Web Scraping NBA stats from basketball-reference.com
I am trying to webscrape NBA data but I cannot figure out what the problem is with my code. I constantly get an error message saying:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Users/mac/Desktop/intro2.py", line 17, in
df = df.append(pd.Series(row, index=columns), ignore_index=True)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pandas/core/series.py", line 262, in init
.format(val=len(data), ind=len(index)))
ValueError: Length of passed values is 0, index implies 25
import requests
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
import pandas as pd
URL = 'https://www.basketball-reference.com/friv/dailyleaders.fcgi?month=12&day=27&year=2018'
response = requests.get(URL)
soup = BeautifulSoup(response.text, 'html.parser')
columns = ['Rank', 'Player', 'Team', 'Game_location', 'Opponent', 'Win-loss', 'Minutes_played', 'Field_goals', 'Field_Goal_Attempts', 'Field_Goal_Percentage', '3Point_Field_Goals', '3-Point_Field_Goal_Attempts', 'Point_Field_Goal_Percentage', 'Free_Throws', 'Free_Throw_Attempts', 'Free_Throw_Percentage', 'Offensive_Rebounds', 'Defensive_Rebounds', 'Total_Rebounds', 'Assists', 'Blocks', 'Turnovers', 'Personal_Fouls', 'Points', 'Game_Score']
df = pd.DataFrame(columns=columns)
table = soup.find('table', attrs={'class': 'sortable', 'data-cols-to-freeze': '2'}).tbody
trs = table.find_all('tr')
for tr in trs:
tds = tr.find_all('td')
row = [td.text.replace('n', '') for td in tds]
df = df.append(pd.Series(row, index=columns), ignore_index=True)
df.to_csv('nba player of the week.csv', index=False)
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I am trying to webscrape NBA data but I cannot figure out what the problem is with my code. I constantly get an error message saying:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Users/mac/Desktop/intro2.py", line 17, in
df = df.append(pd.Series(row, index=columns), ignore_index=True)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pandas/core/series.py", line 262, in init
.format(val=len(data), ind=len(index)))
ValueError: Length of passed values is 0, index implies 25
import requests
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
import pandas as pd
URL = 'https://www.basketball-reference.com/friv/dailyleaders.fcgi?month=12&day=27&year=2018'
response = requests.get(URL)
soup = BeautifulSoup(response.text, 'html.parser')
columns = ['Rank', 'Player', 'Team', 'Game_location', 'Opponent', 'Win-loss', 'Minutes_played', 'Field_goals', 'Field_Goal_Attempts', 'Field_Goal_Percentage', '3Point_Field_Goals', '3-Point_Field_Goal_Attempts', 'Point_Field_Goal_Percentage', 'Free_Throws', 'Free_Throw_Attempts', 'Free_Throw_Percentage', 'Offensive_Rebounds', 'Defensive_Rebounds', 'Total_Rebounds', 'Assists', 'Blocks', 'Turnovers', 'Personal_Fouls', 'Points', 'Game_Score']
df = pd.DataFrame(columns=columns)
table = soup.find('table', attrs={'class': 'sortable', 'data-cols-to-freeze': '2'}).tbody
trs = table.find_all('tr')
for tr in trs:
tds = tr.find_all('td')
row = [td.text.replace('n', '') for td in tds]
df = df.append(pd.Series(row, index=columns), ignore_index=True)
df.to_csv('nba player of the week.csv', index=False)
python web-scraping
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I'm sorry but we can't help you debug your program. We review working code in an effort to make it better. Once you get your program working we would love to take a look at it. Good Luck.
– bruglesco
6 mins ago
All right, thank you anyways!
