTN'T run the script with ./gcexport.py, but with python3 gcexport.py.

Also, as stated above, you should have some basic command line experience.

Data

This tool is not guaranteed to get all of your data, or even download it correctly. I have only tested it out on my account and it works fine, but different account settings or different data types could potentially cause problems. Also, because this is not an official feature of Garmin Connect, Garmin may very well make changes that break this utility (and they certainly have since I created this project).

If you want to see all of the raw data that Garmin hands to this script, just choose the JSON export format (-f json); in this case only metadata is exported, no track data.

The format of the CSV export file can be customized with template files (in Properties format, see the --template option); two examples are included:

csv_header_default.properties (the default) gives you the same outpot as @moderation's fork, mainly targeted at cycling
csv_header_running.properties gives you the an outpot similar as @kjkjava's original script, mainly targeted at running

You can easily create a template file for your needs, just copy one of the examples and change the appearing columns, their order and/or their title. For the list of available columns see the csv_write_record function in the script.

Some important columns explained:

raw (e.g. durationRaw) columns usually give you unformatted data as provided by the Garmin API, other columns (e.g. duration) often format the data more readable
speed columns (e.g. averageSpeedRaw and averageSpeedPace): when there is Pace in the column name the value given is a speed (km/) or pace (minutes per kilometer) depending on the activity type (e.g. pace for running, hiking and walking activities, speed for other activities)
The elevation is either uncorrected or corrected, with a flag telling which. The current API doesn't provide both sets of elevations

Garmin Connect API

This script is for personal use only. It simulates a standard user session (i.e., in the browser), logging in using cookies and an authorization ticket. This makes the script pretty brittle. If you're looking for a more reliable option, particularly if you wish to use this for some production service, Garmin does offer a paid API service.

More information about the API endpoints used in the script is available in CONTRIBUTING.md

History

The original project was written in PHP (formerly in the old directory, now deleted), based on "Garmin Connect export to Dailymile" code at http://www.ciscomonkey.net/gc-to-dm-export/ (link has been down for a while). It no longer works due to the way Garmin handles logins. It could be updated, but I (kjkjava) decided to rewrite everything in Python for the latest version.

After 2015, when the original repo stopped being maintained, several forks from kjkjava started appearing (see Forks and Branches section above).

For the history of this branch see the CHANGELOG

Contributions

Contributions are welcome, see CONTRIBUTING.md

Contributors as of 2020-04 (Hope I didn't forget anyone):

Kyle Krafka @kjkjava
Jochem Wichers Hoeth @jowiho
Andreas Loeffler @lefty01
@sclub
Yohann Coppel @yohcop
Tobias Ljunggren @tobiaslj
Michael Payne @moderation
Chris McCarty @cmccarty
Julien Rebetez @julienr
Peter Steiner @pe-st
@lindback
@TheKiteRunning
Jens Diemer @jedie
Christian Moelders @chmoelders
Christian Schulzendorff @chs8691
Josef K @jkall
Thomas Th @telemaxx
Bart Skowron @bartskowron

License

Thank You

Thanks for using this script and I hope you find it as useful as I do! 😄

wscott1541/garmin-connect-export