shivraj95/nba_database

stats.nba.com scraping library

• Clone the repository

cd path_to_folder
git clone https://github.com/dblackrun/scrape_nba.git

• Copy sample_config.json to config.json

cd scrape_nba
cp sample_config.json config.json

• Enter MySQL database credentials, table name in config.json

• To change the season or season type you are scraping just change the season and is_regular_season(1 for regular season, 0 for playoffs) values in config.json

• Create database and tables

python database_setup.py

• Get games for date range (start date first)

python scripts/get_games_for_date_range.py YYYY-MM-DD YYYY-MM-DD

• Get player data for games in db

python scripts/get_player_data.py

• Get sportvu data - can be run daily to get daily snapshot

python scripts/get_sportvu.py

• Get synergy data - can be run daily to get daily snapshot

python scripts/get_synergy.py

• Get players on floor for pbp in database

python scripts/get_players_on_floor.py

• Make player tracking game logs

python scripts/make_player_tracking_game_logs.py