– DarkEquation
3 mins ago
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I am trying to webscrape NBA data but I cannot figure out what the problem is with my code. I constantly get an error message saying:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Users/mac/Desktop/intro2.py", line 17, in
df = df.append(pd.Series(row, index=columns), ignore_index=True)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pandas/core/series.py", line 262, in init
.format(val=len(data), ind=len(index)))
ValueError: Length of passed values is 0, index implies 25
import requests
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
import pandas as pd
URL = 'https://www.basketball-reference.com/friv/dailyleaders.fcgi?month=12&day=27&year=2018'
response = requests.get(URL)
soup = BeautifulSoup(response.text, 'html.parser')
columns = ['Rank', 'Player', 'Team', 'Game_location', 'Opponent', 'Win-loss', 'Minutes_played', 'Field_goals', 'Field_Goal_Attempts', 'Field_Goal_Percentage', '3Point_Field_Goals', '3-Point_Field_Goal_Attempts', 'Point_Field_Goal_Percentage', 'Free_Throws', 'Free_Throw_Attempts', 'Free_Throw_Percentage', 'Offensive_Rebounds', 'Defensive_Rebounds', 'Total_Rebounds', 'Assists', 'Blocks', 'Turnovers', 'Personal_Fouls', 'Points', 'Game_Score']
df = pd.DataFrame(columns=columns)
table = soup.find('table', attrs={'class': 'sortable', 'data-cols-to-freeze': '2'}).tbody
trs = table.find_all('tr')
for tr in trs:
tds = tr.find_all('td')
row = [td.text.replace('n', '') for td in tds]
df = df.append(pd.Series(row, index=columns), ignore_index=True)
df.to_csv('nba player of the week.csv', index=False)
python web-scraping
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I am trying to webscrape NBA data but I cannot figure out what the problem is with my code. I constantly get an error message saying:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Users/mac/Desktop/intro2.py", line 17, in
df = df.append(pd.Series(row, index=columns), ignore_index=True)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pandas/core/series.py", line 262, in init
.format(val=len(data), ind=len(index)))
ValueError: Length of passed values is 0, index implies 25
import requests
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
import pandas as pd
URL = 'https://www.basketball-reference.com/friv/dailyleaders.fcgi?month=12&day=27&year=2018'
response = requests.get(URL)
soup = BeautifulSoup(response.text, 'html.parser')
columns = ['Rank', 'Player', 'Team', 'Game_location', 'Opponent', 'Win-loss', 'Minutes_played', 'Field_goals', 'Field_Goal_Attempts', 'Field_Goal_Percentage', '3Point_Field_Goals', '3-Point_Field_Goal_Attempts', 'Point_Field_Goal_Percentage', 'Free_Throws', 'Free_Throw_Attempts', 'Free_Throw_Percentage', 'Offensive_Rebounds', 'Defensive_Rebounds', 'Total_Rebounds', 'Assists', 'Blocks', 'Turnovers', 'Personal_Fouls', 'Points', 'Game_Score']
df = pd.DataFrame(columns=columns)
table = soup.find('table', attrs={'class': 'sortable', 'data-cols-to-freeze': '2'}).tbody
trs = table.find_all('tr')
for tr in trs:
tds = tr.find_all('td')
row = [td.text.replace('n', '') for td in tds]
df = df.append(pd.Series(row, index=columns), ignore_index=True)
df.to_csv('nba player of the week.csv', index=False)
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I'm sorry but we can't help you debug your program. We review working code in an effort to make it better. Once you get your program working we would love to take a look at it. Good Luck.
– bruglesco
6 mins ago
All right, thank you anyways!
– DarkEquation
3 mins ago
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I'm sorry but we can't help you debug your program. We review working code in an effort to make it better. Once you get your program working we would love to take a look at it. Good Luck.
– bruglesco
6 mins ago
All right, thank you anyways!
– DarkEquation
3 mins ago
I'm sorry but we can't help you debug your program. We review working code in an effort to make it better. Once you get your program working we would love to take a look at it. Good Luck.
– bruglesco
6 mins ago
I'm sorry but we can't help you debug your program. We review working code in an effort to make it better. Once you get your program working we would love to take a look at it. Good Luck.
– bruglesco
6 mins ago
All right, thank you anyways!
– DarkEquation
3 mins ago
All right, thank you anyways!
– DarkEquation
3 mins ago
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I'm sorry but we can't help you debug your program. We review working code in an effort to make it better. Once you get your program working we would love to take a look at it. Good Luck.
– bruglesco
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All right, thank you anyways!
– DarkEquation
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