#xmlstats-py

A python module for interacting with the xmlstats API

This module aims to closely mirror the methods provided by the xmlstats API in terms of parameters and output structure.

##Installing pip install xmlstats-py

##Usage Xmlstats can return "objectified" data, in which nested JSON objects from the xmlstats API are accessible as attributes, or it can return data in native python objects, as if parsed with json.load().

stats = Xmlstats(access_token=MY_ACCESS_TOKEN, user_agent=MY_USER_AGENT, objectify=True)
# if objectify=False, data will be returned in native python objects

stats.objectify_off() # set objectify = False
stats.objectify_on()  # set objectify = True

####Methods See the API documentation for a complete explanation of parameters and results. #####get_boxscore(sport, event_id) sport = "nba" or "mlb"

#####get_events(date, sport) Date must be in YYYYmmdd format

#####get_teams(sport)

#####get_roster(sport, team_id, status=None) status = "expanded" will return the 40-man roster for an MLB team, rather than 25-man roster

#####get_nba_team_stats(date, team_id=None)

#####get_team_results(team_id, season=None, since=None, until=None, order=None)

#####get_nba_draft_results(season=None, team_id=None)

#####get_nba_leaders(category, limit=None,qualified=None, season_type=None) For list of category IDs, see here. Qualified parameter (default=True) determines whether players who meet NBA's minimum qualifications will be returned, or all players.

#####get_standings(sport, date=None)

#####get_wildcard_standings(date)

##Examples

####Get Boxscores for a given date - yyyymmdd

stats = Xmlstats(access_token=MY_ACCESS_TOKEN, user_agent=MY_USER_AGENT)
events = stats.get_events(date=20141028, sport="nba")  # returns event objects for all nba events on given date
event_ids = [event.event_id for event in events.event]
boxscores = []
for event_id in event_ids:
    boxscores.append(stats.get_boxscore(sport="nba", event_id))

Note: As in the xmlstats API, the get_events() method returns an instance with 2 attributes: events_date is a date string; event is an array of event objects