Olympics-tokyo-2021-schedule-scraper NPM

olympics-tokyo-2021-schedule-scraper

A puppeteer based web scraper for olympics event schedule

Usage

npm install -g olympics-tokyo-2021-schedule-scraper

#Options:
#  -o --output-dir <output-dir>  Output directory path
#  -d --date <date-to-parse>     Date to fetch game schedules
#  -m --medals                   Fetch medal standings

# 1. [SCRAPE] Fetch event schedules
olympics-2021-scraper --date=<date-to-parse> --output-dir=<output-dir>

# e.g. olympics-2021-scraper --date=2021-08-01 --output-dir=./schedules

# 2. [SCRAPE] Fetch medal standings
olympics-2021-scraper --medals --output-dir=<output-dir>

# NOTE:
# 1. <date-to-parse> format must be YYYY-MM-DD
# 2. JSON files will be written in specified {output-dir} with the name format 'olympics-schedule-{date-to-parse}.json'

Tip: You can also use this utility without installing the package

# Fetch event schedules
npx olympics-tokyo-2021-schedule-scraper --date=<date-to-parse> --output-dir=<output-dir>

# Fetch medal standings
npx olympics-tokyo-2021-schedule-scraper --medals --output-dir=<output-dir>

Disclaimer:

This tool uses puppeteer to load web pages from olympics.com to scrape schedule data.
Make sure to sensibly use this tool if used in automation, and not overwhelm the web servers.
YOU (user) will be completely responsible for usage of this tool. The developer CAN'T be blamed for the abuse of this tool.