Greyhound Mystique

[Realrocknrolla]

thought i was doing well with python, now on brain overload, lol

Bit like me an excel!

[StellaBot]

Hi

To take the mystery out of this above nonsense

Does anyone have data for greyhounds , say last 6 months,

In excel format

Distance times etc?

[StellaBot]

The Band Genesis song springs to mind

Follow Me etc

[spreadbetting]

thought i was doing well with python, now on brain overload, lol

Just have to break it into manageable chunks, I wouldn't have a clue how to do a power query.

Hi

To take the mystery out of this above nonsense

Does anyone have data for greyhounds , say last 6 months,

In excel format

Distance times etc?

I guess all the juicy stuff is kept well away from prying eyes.

[spreadbetting]

*HINT* - most of the race sites have a *private* api that isn't exposed but is easily discoverable. why battle with scraping from html (classnames/id's etc) when you can just load up an object from json and party on that!

Have you considered decompiling their android apps to get the API addresses, Jim? I'm sure both sporting life and racing post etc would have andorid apps

[MemphisFlash]

this techy stuff is way out of my league. lol

[jimibt]

*HINT* - most of the race sites have a *private* api that isn't exposed but is easily discoverable. why battle with scraping from html (classnames/id's etc) when you can just load up an object from json and party on that!

Have you considered decompiling their android apps to get the API addresses, Jim? I'm sure both sporting life and racing post etc would have andorid apps

SB -it's ok, i've got the required end points for all of the more bread 'n butter stuff. and yes, using tools such as fiddler can be useful, especially if you spoof the browser header to make it appear as if it's a mobile device