Project 02 INFO6143

MLB Data Collection Project

Overview

This project is part of the INFO6143 course at Fanshawe College. The goal is to create a Python application that retrieves MLB game data from a public API, processes the JSON data, and outputs the relevant information into a CSV file. This project emphasizes file handling and data extraction techniques in Python.

Features

• Fetches MLB game data from provided URLs.
• Processes JSON data to extract specific fields.
• Outputs the extracted data into a CSV file with a predefined header.
• Handles multiple dates by reading URLs from a file.

Requirements

• Python 3.x
• Requests library

Installation

1. Clone this repository:

   git clone https://github.com/Designated-AICoder/MLB-data-collection-INFO6143.git

2. Navigate to the project directory:

   cd Group_07_project02

3. Install the required libraries:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage

1. Ensure you have the urls.txt file in the same directory as your Python script. This file should contain the URLs to fetch data from, one per line.
2. Run the Python script:

   python mlb_data_collection.py

3. The output CSV file MLBData.csv will be generated in the same directory.

Project Structure

Group_07_project02/
├── urls.txt
├── mlb_data_collection.py
├── MLBData.csv
├── requirements.txt
└── README.md

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please open an issue or submit a pull request for any improvements or bug fixes.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.

Acknowledgements