Introduction

Script to create the XML file to use Strava heatmaps in Locus Map. The main challenge is that you need to refresh the cookie every week, as described here.

Usage

1. enter your login details in strava_login.json
2. run the script strava.py. It creates an xml file.
3. copy to file to your phone in Locus/mapsOnline/custom
4. start locus, and it will find the new maps.

It uses a trick described here. Alternatively, you can get the cookies from a browser. For that you need to go to https://www.strava.com/heatmap and login. Next zoom in on the map to make sure the cookie gets stored. I can no longer get it to work in Chrome, but this works in Firefox. After that, you can use the method get_cookies_from_browser to create the cookie string. See the commented out code.