ScheduleScraper

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A web calendar scraper for sites that do not provid portable (csv, i-cal etc) version.

Supported schedule sites:

Supported output formats:

  • CSV (straight dump)
  • Google Calendar formatted CSV
  • iCal
  • Yahoo Calendar (via iCal)

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'schedule-scraper'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install schedule-scraper

Usage

Locate the printable version of the scheulde:

  1. Visit the leagues home page
  2. Click on the team in question
  3. Click the SCHEDULE link under TEAM MENU
  4. Click PRINT THIS PAGE

Request a schedule:

url = "http://www.pointstreak.com/players/print/players-team-schedule.html?teamid=385368&seasonid=9162"
schedule = ScheduleScraper.fetch(:pointstreak, url)

or

url = "http://pinevilleice.ezleagues.ezfacility.com/teams/1026121/The-Schwartz.aspx"
schedule = ScheduleScraper.fetch(:ezleagues, url)

then

Export the schedule:

schedule.to_csv

or

schedule.to_gcal

or

schedule.to_ical

TODO

  1. Add other schedule types

Why?

To scratch an itch. I play on a couple of ice hockey teams and the rinks use these sites to manage leagues and schedules. These sites do not offer any options for exporing and I got tired of updating my schedule manually every couple of months.

Contributing

  1. Fork it
  2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
  3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Added some feature')
  4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
  5. Create new Pull Request