nba.com now has play by play data back to 1997

[colts18]

Python with urllib is a good place to start.
Further, you could use Python's Beautifulsoup or go the laborious way with string.split and string.replace

Ok how long would that process take?

[EvanZ]

Python with urllib is a good place to start.
Further, you could use Python's Beautifulsoup or go the laborious way with string.split and string.replace

Ok how long would that process take?

It's not a weekend project.

[colts18]

Python with urllib is a good place to start.
Further, you could use Python's Beautifulsoup or go the laborious way with string.split and string.replace

Ok how long would that process take?

It's not a weekend project.

give me an estimate on how many hours I would need to commit?

[v-zero]

Do you have any experience of programming in general, or Python specifically? If not I suggest you would need many (30+) hours to acquire the skills to complete the (laborious) process of parsing through PBP data to get 5 on 5 data.

[EvanZ]

Yeah, colts, I don't want to be Debbie Downer here, but based on your line of questioning, I'm guessing you have very little programming experience. In that case, it will take a long time. I would definitely encourage you to learn how to program (there are plenty of free online courses now), and try to tackle this project after you get some significant "flight time" under your belt.

[J.E.]

colts, were you asking how long it would take to write a crawler and then then strip the html, or were you asking how much entire process would take from html to 5on5 matchups?

The first one is definitely doable in a couple of hours if you have some programming experience

[colts18]

Yeah, colts, I don't want to be Debbie Downer here, but based on your line of questioning, I'm guessing you have very little programming experience. In that case, it will take a long time. I would definitely encourage you to learn how to program (there are plenty of free online courses now), and try to tackle this project after you get some significant "flight time" under your belt.

Yeah my programming knowledge is limited. Oh well I guess I have to hope someone else does it.

[DSMok1]

Yeah, colts, I don't want to be Debbie Downer here, but based on your line of questioning, I'm guessing you have very little programming experience. In that case, it will take a long time. I would definitely encourage you to learn how to program (there are plenty of free online courses now), and try to tackle this project after you get some significant "flight time" under your belt.

Yeah my programming knowledge is limited. Oh well I guess I have to hope someone else does it.

You're not the only one in that boat.

[sideshowbob]

Yeah my programming knowledge is limited. Oh well I guess I have to hope someone else does it.

I'd assume BBR will have the PbP data soon, so I wouldn't worry.

[bigbossman]

What does RangeType mean? It can be 0-2.

First post!

Thanks

I doubted you, and boy was I wrong. Thanks colts!

Raw play by play example:
http://stats.nba.com/stats/playbyplay?G ... dPeriod=10

Raw box score example:
http://stats.nba.com/stats/boxscore?Gam ... dPeriod=10

The boxscore API is kind of cool. You can produce a box score not only for each quarter, but also for any given range within a game, like for a given 2 minute span in the first quarter. StartRange/EndRange represent the number of tenths of a second elapsed in the game. Lots of possibilities here.

Example:
http://stats.nba.com/stats/boxscore?Gam ... dPeriod=10

[sndesai1]

What does RangeType mean? It can be 0-2.

First post!

Thanks

I doubted you, and boy was I wrong. Thanks colts!

Raw play by play example:
http://stats.nba.com/stats/playbyplay?G ... dPeriod=10

Raw box score example:
http://stats.nba.com/stats/boxscore?Gam ... dPeriod=10

The boxscore API is kind of cool. You can produce a box score not only for each quarter, but also for any given range within a game, like for a given 2 minute span in the first quarter. StartRange/EndRange represent the number of tenths of a second elapsed in the game. Lots of possibilities here.

Example:
http://stats.nba.com/stats/boxscore?Gam ... dPeriod=10

from changing it and looking at the differences, i think it controls the type of box score you're getting
0 - seems to provide complete game box score, including players with a dnp
1 - seems to provide complete game box score, but not including players with a dnp
2 - seems to provide a limited box score, with the time probably determined by startrange and endrange in the url