NFL Box Score Web Scraper

A web scraper that will download box scores from http://www.profootballreference.com into JSON format. It will download all box scores and player data. Please refer to arguments.json to set program parameters. Useful for fantasy football analytics.

##Requirements:

• Node.js version 8.4 or higher

##Program Usage:

npm install
npm start

##Program Arguments (set in arguments.json):

• minNflYear - the earliest NFL year to scrape
• maxNflYear - the maximum NFL year to scrape

JSON schema examples

Player

{
"playerLink": "/players/A/AbduAm00.htm",
"position": "RB",
"birthday": "1993-06-13",
"name": "ameer abdullah"
}

Game Summaries for NFL year

[
{
 "seasonYear": "2015",
 "week": "1",
 "day": "Thu",
 "date": "2015-09-10",
 "boxScoreLink": "/boxscores/201509100nwe.htm",
 "winningTeam": "New England Patriots",
 "isWinningTeamHome": true,
 "losingTeam": "Pittsburgh Steelers",
 "wtPoints": "28",
 "ltPoints": "21",
 "wtYards": "361",
 "wtTurnovers": "0",
 "ltYards": "464",
 "ltTurnovers": "1"
} ...
]

Box Score

{
"boxScoreLink": "/boxscores/201509130crd.htm",
"playerStatsList": [
 {
   "playerLink": "/players/B/BreeDr00.htm",
   "playerName": "drew brees",
   "team": "NOR",
   "passing": {
     "completions": "30",
     "attempts": "48",
     "yards": "355",
     "td": "1",
     "int": "1",
     "longest": "63"
   },
   "rushing": {
     "attempts": "1",
     "yards": "3",
     "td": "0",
     "longest": "3"
   },
   "receiving": {
     "receptions": "",
     "yards": "",
     "td": "",
     "longest": "",
     "targets": ""
   }
 }...]
}