pybaseball_utf_test.py

from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
from pybaseball.league_batting_stats import get_table, session

START_DT = "2021-05-02"

def fetch_date(dt):
    url = (
            "http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/daily.cgi?"
            "user_team=&bust_cache=&type=b&lastndays=7&dates=fromandto&"
            f"fromandto={START_DT}.{dt}&level=mlb&franch="
            "&stat=&stat_value=0"
        )
    print(url)
    s = session.get(url).content
    return s   

def get_soccer_link(soup):
    link = soup.find_all("a")[7]
    print(link)
    return link

def has_german_language_link(soup):
    return "fbref.com/de/" in get_soccer_link(soup).decode()

def main():    
    for end_day in range(2, 10):
        end_dt = f"2021-05-{end_day:02d}"
        s = fetch_date(end_dt)
        soup = BeautifulSoup(s)
        if has_german_language_link(soup):
            table = get_table(soup)
            print(table)
            return


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()