Soccermetrics API Python Client

This is a Python module for using the Soccermetrics REST API.

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Installation

The Soccermetrics API Python client library depends on the Requests and easydict libraries. You can install the client library within a virtual environment on your computer, or install it system-wide.

Python 2.6+ is required.

It's not required, but autoenv is very nice to have.

Virtual Environment Install

We recommend installing soccermetrics-client-py within a virtual environment using virtualenv. That way you can run different versions of Python installations and libraries without dealing with conflicting dependencies.

We also recommend installing virtualenvwrapper. As it says on the label, it is a wrapper around virtualenv that manages the virtual environments on your machine and allows you to customize pre- and post-activation (and deactivation) behavior, such as setting environment variables or opening your text editor.

Here is a link to a nice tutorial on Virtualenv. And a tutorial on virtualenvwrapper as well.

To install virtualenv on MacOS or Linux, create a folder and run one of these two commands as sudo:

$ sudo easy_install virtualenv

or

$ sudo pip install virtualenv

If you are on Windows, this link will show you how to install pip and distribute, which you will use to install virtualenv.

Download [the current zipped version of the source code] (https://github.com/soccermetrics/soccermetrics-client-py/archive/master.zip) from GitHub, unzip the folder and run:

$ make install

System-Wide Install

If you want to install soccermetrics-client-py system-wide -- not recommended because of possible library conflicts -- download [the current zipped version of the source code] (https://github.com/soccermetrics/soccermetrics-client-py/archive/master.zip) from GitHub, unzip the folder and run:

$ make install

Getting Started

To start using the Soccermetrics API, create a SoccermetricsRestClient.

API Credentials

You'll need your Soccermetrics API credentials to use the SoccermetricsRestClient. These get passed to the constructor directly or via environment variables.

from soccermetrics.rest import SoccermetricsRestClient

appID = "f53baabb"
appKey = "demo1234567890demo1234567890"

client = SoccermetricsRestClient(account=appID,api_key=appKey)

If you call SoccermetricsRestClient without any parameters, the constructor will look for SOCCERMETRICS_APP_ID and SOCCERMETRICS_APP_KEY variables inside the current environment.

We recommend that you keep your credentials in environment variables. That way you won't have to worry about accidentally posting your credentials in a public place.

from soccermetrics.rest import SoccermetricsRestClient
client = SoccermetricsRestClient()

Get Match Information

from soccermetrics.rest import SoccermetricsRestClient

appID = "f53baabb"
appKey = "demo1234567890demo1234567890"
client = SoccermetricsRestClient()

# club teams
match = client.club.information.get(home_team_name="Everton",
                                     away_team_name="Liverpool").data[0]
print match.matchDate, match.kickoffTime

lineup_data = client.link.get(match.link.lineups, is_starting=True).all()
for datum in lineup_data:
    print datum.playerName, datum.playerTeamName

# national teams
natl_match = client.natl.information.get(
                home_team_name="Brazil", away_team_name="Croatia",phase="Group").data[0]
lineup_data = client.link.get(natl_match.link.lineups, is_starting=True).all()
for datum in lineup_data:
    print datum.playerName, datum.playerTeamName

Get Player Statistical Data

from soccermetrics.rest import SoccermetricsRestClient

appID = "f53baabb"
appKey = "demo1234567890demo1234567890"
client = SoccermetricsRestClient()

player = client.players.get(full_name=u'Robin van Persie').data[0]
# goals at club level
goals = client.link.get(player.link.club.goals)
penalties = client.link.get(player.link.club.penalties,outcome_type="Goal")
# goals at national team level
natl_team_goals = client.link.get(player.link.natl.goals)
natl_team_pens = client.link.get(player.link.natl.penalties,outcome_type="Goal")

Get Advanced Analytics

from soccermetrics.rest import SoccermetricsRestClient
client = SoccermetricsRestClient()

match = client.club.information.get(home_team_name='Manchester United', away_team_name='Stoke City').data[0]

match_state_46 = client.link.get(match.link.analytics.match.state,time_mins=46)
match_state_75 = client.link.get(match.link.analytics.match.state,time_mins=75)
match_state_final = client.link.get(match.link.analytics.match.state)
match_segments = client.link.get(match.link.analytics.match.segment)

Learn More

• Link to API documentation.
• Link to full client documentation here.