alfremedpal/pandasbasketball

A Python module to scrape data from basketbal-reference.com and convert it to pandas data structures for analysis.

pandasbasketball's Issues

Implement 'generate_code' into all other functions

Right now all the functions in PandasBasketball expect the player's url code. For example, if you want to get a dataframe with Kevin Durant's stats per game you would do it like this:

df = pb.get_player("duranke01", "per_game")

To make things easier, generate_code was implemented. The previous line of code could then be replaced for this:

df = pb.get_player(pb.generate_code("Kevin Durant"), "per_game")

This is more readable and simpler (open to debate), but the idea of calling a function as an argument for another function might make some people uncomfortable.

It would be great if you could just call either pb.get_player("duranke01", "per_game") or pb.get_player("Kevin Durant", "per_game") directly.

make this project pip installable

Love the idea behind this package, would like to leverage to do some analysis. I think I could help here if you're comfortable with my contributing.

With a few tweaks leveraging guidance from python.org you could take care of the requirements for the project and empower analysts to import the package, regardless of its relative path.

Let me know if you'd be open to a contribution and I can submit a PR.