NBA Player Season Stats Downloader

This script allows you to download NBA player season stats for a specified season using the NBA API.

Example Output:

Prerequisites

• Python 3.x
• nba_api library
• pandas library

Setting Up Virtual Environment

It's recommended to use a virtual environment to manage dependencies for this project.

Follow these steps to create and activate a virtual environment:

3. Create a virtual environment. If you're using venv:

python -m venv venv

4. Activate the virtual environment. On Windows:

source venv/bin/activate

Installation

Ensure you have Python installed on your system. Then, install the required libraries using pip:

pip install nba_api pandas

Usage

1. Clone or download the script.
2. Make sure you have the necessary libraries installed.
3. Run the script using Python.

python nba_player_stats_downloader.py

By default, the script downloads player stats for the 2023-24 NBA season. You can change the season by modifying the season parameter in the function call.

Parameters

• season: The NBA season for which you want to download player stats. Format: 'YYYY-YY'. Default is '2023-24'.
• max_retries: Maximum number of retries in case of network errors. Default is 5.

Output

The script generates a CSV file containing player stats for the specified season. The file is saved in the directory specified by file_path with a filename containing the current date and time of execution.

Note

• This script may take some time to execute, depending on the number of active NBA players and network conditions.
• Ensure that you have proper network connectivity to access the NBA API.
• Modify the file_path variable to specify the directory where you want to save the output CSV file.