pyespn 0.1.5

Wrapper for hidden ESPN API

espn-api

work in progress for hitting hidden espn api, right now there is nfl and nba functions, stay tuned for more i am not affiliated with espn not all api end points are available for all leagues, i am working on adding in exceptions but you could get odd errors if say you try recruiting rankings for the nfl

Table of Contents

• PYESPN
  • Init Class
  • Data Files
  • Team Data
  • Player Data
  • Game/Event Data
  • Recruiting Data
  • Draft Data
  • Betting Data

PYESPN

includes information on apis available for the nfl

Init Class

create an init version of the class and feed it the league you want

Param	Type	Description
league	string	League. Options:
		- nfl
		- nba
		- mcbb
		- cfb

example

from pyespn import PYESPN

nfl_espn = PYESPN(sport_league='nfl')

Data Files

This is a list of ids/teams in json format that relate to the api and are used in the code.

example

from pyespn import PYESPN

nfl_espn = PYESPN(sport_league='nfl')
nba_espn = PYESPN(sport_league='nba')

print(nfl_espn.TEAM_ID_MAPPING) #nfl team map
print(nba_espn.TEAM_ID_MAPPING) #nba team map

Team Data

Gets team info from espn api

Param	Type	Description
team_id	number	id for team

example

from pyespn import PYESPN

nfl_espn = PYESPN(sport_league='nfl')
team_id = 30 #jax

jags_team_info = nfl_espn.get_team_info(team_id=team_id)

print(jags_team_info)

Player Data

gets player level details from api

Param	Type	Description
player_id	number	id for player

example

from pyespn import PYESPN

nfl_espn = PYESPN(sport_league='nfl')
player_id = 278 # Jimmy Smith, Goat

jimmy_smith = nfl_espn.get_player_info(player_id=player_id)

print(jimmy_smith)

Game/Event Data

gets event/game details from api. the event ids can be found on the espn site web urls

Param	Type	Description
event_id	number	id for event

from pyespn import PYESPN

nfl_espn = PYESPN(sport_league='nfl')
event_id = 401671889 # 2025 Super Bowl

super_bowl = nfl_espn.get_game_info(event_id=event_id)

print(super_bowl)

Recruiting Data

this pulls recruiting data and is currently only works for mcbb and cfb

Param	Type	Description
season	number	season for rankings

example

from pyespn import PYESPN

nfl_espn = PYESPN(sport_league='nfl')
season = 2020

recruiting_rankings = nfl_espn.get_recruiting_rankings(season=season)

for recruit in recruiting_rankings:
  print(recruit)

Draft Data

Gets team info from espn api, this is available for pro leagues

Param	Type	Description
pick_round	number	round of pick
pick	number	pick number in round (not overall)
season	number	season of draft

example

from pyespn import PYESPN

nfl_espn = PYESPN(sport_league='nfl')
season = 2020
pick = 1
pick_round = 1

draft_pick_info = nfl_espn.get_draft_pick_data(pick_round=pick_round,
                                              pick=pick,
                                              season=season)

print(draft_pick_info)

Betting Data

Betting Providers

there are many betting providers across the espn api and they dont appear to be consistant in my profiling. the ones that i have found can be accessed via

example

from pyespn import PYESPN

nfl_espn = PYESPN(sport_league='nfl')

print(nfl_espn.BETTING_PROVIDERS)

Against the Spread

Futures