Class: FantasyFootball::Scraper

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/fantasy_football/scraper.rb

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.add_attr(player) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/fantasy_football/scraper.rb', line 28

def self.add_attr(player)
  # Scrapes player url stored in Player instance and assigns additional attributes
  if player.height == nil
    rescue_s = "n/a"
    doc = Nokogiri::HTML(open(player.url))
    player.projection = doc.css('.clearfix.detail span.pull-right')[2].text.split[0]
    player.team = doc.css('div .pull-left h5').text.strip.split(" - ")[1]
    player.height = doc.css('span.bio-detail')[0].text[8,6].strip
    player.weight = doc.css('span.bio-detail')[1].text[8,3]
    player.age = doc.css('span.bio-detail')[2].text[5,2]
    player.college = (doc.css('span.bio-detail')[3].text.split(": ")[1].to_s rescue rescue_s)
  end
end

.build_players(table, position, week) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/fantasy_football/scraper.rb', line 10

def self.build_players(table, position, week)
  # Input is HTML table of player rankings, instantiates Players, assigns name, rank, and url

  table.each_with_index do |t, i|
    begin
      if t.css('td')[0].text.to_i > 0
        p = FantasyFootball::Player.new
        p.name = t.css('span.full-name').text
        p.rank = t.css('td')[0].text
        p.url = "https://www.fantasypros.com" + t.css('a')[0]["href"]
        p.week = week
        p.position = position.upcase
      end
    rescue NoMethodError
    end
  end
end

.scrape_rankings(position) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/fantasy_football/scraper.rb', line 3

def self.scrape_rankings(position)
  doc = Nokogiri::HTML(open("https://www.fantasypros.com/nfl/rankings/#{position}.php"))
  week = doc.css('h1').text.split[5]
  table = doc.css('tbody tr') # Selects the HTML table with player rankings
  build_players(table, position, week)
end