trellixvulnteam/web-scraping---data-mining_mf9q

A python project that returns SHOOTOUT results in a single NHL game of a player via a csv file.

*ORIGINAL AUTHOR: NEIL SEAWARD: https://github.com/sealneaward/template-py/

Purpose

A python project that returns SHOOTOUT results in a single NHL game of a player via a csv file.

Setup - Windows

1. *REFER TO AUTHOR'S INSTRUCTIONS: https://github.com/sealneaward/template-py/blob/master/README.md#windows-setup

2. In the project root folder (SOFE-4620-Assignment-1), run cmd as admin to create a Virtual Environment

    pip install virtualenv virtualenvwrapper
    virtualenv venv
    venv\Scripts\activate
    pip install -r requirements.txt
    deactivate
   

3. Skip DB installation

4. Install additional modules:

   pandas matplotlib requests

    pip install pandas
   

Usage Example

Scrape data for game Tampa vs Philadelphia

          home  away
attempts     0     0
scores       0     0

Returns shootout results during the game.

*Since it didn't go to shootout, results show 0

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Code Instructions to Retrieve Data

1. Open Developer Tools > Network > XHR > pageWithAPIData

2. To retrieve HEADER info to be put on the HEADER function of the application: Refer to the image below:

   

3. To retrieve data from the API (in this case shootout info): Refer to the image below:

   

   Dates > 0 > games > lineScore > shootoutInfo

4. Run application. Saves automatically to a csv file