source code for aretheyankeeswinning.com

aretheyankeeswinning.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
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from datetime import date, datetime, time, timedelta
import os
import logging
from google.appengine.ext.webapp import template
from google.appengine.ext import webapp
from google.appengine.ext.webapp import util
from google.appengine.api.urlfetch import fetch
import simplejson as json

class MainHandler(webapp.RequestHandler):
	def get(self):
		
		# warning - bad code. I'm not properly handling the fact that 
		# mlb.com is based on GMT. For now, we'll naively subtract 5 hours
		# from the current date/time. Keyword: naive.
		
		the_date = datetime.today() - timedelta(hours=5)
		TEAM = 'Yankees' # replace the team with any other. was useful for testing.
		
		YEAR, MONTH, DAY = the_date.strftime('%Y-%m-%d').split('-')

		url = "http://gd2.mlb.com/components/game/mlb/year_%s/month_%s/day_%s/master_scoreboard.json" % \
			(YEAR, MONTH, DAY)
		data = fetch(url).content
		score_data = json.loads(data)
		games = score_data['data']['games']['game']
		status = "%s aren't playing today" % TEAM
		for game in games:

			home_team = game['home_team_name']
			away_team = game['away_team_name']
			if home_team == TEAM or away_team == TEAM:
				yankees_game = game
			# found the game we're looking for, exit the loop of games
				break

		# the data source is not documented so I'm learning as I go along.
		# i noticed that the 'linescore' key is not present until the game starts.
		# i should also check for game['status']['status'] values
		# to indicate that the game hasn't started yet.
		if 'linescore' not in game.keys():
			status = "game hasn't started yet!"
		else:
			# game has started
			if game['home_team_name'] == TEAM:
				our_team = 'home'
				not_our_team = 'away'
			else:
				our_team = 'away'
				not_our_team = 'home'

			our_score = int(game['linescore']['r'][our_team])
			their_score = int(game['linescore']['r'][not_our_team])
			we_won = our_score > their_score
			they_won = our_score < their_score
			its_tied = our_score == their_score
			# refine this. I have to monitor game['status']['status'] to see
			# what the possible values are
			if game['status']['status'] == 'Game Over' or game['status']['status'] == 'Final':
				if we_won:
					status = 'The %s won!' % TEAM
				else:
					status = 'The %s lost' % TEAM
			else:
				if game['linescore']['r'][our_team] == game['linescore']['r'][not_our_team]:
					status = 'its tied'
				elif game['linescore']['r'][our_team] > game['linescore']['r'][not_our_team]:
					status = 'Yes'
				else:
					status = 'No'
		output_values = {'status': status}

		path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'templates/atyw.html')
		self.response.out.write(template.render(path, output_values))



def main():
	application = webapp.WSGIApplication([('/', MainHandler)], debug=True)
	util.run_wsgi_app(application)


if __name__ == '__main__':
	main()