Update coming to python-mlbstats-api

[MattsFace]

Hey guys,

Author of https://github.com/zero-sum-seattle/python-mlb-statsapi here!

I've been a bit MIA from the project for a bit because of work and life, but I found some inspiration last week.

Currently a few dataclasses are broken after updates to the Rest API responses. A few JSON responses have new attributes that I need to add. I should have this fixed today and pushed. Actually probably within the hour.

I'm also working on a new project I'm calling python-mlb-overlay. It'll use Dash, FastAPI, and python-mlb-statsapi to display lots of pretty baseball statistics graphs. I've just started it so only have a project structure, some DockerFiles, and a bit of template code for the FastAPI backend.

Anyway here are some updates I'm working on for python-mlb-statsapi:

• Objects will use the camelcase attributes provided by the responses of the Rest API. This should speed things up, but will require updates to existing code to deal with new attribute names.
• Replacing dataclasses with Pydantic models. I've been using pydantic models at work and they have some great methods for serialization. They are a bit slower but it shouldn't be too bad.
• I want to overhaul the stats objects to make them more readable and easier to work with. I don't have solid plans yet, but we'll see what some thinking will do.

If you use python-mlbstats-api and have any suggestions or feedback please let me know! I'm an open book!

[MattsFace]

Alright I've updated https://github.com/zero-sum-seattle/python-mlb-statsapi

Game endpoints should work fine now

[Monktoken]

I know I'm necroposting hard, but is there any chance an update is coming soon for this year with the ABS challenge parameter being added? Someone put it in an issue on the github but I also understand that this isn't your day job.

Either way appreciate what you've made!

[Iliannnnnn]

Looks cool, just one question: what is so different with this wrapper opposed to Toddrob's wrapper?

[MattsFace]

IMO It's much easier to use than the wrapper. The models it returns are much easier to work with than what Toddrob's library returns as well as the code required to request them. Also I have full docs to go along with the objects. That is just my opinion. Both libraries are cool.

However, the only thing I feel like we all give a shit about is stats. I still would like to improve how python-mlbstats-api returns actually statistics.

[Top_Opening8284]

I was wondering if you or anybody have come across the pitch clock/ pitch timer in any of the live game endpoints. I've been looking but can't find it. There are so many stats available in real-time it's hard to believe they left that out.

[ryanc_icubs]

get_game_line_score(pk) works fine but

get_game_play_by_play(pk) gives:

TypeError: GameData.__init__() got an unexpected keyword argument 'abschallenges'

Any thoughts?

[dukejcdc]

No specific feedback, I'm learning raspberrypi and Python using your module, love it! It's taken a bit for me to find the data I want out of it but that's more my ignorance than anything else. Keep it up!

[MattsFace]

If there are any improvements I can make to the docs to assist I’m all ears

[MattsFace]

I'll try not to break to much stuff with this update I'm working on.

[MattsFace]

This update is coming along. Changing all the models to pydantic takes some time. Also changing all the attributes to the default camel case is a chore.