Alright, so I wanted to get a list of players for my fantasy football league, and I was like, “Okay, how do I even do this?” I’m not exactly a tech wizard, but I figured there had to be a way to get this done without manually typing out hundreds of names. Seriously, who has time for that?
First, I started by just Googling around. I typed in stuff like “fantasy football player list,” “NFL player database,” and a bunch of other things. I found some websites, but they were all, like, subscription-based or wanted me to sign up for something. I just wanted a simple list. Nothing fancy.
My DIY Attempt
I remembered I can use some online sources, so I decided to try getting them from some websites.
I opened a few fantasy football websites that I always use for news and stuff and inspect the element.
Then I tried to write the code by myself.
I copied the code and created a .html file locally.
But it’s kind of messy.
The Simple Solution
I then found some websites that can export players information in format of CSV and JSON, which is much easier.
So, I clicked on the export button and it downloaded immediately to my computer.
I opened it in a spreadsheet program. Boom! There it was. A nice, clean list of all the players, with their positions, teams, and sometimes even stats. It was exactly what I wanted!
Finally I can do some analysis based on these data!