Geodesic Basics

The general workflow for using the Geodesic Python API is as follows:

1. Import the Geodesic Python API

import geodesic

2. Authenticate your account. You will not need to log in each time you use the API. The credentials stored are long lived.

geodesic.authenticate()

3. Create a new projects and activate.

geodesic.create_project(name="cookbook-examples", alias="Cookbooks Example Project", description="Test project for illustration purposes")
geodesic.get_active_project("cookbook-examples")

For more indepth instructions on installing the python API, please visit our Installing page.