MLB module

__init__.py

mlb.draw_board()

Draw components of MLB game.

Firstly, creates a canvas for the LED matrix using various configurations. Requests games for the day for MLB and draws various components of the game such as team logos, scores, period, and time.

Also, draws “SCORE!!!” animation for the game if there is an update in the score.

If button is pressed during the execution, it will load the next game. If the game is the last one for the day in MLB, then it will go to the next league.

Returns

Return -1 if no favorite game.

Return type

int

game.py

class mlb.game.Game(game_info: Dict[str, any], a_name: str, h_name: str)

Represent a scheduled MLB game.

Game object first parses the JSON dict information. Also contains method to get matchup as a simplified dict.

Parameters

game_info (Dict[str, any]) – Dictionary generated from JSON object

get_matchup() → Dict[str, str]

Get information of a single game.

Simply game information into a dictionary to be used by the draw_board() function. Returns a dictionary with names for home and away team, game period, game status, score, and starttime.

Returns

Game information in a dictionary.

Return type

Dict[str, str]

class mlb.game.Scores

Scores Class with static function to get scores for the leauge.

static get_scores() → List[Tuple[str, str]]

Get a list of favorite scores/games that are on-going or planned for the day.

First, calls for the request of JSON from MLB API and checks if games are favorites. If so, then it creates Game objects from the data.

Returns

List of python dicts that contain information of today’s games.

Return type

List[Tuple[str, str]]

teams.py

Abbreviation information about MLB teams