footty - football.db command line client for world cup (russia 2018) and more

Usage - Who's playing today?

The footty command line tool lets you query the online football.db HTTP JSON API services for upcoming or past matches. For example:

$ footty              # Defaults to today's world cup 2018 matches

prints on Jun/14 2018:

#1 Thu Jun/14       Russia (RUS) vs Saudi Arabia (KSA) Group A  @ Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow

prints on Jun/15 2018:

 #2 Fri Jun/15        Egypt (EGY) vs      Uruguay (URU) Group A  @ Ekaterinburg Arena, Ekaterinburg
 #3 Fri Jun/15     Portugal (POR) vs        Spain (ESP) Group B  @ Fisht Stadium, Sochi
 #4 Fri Jun/15      Morocco (MAR) vs         Iran (IRN) Group B  @ Saint Petersburg Stadium, Saint Petersburg

prints on Jun/16:

 #5 Sat Jun/16       France (FRA) vs    Australia (AUS) Group C  @ Kazan Arena, Kazan
 #6 Sat Jun/16         Peru (PER) vs      Denmark (DEN) Group C  @ Mordovia Arena, Saransk
 #7 Sat Jun/16    Argentina (ARG) vs      Iceland (ISL) Group D  @ Spartak Stadium, Moscow
 #8 Sat Jun/16      Croatia (CRO) vs      Nigeria (NGA) Group D  @ Kaliningrad Stadium, Kaliningrad

and so on. Use tomorrow or t or +1 to print tomorrow's matches e.g.:

$ footty tomorrow    # -or-
$ footty t

Use yesterday or y or -1 to print yesterday's matches e.g.:

$ footty yesterday    # -or-
$ footty y

Use upcoming or up or u to print all upcoming matches e.g.:

$ footty upcoming    # -or-
$ footty up

Use past or p to print all past matches e.g.:

$ footty past    # -or-
$ footty p

That's it. Enjoy the beautiful game.

Install

Just install the gem:

$ gem install footty

License

The footty scripts are dedicated to the public domain. Use it as you please with no restrictions whatsoever.

Questions? Comments?

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