optimize-espn.py

#!/bin/python
import urllib.request, csv
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup

freedom = [[] for i in range(7)]
categoryIDs=[0,2,4,6,23,16,17]

get_url_base="http://games.espn.go.com/ffl/playertable/prebuilt/freeagency?leagueId=935815&slotCategoryId="	

for categoryID in range(7):
	for startIndex in range(0, 1150, 50):
		get_url = get_url_base+str(categoryIDs[categoryID])+"&startIndex="+str(startIndex)
		html_doc = urllib.request.urlopen(get_url)
		tables = BeautifulSoup(html_doc).find_all(class_="playertablePlayerName")
		for tableIterator in tables:
			name = tableIterator.contents[0].string
			freedom[categoryID].append(name)
		if len(tables) < 50:
			break

files = ['qb.csv', 'rb.csv', 'wr.csv', 'te.csv', 'flex.csv', 'dst.csv', 'k.csv']
for i in range(7):
        with open(files[i]) as f:
                reader = csv.reader(f)
                tier = 0
                for row in reader:
                        tier += 1
                        for player in row:
                                if player.strip() in freedom[i]: 
                                        print(files[i]+": Tier", tier,"player available: "+player)