A Python HTTP/JSON script to display the score of today’s NHL hockey games. When run in persistent mode, information is downloaded directly from the NHL website every 20 seconds.

Requirements

• Python 3.6⁺
  • python3 --version

Additional requirements can be installed with pip - there is a requirements.txt file provided that allows you to simply run pip3 install -r requirements.txt. Included in this file are the following packages:

• Requests
  • pip3 install requests
• Colorama
  • pip3 install colorama

Usage

usage: ticker.py [-h] [-p]

optional arguments:
  -h, --help     show this help message and exit
  -p, --persist  live-update scores on persistent scoreboard

Once you’ve installed the requirements (pip3 install -r requirements.txt), permit the script to execute:

chmod u+x ticker.py

Then run the script:

ticker.py

This will run the script once, simply outputting the current scores.

If you wish to run the script persistently and have the scores auto-update every 20 seconds, add the --persist flag:

ticker.py -p

To quit, press Ctrl + C

Data Source

• NHL livescore JSON (There is a newer API, but I prefer the way this one is laid out for simple scoreboard use)

License

Copyright 2018 Stevie Howard.

MIT License