Class: YahooSports::Base

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
show all
Defined in:
lib/yahoo_sports/base.rb

Direct Known Subclasses

MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.get_homepage_games(sport, state = "") ⇒ Array<OpenStruct>

Get the scoreboard games for the given sport. Includes recently completed, live and upcoming games.

Source: sports.yahoo.com/<sport>

Game struct has the following keys:

game.date   # date of game; includes time if preview
game.team1  # visiting team
game.team2  # home team
game.score1 # team1's score, if live or final
game.score2 # team2's score, if live or final
game.state  # live, final or preview
game.tv     # TV station showing the game, if preview and available

Example:

#<OpenStruct state="final", score1="34", date=Thu Nov 26 00:00:00 -0500 2009, score2="12", team1="Green Bay", team2="Detroit">

Parameters:

  • sport (String) —

    sport to list, can be one of [“mlb”, “nba”, “nfl”, “nhl”]

  • state (String) (defaults to: "") —

    Optionally filter for the given state (“live”, “final”, or “preview”)

Returns:

  • (Array<OpenStruct>) —

    list of games



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# File 'lib/yahoo_sports/base.rb', line 80

def self.get_homepage_games(sport, state = "")

    sport.downcase!
    if sport !~ /^(nba|nhl|nfl|mlb)$/ then
        raise sprintf("Invalid param for 'sport' = '%s'", sport)
    end

    state.downcase! if not state.empty?
    if not state.empty? and state !~ /^(live|final|preview)$/ then
        raise sprintf("Invalid param for 'state' = '%s'", state)
    end

    html = YahooSports.fetchurl("http://sports.yahoo.com/#{sport}/proxy/html/scorethin")
    if not html then
        raise 'Error fetching url'
    end

    sports_game = Scraper.define do

        array :teams
        array :scores

        process "li.odd, li.even, li.live", :date_src => "@id"
        process "li.odd, li.even, li.live", :class_src => "@class"
        process "li.link-box", :extra_src => :text

        process "td.team>a", :teams => :text
        process "td.score", :scores => :text

        process "li.status>a", :status => :text


        result :date_src, :teams, :scores, :status, :class_src, :extra_src

    end

    sports = Scraper.define do

        array :games

        process "ul.game-list>li", :games => sports_game

        result :games

    end

    games_temp = sports.scrape(html)
    games = []
    return games if games_temp.nil?

    games_temp.each { |g|

        gm = OpenStruct.new
        gm.team1 = g.teams[0].strip if g.teams[0]
        gm.team2 = g.teams[1].strip if g.teams[1]
        gm.score1 = g.scores[0].strip if g.scores[0]
        gm.score2 = g.scores[1].strip if g.scores[1]

        if g.class_src.include? ' ' then
            gm.state = g.class_src[ g.class_src.index(' ')+1, g.class_src.length ].strip
        else
            gm.state = g.class_src.strip
        end

        gm.tv = $1 if g.extra_src =~ /TV: (.*)/

        status = g.status.strip if g.status
        time_str = (gm.state == "preview" ? " #{status}" : "")

        if sport == 'mlb' then
            gm.date = Time.parse(Time.new.strftime('%Y') + g.date_src[2,4] + time_str)
        else
            gm.date = Time.parse(g.date_src[0,8] + time_str)
        end

        next if not state.empty? and state != gm.state
        games << gm

    }

    return games

end

.get_team_stats(sport, str) ⇒ OpenStruct

Retrieves team information for the team in the given sport

Source: sports.yahoo.com/<sport>/teams/<team>

Team struct has the following keys:

team.name       # full team name
team.standing   # current standing
team.position   # position in the conference
team.last5      # previous games results
team.next5      # upcoming scheduled games
team.live       # struct describing in-progress game, if available

Games in the last5 and next5 lists have the following keys:

game.date       # date of game
game.team       # full team name
game.status     # score for completed games (e.g. "L 20 - 23") or "preview"
game.away       # boolean value indicating an away game

Parameters:

  • sport (String) —

    sport to list, can be one of [“mlb”, “nba”, “nfl”, “nhl”]

  • str (String) —

    3-letter team code or partial team name

Returns:

  • (OpenStruct) —

    team info



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# File 'lib/yahoo_sports/base.rb', line 186

def self.get_team_stats(sport, str)

    sport.downcase!
    if sport !~ /^(nba|nhl|nfl|mlb)$/ then
        raise sprintf("Invalid param for 'sport' = '%s'", sport)
    end

    str.downcase!
    (team, html) = find_team_page(sport, str)
    if html.nil? then
        raise sprintf("Can't find team '%s'", str)
    end

    info = get_team_info(html)
    last5, next5 = get_scores_and_schedule(html)
    live_game = get_live_game(info.name, html)

    return OpenStruct.new({:name => info.name,
                           :standing => info.standing,
                           :position => info.position,
                           :last5 => last5,
                           :next5 => next5,
                           :live  => live_game})
end