Fantasy basketball analysis

Head to head points

Environment

To use Docker:

docker-compose build
docker-compose run fbball bash

Configuration

Rename config_sample.py to config.py.

Set up Yahoo OAUth for access to rosters state

1. Create a Yahoo app
2. Update config.py
3. Run get_refresh_token.py to go through authorization code flow to get access token
4. Save refresh token in config.py

League settings

Update config.py with the following league settings:

1. Set the sport / season id in YAHOO_SPORT_ID
   • python yahoo.util.py will print the sport / season id.
2. Set the league id in YAHOO_LEAGUE_ID
3. (optional if scraping from Yahoo)
   • Set a Yahoo cookie in YAHOO_COOKIE_STRING
   • Set the column number of stats in the player projections page in YAHOO_STATS_MAPPING

Run order

1. retrieve_roster.py
   • Retrieves the current rosters of all teams (using the Yahoo API).
2. scrape_hashtagbasketball.py
   • Scrapes hashtagbasketball.com for the latest rest of season projections.

For head to head

1. If head to head, enter the Monday of the first week of the season in SEASON_START
   • These scripts assume that weekly scoring starts on Mondays
2. Update schedule_{current year}.csv with the correct schedule for the current season.
   • Update calc_h2h_points.py to use the right schedule.
3. calc_h2h_points.py
   • Assigns values to players for a head to head points league based on projections and game schedule for the next few weeks and rest of season.

For roto

1. scrape_yahoo.py
   • Using a Yahoo cookie, scrape the Yahoo rest of season projections for all players currently on a roster.
2. retrieve_standings.py
   • Get current roto standings in league
3. calc_roto.py
   • Outputs player valuations and which players to acquire