iCloud to Nextcloud

Apple iCloud "Find My" only lets you see your latest position, but sometimes you want to scroll back in time and find previous positions. This scripts autoamtically scrapes your iPhone location from iCloud and stores it in Nextcloud, so that you get access to the full history.

Installation

First, git clone and install required dependencies:

git clone …
cd icloudlocation
python -m venv .venv
./.venv/bin/pip install -r requirements.txt

Then, set up the configuration:

cp config.example.ini config.ini
$EDITOR config.ini

Beware that your credentials will be stored in plaintext. You might want to enable 2FA everywhere and only run it on a trusted machine/environment (disk encryption, etc.). cating config in the following commands is here to help you add an extra layer of security at rest (symmetric GPG, etc.) on your config file (beware, secret data will still be available to anyone having access to your files when your system is up).

For the Nextcloud part, you might want to use a dedicated access token.

Run icloud program a first time to ensure everything is running smooth:

./.venv/bin/icloud --username apple_username

Using 2FA

If you enabled 2FA on your Apple iCloud account, the script will run a simple webserver and point you to the URL on localhost to pass it the 2FA code you will get from one of your iDevices. This makes the script trustable for some time and this operation is only required once in a while (every month or so).

Usage

cat config.ini | ./.venv/bin/python icloud_to_nextcloud.py

Use a cron daemon to run it periodically at the frequency of your choice.

License

Code published under an MIT license.

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