The nflapi library provides an interface for the NFL.com api. It essentially acts like a browser, accessing the same functionality available through nfl.com.
The library has not yet been released on PyPI, since it's still in a pretty rough state. There's a distinct risk that this might not ever change. To install, you can use pip's ability to to install directly from a git repository:
pip install -e git+git@github.com:rasher/nflapi.git#egg=nflapi
Basic boilerplate to getting going:
>>> from nflapi import NFL >>> nfl = NFL(ua="nflapi example script")
That's it. You can now use the nfl object to query various objects off the NFL api. A couple of helpers are added to perform common queries and return the results as reasonable objects.
Getting the current season and week:
>>> week = nfl.schedule.current_week() >>> print(("{w.current_season[default]}" " {w.current_season_type[default]}" " {w.current_week[default]}").format(w=week)) 2018 PRE 2
Getting standings information:
>>> records = nfl.standings.current() >>> for team, record in records: ... print("{t.nick_name} {r.overall_pct:.3f}".format(t=team, r=record)) ... Cardinals 0.500
Have a look at [nflcli.py](nflapi/cli/nflcli.py) for more examples.
You can also query the API directly if you're feeling adventurous.:
>>> op = Operation(shield.Viewer) >>> player = op.viewer.player(id='3213464f-4c05-8566-2020-85b506da0baa') >>> player.person.display_name() >>> nfl.query(player).viewer.player.person.display_name 'Nick Foles'
If you want to get even more wild, you can pass in a raw graphql query. In that case you'll have to deal with the raw JSON response:
>>> query = """{ viewer{ league{ gamesByWeek(week_seasonValue: 2020, week_seasonType: REG, week_weekValue: 2) { id gameTime awayTeam{ abbreviation } homeTeam{ abbreviation } } } } }""" >>> games = nfl.endpoint(query) >>> games['data']['viewer']['league']['gamesByWeek'][0]['gameTime'] '2020-09-22T00:15:00.000Z'
- Helpers for more object types
- A smarter approach to default field selections
- Documentation
- Tests, in a perfect world