![fpl-python.png](https://res.cloudinary.com/hpiynhbhq/image/upload/v1515687734/tiq5siblff0yfqp7zgxa.png)

I was browsing https://utopian.io/ earlier in the week and came across a great post by @emrebeyler where he [showcased his Python wrapper for the Utopian API](https://steemit.com/utopian-io/@emrebeyler/python-client-of-utopian-api) and this inspired me to  make one for the Fantasy Premier League API!

The Fantasy Premier League is a game, with more than five million users,  in which users assemble their fantasy team consisting of real footballers and score points based on those players' performances in real life. The game is also huge on Steemit, with @acidyo and @arsenal49 doing great work!

Personally I do a lot of programming in Python with the Fantasy Premier League API and have made this wrapper to make my life and other people's lives easier when doing this, as there surprisingly isn't already one (at least from what I could find). I've never done something like this before, so I've used @emrebeyler's API as a huge example for my first, basic version `0.2.0`.

Installation
------------

```
pip install fpl
```

Usage
-----

```python
import fpl
fpl = fpl.FPL()
```

Documentation
-------------

* Get specific user
```python
print(fpl.user("3523615"))
```
* Get specific user's history
```python
print(fpl.user_history("3523615"))
```
* Get specific user's picks
```python
print(fpl.user_picks("3523615"))
```
* Get specific user's cup information
```python
print(fpl.user_cup("3523615"))
```
* Get specific user's transfers
```python
print(fpl.user_transfers("3523615"))
```
* Get specific user's entered leagues
```python
print(fpl.user_leagues_entered("3523615"))
```
* Get teams
```python
print(fpl.teams)
```
* Get players
```python
print(fpl.players)
```
* Get specific player
```python
print(fpl.player("123"))
```
* Get gameweeks
```python
print(fpl.gameweeks)
```
* Get specific gameweek
```python
print(fpl.gameweek(20))
```
* Get game settings
```python
print(fpl.game_settings)
```
* Get specific classic league information
```python
print(fpl.classic_league("743038"))
```
* Get specific h2h league information
```python
print(fpl.h2h_league("28281"))
```
Tests
-----

```
$ python test.py 
..............
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Ran 14 tests in 3.687s

OK
```
Improvements
------------

In the future I will be looking at other Python wrappers like `PRAW` and `python-twitter` and improving my own wrapper to (hopefully) be of a similar quality as those two.




<br /><hr/><em>Posted on <a href="https://utopian.io/utopian-io/@amosbastian/python-wrapper-for-the-fantasy-premier-league-api">Utopian.io -  Rewarding Open Source Contributors</a></em><hr/>