nba-history 1.0.7

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nba_history

nba_history is a python package for dynamically scraping NBA player, team, and draft data.

nba_history returns all scraped data as a pandas dataframe with an option to also export results as a CSV.

example

A short example for scaping NBA draft information is below:

from nba_history import player_data, team_data

# scrape 2013 NBA draft picks
df = player_data.scrape_draft_data(start_year = 2013,
	end_year = 2013,
	export = False)
print(draft_picks_df.head())

Installation

nba_history depends on the Python modules requests, beautifulsoup, and pandas

Installation with pip: if you have pip installed, type this in a terminal:

$ python -m pip install nba_history

Installation by hand: download the sources, either from PyPI or, if you want the development version, from GitHub, unzip everything into one folder, open a terminal and type:

$ (sudo) python setup.py install

Documentation

The nba_history package has 2 modules, player_data and team_data

player_data functions

team_data functions

##Contribute

nba_history is open-source library originally written by odonnell31_ and released under the MIT licence. The project is hosted on GitHub_, where everyone is welcome to contribute, ask for help or simply give feedback. Please read the Contributing Guidelines_ for more information about how to contribute!

You can also discuss the project on Reddit. This is preferred over GitHub issues for usage questions and examples.

Maintainers

odonnell31 (owner)