Scripts

ufcscraper.scripts.scrape_ufcstats_data module

This script is designed to scrape UFC Stats fighter, events, fight and round data, organizing it into structured CSV files.

Usage:

To run the script, use the following command:

ufcscraper_scrape_ufcstats_data --data-folder /path/to/data --log-level INFO --n-sessions 5 --delay 2

Arguments:

• log-level: Set the logging level (e.g., INFO, DEBUG).

• data-folder: Specify the folder where scraped data will be stored.

• n-sessions: Number of concurrent scraping sessions (default: 1).

• delay: Delay in seconds between requests (default: 0).

ufcscraper.scripts.scrape_ufcstats_data.get_args() → Namespace

Parse command-line arguments and return them as an argparse.Namespace object.

This function sets up the command-line argument parser and defines the arguments that can be passed to the script. It returns the parsed arguments as an argparse.Namespace object.

Returns:

The parsed command-line arguments, with attributes for each argument.

• log_level (str): The logging level (default: “INFO”).

• data_folder (Path): The folder where scraped data will be stored.

• n_sessions (int): The number of concurrent sessions (default: 1).

• delay (int): The delay between requests in seconds (default: 0).

Return type:

argparse.Namespace

ufcscraper.scripts.scrape_ufcstats_data.main(args: argparse.Namespace | None = None) → None

This function sets up logging, parses command-line arguments (if not provided), initializes a UFCScraper instance, performs scraping of fighters, events, and fights, and removes duplicates from the CSV files.

Parameters:

args – Command-line arguments. If None, arguments are parsed using get_args.

ufcscraper.scripts.scrape_bestfightodds_data module

This script is designed to scrape BestFightOdds betting odds, organizing the data into structured CSV files.

Usage:

To run the script, use the following command:

ufcscraper_scrape_bestfightodds_data --data-folder /path/to/data --log-level INFO --n-sessions 5 --delay 2 --min-date 2010-01-01

Arguments:

• log-level: Set the logging level (e.g., INFO, DEBUG).

• data-folder: Specify the folder where scraped data will be stored.

• n-sessions: Number of concurrent scraping sessions (default: 1).

• delay: Delay in seconds between requests (default: 0).

• min-date: Minimum date for data scraping (default: 2007-08-01).

ufcscraper.scripts.scrape_bestfightodds_data.get_args() → Namespace

Parse command-line arguments and return them as an argparse.Namespace object.

This function sets up the command-line argument parser and defines the arguments that can be passed to the script. It returns the parsed arguments as an argparse.Namespace object.

Returns:

The parsed command-line arguments, with attributes for each argument.

• log_level (str): The logging level (default: “INFO”).

• data_folder (Path): The folder where scraped data will be stored.

• n_sessions (int): The number of concurrent sessions (default: 1).

• delay (int): The delay between requests in seconds (default: 0).

• min_date (str): The minimum date for data scraping in “YYYY-MM-DD” format (default: “2007-08-01”).

Return type:

argparse.Namespace

ufcscraper.scripts.scrape_bestfightodds_data.main(args: argparse.Namespace | None = None) → None

This function sets up logging, parses command-line arguments (if not provided), initializes a BestFightOddsScraper instance, performs scraping of odds, filling the fighter_names table if needed and removes duplicates from the CSV files.

Parameters:

args (Optional[argparse.Namespace]) – An optional argparse.Namespace object containing command-line arguments. If not provided, get_args() is called to parse the arguments.