The ConnectedCar Python SDK is an open-source, python package that provides the ability to send commands to your Ford Sync Connect connected vehicle.

Installation

python3 -m pip install connectedcar

Requirements

• To make requests to a vehicle, the end user must have signed up for an account using Ford Pass. These credentials will be used to authenticate your requests.

Getting Started

Import the ConnectedCar SDK

import connectedcar

Create a new connectedcar client

• Note the default ConnectedCar client_id is 9fb503e0-715b-47e8-adfd-ad4b7770f73b

client = connectedcar.AuthClient('9fb503e0-715b-47e8-adfd-ad4b7770f73b', None, None, None, 'US') # Region argument is only required if you live outside the United States.

• Note: If your region is outside of the US you can pass different region parameters. Regions: (US, CA, EU, AU)

Use client.get_user_access_token() to exchange your user credentials for an access object. To make any vehicle data request to the Ford Sync Connect API, you'll need to give the SDK a valid access token.

access = client.get_user_access_token('<username>', '<password>')

This access object will look like this:

{
  "access_token": "...",
  "token_type": "Bearer",
  "expiration": "2021-03-01T18:04:25+00:00",
  "refresh_token": "...",
  "refresh_expiration": "2021-03-02T18:03:25+00:00",
  "expires_in": "..."
}

Access tokens will expire every 2 hours, so you'll need to constantly refresh them by calling client.exchange_refresh_token()

refreshToken = client.exchange_refresh_token(access['refresh_token'])

With your access token in hand, use connectedcar.User() to get a User object representing the user.

user = connectedcar.User(access['access_token'], "US") # Region argument is only required if you live outside the United States.

Use user.vehicles() to return an array of all the vehicles associated with a users account. The response will include the vehicle vin.

vehicles = user.vehicles()

vehicleList = [] # Array of vehicles

for userVehicle in vehicles: # For each user vehicle
    vehicleList.append(userVehicle['VIN'])

Now with a vehicle vin in hand, use connectedcar.Vehicle() to get a Vehicle object representing the user's vehicle.

currentVehicle = connectedcar.Vehicle(vehicleList[0], access['access_token'], "US") # Region argument is only required if you live outside the United States.

Now you can ask the car to do things, or ask it for some data! For example:

currentVehicle.start()

Examples & Documentation

For more examples on what you can do with Sync Connected car, see the examples folder or take a peek at the documentation.

Funding & Support

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Disclaimer

THIS CODEBASE IS NOT ENDORSED, AFFILIATED, OR ASSOCIATED WITH FORD, FOMOCO OR THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY.