Installation

To use the Unofficial Lyft Rides Python SDK:

$ pip install lyft_rides

Head over to pip-installer for instructions on installing pip.

To run from source, you can download the source code for lyft-rides, and then run:

$ python setup.py install

We recommend using virtualenv when setting up your project environment. You may need to run the above commands with sudo if you’re not using it.

Read-Only Use

If you just need access to resources that are not user-specific (eg. ETA, cost, ride types) you will go through a “2-legged” flow. In this case, you can create a Session using ClientCredentialGrant with the Client ID and Client Secret you received after registering your app.

from lyft_rides.auth import ClientCredentialGrant
from lyft_rides.session import Session

auth_flow = ClientCredentialGrant(
    YOUR_CLIENT_ID,
    YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET,
    YOUR_PERMISSION_SCOPES,
    )
session = auth_flow.get_session()

Use this Session to create an LyftRidesClient and fetch API resources:

from lyft_rides.client import LyftRidesClient

client = LyftRidesClient(session)
response = client.get_ride_types(37.7833, -122.4167)
ride_types = response.json.get('ride_types')

Authorization

If you need access to a Lyft user’s account in order to make requests on their behalf, you will go through a “3-legged” flow. In this case, you will need the user to grant access to your application through the OAuth 2.0 Authorization Code flow. See Lyft API docs.

The Authorization Code flow is a two-step authorization process. The first step is having the user authorize your app and the second involves requesting an OAuth 2.0 access token from Lyft. This process is mandatory if you want to take actions on behalf of a user or access their information.

from lyft_rides.auth import AuthorizationCodeGrant
auth_flow = AuthorizationCodeGrant(
    YOUR_CLIENT_ID,
    YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET,
    YOUR_PERMISSION_SCOPES,
)
auth_url = auth_flow.get_authorization_url()

Navigate the user to the auth_url where they can grant access to your application. After, they will be redirected to a redirect_url with the format REDIRECT_URL?code=UNIQUE_AUTH_CODE. Use this redirect_url to create a session and start LyftRidesClient.

session = auth_flow.get_session(redirect_url)
client = LyftRidesClient(session)
credentials = session.oauth2credential

Keep credentials information in a secure data store and reuse them to make API calls on behalf of your user. The SDK will handle the token refresh for you automatically when it makes API requests with a LyftRidesClient.

Example Usage

Navigate to the examples folder to access the python scripts examples. Before you can run an example, you must edit the example/config.yaml file and add your app credentials.

To get an LyftRidesClient through the Authorization Code flow, run:

$ python examples/authorization_code_grant.py

The example above stores user credentials in examples/oauth2_session_store.yaml.

response = client.get_ride_types(37.7833, -122.4167)
ride_types = response.json.get('ride_types')
ride_type = ride_types[0].get('ride_type')

response = client.request_ride(
    ride_type=ride_type,
    start_latitude=37.77,
    start_longitude=-122.41,
    end_latitude=37.79,
    end_longitude=-122.41,
)
ride_details = response.json
ride_id = ride_details.get('ride_id')

auth_flow = ClientCredentialGrant(
    YOUR_CLIENT_ID,
    YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET,
    YOUR_PERMISSION_SCOPES,
    sandbox_mode=False)

auth_flow = AuthorizationCodeGrant(
    YOUR_CLIENT_ID,
    YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET,
    YOUR_PERMISSION_SCOPES,
    sandbox_mode=False,
)

Getting help

For full documentation about Lyft Rides API, visit the Lyft Developer Site.

Contributing

If you’ve found a bug in the library or would like new features added, go ahead and open issues or pull requests against this repository.