schedule-scraper

ScheduleScraper

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

Supported schedule sites:

• PointStreak
• EZFacility

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

You can also skip passing the schedule type and just supply a valid URL:

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

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.

Add Other Schedule Sypes

The heart of this gem is wrapping the nibbler gem. If you'd like to add another schedule type you'll need to add a namespaced Schedule and Event class that knows how to parse the calendar in question.

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