NflData

This gem is for parsing data from NFL.com and returning a JSON blob that can be used for any fantasy related activities you may wish to pursue.

However since NFL.com has updated their website to a much more difficult to parse version, this gem is now going to be using MySportsFeeds API instead.

Thanks to the people at MySportsFeeds for providing an affordable service for this type of data. If you would like to use this gem I encourage you to head over to their website and sign up for an account.

This gem was written by @mikesells and @thetizzo

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'nfl_data'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install nfl_data

Configuration

Configuration for MySportsFeeds API credentials can be set with the following Environment Variables:

MYSPORTSFEEDS_API_KEY
MYSPORTSFEEDS_API_HOST
MYSPORTSFEEDS_API_VERSION

MySportsFeeds API Docs

https://www.mysportsfeeds.com/data-feeds/api-docs/

I've written this to use >= v2.1 of the MSF API.

Usage

To use this gem there are some simple calls that can be made. Everything will return JSON.

Players

Pull players by position. Not passing a position param will pull all players.

Position param is passed through to MySportsFeeds and can be any value they accept. Please see their docs above.

  NflData::API::Player.new.players(position: "qb")

Example Response

{
  "players": [
    {
      "first_name": "John",
      "last_name": "Elway",
      "full_name": "John Elway",
      "position": "QB",
      "number": 7,
      "team": "DEN",
      "msf_player_id": 12345,
      "image_source":""
    },
    ...
  ]
}

Statlines

Pull statlines by week and year:

  NflData::API::Statline.new.statlines(year: 2020, week: 1)

Example Response

{
  "statlines": [
    {
      "rush_atts": 2,
      "rush_yards": 11,
      "rush_tds": 1,
      "fumbles": 0,
      "pass_comp": 11,
      "pass_att": 23,
      "pass_yards": 123,
      "pass_tds": 2,
      "ints": 1,
      "qb_rating": 92.6,
      "receptions": 3,
      "rec_yards": 10,
      "rec_tds": 0,
      "msf_game_id": 51465,
      "msf_player_id": 6826
    }
    ...
  ]
}

Schedule

Pull season schedule by year:

  NflData::Api::Schedule.new.season(year: 2020)

Example Response

{
  "games": [
    {"week":1,"away_team":"HOU","home_team":"KC","start_time":"2020-09-10T04:25:00.000Z"}
    ...
  ]
}

Contributing

1. Fork it ( https://github.com/thetizzo/nfl_data/fork )
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create a new Pull Request