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+# tools libs
+
+## [route.py](route.py) & [logreader.py](logreader.py)
+
+Route is a class for conviently accessing all the [logs](/selfdrive/loggerd/) from your routes. The LogReader class reads the non-video logs, i.e. rlog.bz2 and qlog.bz2. There's also a matching FrameReader class for reading the videos.
+
+```python
+from tools.lib.route import Route
+from tools.lib.logreader import LogReader
+
+r = Route("4cf7a6ad03080c90|2021-09-29--13-46-36")
+
+# get a list of paths for the route's rlog files
+print(r.log_paths())
+
+# and road camera (fcamera.hevc) files
+print(r.camera_paths())
+
+# setup a LogReader to read the route's first rlog
+lr = LogReader(r.log_paths()[0])
+
+# print out all the messages in the log
+import codecs
+codecs.register_error("strict", codecs.backslashreplace_errors)
+for msg in lr:
+  print(msg)
+
+# setup a LogReader for the route's second qlog
+lr = LogReader(r.log_paths()[1])
+
+# print all the steering angles values from the log
+for msg in lr:
+  if msg.which() == "carState":
+    print(msg.carState.steeringAngleDeg)
+```