altitude-sdk

altitude-sdk is a lightweight Python client for the Geotab Altitude APIs. It is designed to make getting started quick and easy, handling authentication, async job submission and polling, and result pagination so you can focus on the data rather than the plumbing.

Requires Python 3.10+.

Contents

• Installation
• Quick start
• Two calling patterns
• Working with job ids
• Client modules
• Module reference
• Examples
• Resuming with an id

Installation

pip install altitude-sdk

Quick start

from altitude_sdk import AltitudeClient

# Authenticate with your API key; sent as `Authorization: Bearer <api_key>`.
client = AltitudeClient(api_key="your-api-key")

industries = client.filters.get_industries()

AltitudeClient accepts a few optional settings:

import httpx
from altitude_sdk import AltitudeClient

client = AltitudeClient(
    api_key="your-api-key",
    timeout=60.0,                                 # seconds, or an httpx.Timeout
)

# Use as a context manager to close the underlying HTTP client automatically.
with AltitudeClient(api_key="your-api-key") as client:
    industries = client.filters.get_industries()

Two calling patterns

Every method on the client is one of two kinds:

• Job process — long-running analytics. The call returns a PagedWorkflow handle rather than data. Use .all() to submit, poll to completion, paginate, and return all rows in one step, or drive it manually with .run(), .status(), .results(), .pages(), and .cancel(). A few workflows also expose .time_series_results().
• Direct API — synchronous reference/CRUD calls. The method returns the data immediately, no workflow involved.

The Type column in each table below tells you which kind a method is.

Working with job ids

Every job-process method submits a job that the server identifies by an id. Hold on to that id and you can come back to the job later — from a different process, or after your program restarts — without re-running the analysis.

Keep the workflow in a variable instead of chaining .all() onto the call. .all() waits for the job to finish, and afterwards wf.id holds the id of the job that produced those rows:

wf = client.stop_analytics.rda(params)   # keep the handle
rows = wf.all()                          # submit → poll to completion → paginate
print(wf.id)                             # "its_123" — save this to resume later

This is the same for every job-process method — every method marked Job in the tables below:

poi = client.poi.analytics(params)
rows = poi.all()
print(poi.id)

speed = client.traffic.speed_summary(params)
rows = speed.all()
print(speed.id)

wf.id is None until the job is submitted. If you want it before the results are ready, use .run(), which submits without waiting:

wf = client.stop_analytics.rda(params)
wf.run()          # submit, non-blocking — sets wf.id right away
print(wf.id)      # "its_123"

.status() also carries the id alongside the current state:

wf.status()   # {"id": "its_123", "status": "RUNNING", "links": {...}}

Once you have an id, see Resuming with an id.

Client modules

AltitudeClient exposes these module clients as attributes:

Module	Attribute	Covers
Jobs	client.jobs	Check status of / cancel any submitted job
AADT	client.aadt	Annual average daily traffic jobs
Filters	client.filters	Reference filter options (industries, NAICS, vehicle classes, vocations)
Database	client.database	Database information
Expansion factors	client.expansion_factors	Expansion factors by zone
Analyses	client.analyses	Analysis zones and data-quality dates
Origin / destination	client.origin_destination	OD matrices (open, closed, corridor), route and segment analysis
POI	client.poi	Points-of-interest analytics, summaries, and locations
Regional travel metrics	client.rtm	VDT, fuel economy, idle metrics, observed counts
Stop analytics	client.stop_analytics	Regional domicile, fuel point, and stop-event analytics
Traffic	client.traffic	Speed and harsh-event traffic analytics
Zones	client.zones	Zone lookups, custom zones, and sub-types

Module reference

Jobs

client.jobs

Method	Type	Description
get_job_status(id)	Direct	Get the status of a submitted job
cancel_job(id)	Direct	Cancel a running job

AADT

client.aadt

Method	Type	Description
modeled_aadt(params)	Job	Start modeled annual average daily traffic job

Filters

client.filters

Method	Type	Description
get_industries()	Direct	Get grouped industry filter options
get_naics(...)	Direct	Get raw NAICS code list
get_vehicle_classes(...)	Direct	Get vehicle class filter options
get_vocations()	Direct	Get vocation filter options

Database

client.database

Method	Type	Description
get_info()	Direct	Get database information

Expansion factors

client.expansion_factors

Method	Type	Description
by_zones(params, page_token=None, page_size=None)	Direct	Get expansion factors by zone

