powdahound

from twisted.enterprise import adbapi
from twisted.python import log
import MySQLdb

class ReconnectingConnectionPool(adbapi.ConnectionPool):
    """Reconnecting adbapi connection pool for MySQL.

    This class improves on the solution posted at
    http://www.gelens.org/2008/09/12/reinitializing-twisted-connectionpool/
    by checking exceptions by error code and only disconnecting the current

drewconway

import urllib2

def get_player_profiles(player_list):
# Returns a dict of player profile URLs to be used in the next step
    # Dict will hold player profile pages indexed by player name
    player_profile_urls=dict.fromkeys(player_list)
    for n in player_list:
        names=n.split(' ')
        # Search for the player names at NFL.com to get their individual player profiles, which contain the
        # data we ultimately want.