Analyses

client.analyses

Method	Type	Description
get_analysis_zones(id)	Direct	Get zone GeoJSON features for an analysis
get_last_processed_date()	Direct	Get the last processed date

Origin / destination

client.origin_destination

Method	Type	Description
open_matrix(params)	Job	Start open OD matrix job (also .time_series_results())
closed_matrix(params)	Job	Start closed OD matrix job (also .time_series_results())
corridor_matrix(params)	Job	Start corridor OD matrix job (also .time_series_results())
route(params)	Job	Start OD route analysis job
segment(params)	Job	Start OD segment analysis job

POI

client.poi

Method	Type	Description
analytics(params)	Job	Start POI analytics job (also .time_series_results())
summary(params)	Job	Start POI summary job
locations(params)	Job	Start point of interest job

Regional travel metrics

client.rtm

Method	Type	Description
fuel_economy(params)	Job	Start fuel economy job
idle_metrics(params)	Job	Start idle metrics job (also .time_series_results())
modeled_vdt(params)	Job	Start modeled vehicle distance traveled job (also .time_series_results())
observed_counts(params)	Job	Start observed counts job (also .time_series_results())
vdt(params)	Job	Start vehicle distance traveled job (also .time_series_results())

Stop analytics

client.stop_analytics

Method	Type	Description
fuel_point_analytics(params)	Job	Start Fuel Point Analytics job (also .time_series_results())
rda(params)	Job	Start Regional Domicile Analytics job
stop_events(params)	Job	Start stop events job

Traffic

client.traffic

Method	Type	Description
harsh_events_per_segment(params)	Job	Start harsh events per segment job
road_reverse_lookup(params)	Job	Start road reverse lookup job
speed_map_metrics(params)	Job	Start speed map metrics job
speed_per_segment(params)	Job	Start speed per segment job
speed_summary(params)	Job	Start speed summary job
speed_trend(params)	Job	Start speed trend job

Zones

client.zones

Method	Type	Description
by_hierarchy(params)	Job	Start zones by hierarchy job
by_ids(params)	Job	Start zone data fetch by IDs
by_radius(params)	Job	Start zones by radius job
by_sub_type(params)	Job	Start custom zones by sub-type fetch
contained_zones(params)	Job	Start contained zones job
custom_zone_batch(params)	Job	Start custom zone batch job
road_segments(params)	Job	Start road segments job
batch_update_custom_zones(params)	Job	Batch update custom zones
create_custom_zone(params)	Direct	Create custom zone
create_sub_type(params)	Direct	Create custom zone sub-type
list_sub_types()	Direct	List custom zone sub-types
update_sub_type(id, params)	Direct	Update custom zone sub-type

Examples

Job process method

Job-process methods return a PagedWorkflow. The simplest path is .all(), which submits the job, polls until it finishes, paginates, and returns every row:

from altitude_sdk import AltitudeClient

client = AltitudeClient(api_key="your-api-key")

params = {
    "zones": [{"code": "32007", "iso_3166_2": "US-NV", "type": "County"}],
    "isMetric": False,
    "dateFrom": "2025-03-01",
    "dateTo": "2025-03-05",
}

# All-in-one: submit → poll to completion → paginate → list of results
rows = client.stop_analytics.rda(params).all()

For more control, drive the workflow step by step:

import time

wf = client.stop_analytics.rda(params)
wf.run()                                    # submit the job (non-blocking); sets wf.id
while wf.status()["status"] != "DONE":      # poll until the job finishes
    time.sleep(5)
rows = wf.results()                         # fetch the results once DONE

Direct API method

Direct methods return data immediately — no workflow, no polling:

from altitude_sdk import AltitudeClient

client = AltitudeClient(api_key="your-api-key")

industries = client.filters.get_industries()
naics = client.filters.get_naics(min_naics_level=2, max_naics_level=2)

Resuming with an id

Pass id= to the same method that started the job — it knows where that job's results live. Every job-process method accepts it:

# Later — different process, same job. Nothing is re-submitted.
handle = client.stop_analytics.rda(id="its_123")
if handle.status()["status"] == "DONE":
    rows = handle.results()

Two rules apply to an id handle:

• Pass exactly one of params or id — passing both, or neither, raises AltitudeWorkflowError.
• It retrieves, it does not submit. .results(), .pages(), .status(), and .time_series_results() work; .all() and .cancel() raise AltitudeWorkflowError, because there is nothing left to start or stop.