fbtxt2json

fbtxt2json - convert football.txt match schedules & more to json

• home :: github.com/sportdb/footty
• bugs :: github.com/sportdb/footty/issues
• gem :: rubygems.org/gems/fbtxt2json
• rdoc :: rubydoc.info/gems/fbtxt2json

Step 0 - Installation Via Gems

To install the command-line tool via gems (ruby's package manager) use:

$ gem install fbtxt2json

Usage

Try in your shell / terminal:

$ fbtxt2json -h

resulting in:

Usage: fbtxt2json [options] PATH
        --verbose, --debug           turn on verbose / debug output (default: false)
    -o, --output PATH                output to file

Let's try to convert the "Euro" European Championship 2024 in the Football.TXT format (see euro/2024--germany/euro.txt) to JSON:

$ fbtxt2json euro/2024--germany/euro.txt

resulting in:

{
  "name": "Euro 2024",
  "matches": [
    {
      "num": 1,
      "round": "Matchday 1",
      "date": "2024-06-14", "time": "21:00",
      "team1": "Germany",
      "team2": "Scotland",
      "score": { "ht": [3,0], "ft": [5,1] },
      "group": "Group A"
    },
    {
      "num": 2,
      "round": "Matchday 1",
      "date": "2024-06-15", "time": "15:00",
      "team1": "Hungary",
      "team2": "Switzerland",
      "score": { "ht": [0,2], "ft": [1,3] },
      "group": "Group A"
    },
    // ...
  ]
}

to output into a file use the -o/--output option:

$ fbtxt2json euro/2024--germany/euro.txt -o euro.json

Let's try to convert the English Premier League 2024/25 in the Football.TXT format (see england/2024-25/1-premierleague.txt) to JSON:

$ fbtxt2json england/2024-25/1-premierleague.txt

resulting in:

{
  "name": "English Premier League 2024/25",
  "matches": [
    {
      "round": "Matchday 1",
      "date": "2024-08-16", "time": "20:00",
      "team1": "Manchester United FC",
      "team2": "Fulham FC",
      "score": { "ht": [0,0], "ft": [1,0] }
    },
    {
      "round": "Matchday 1",
      "date": "2024-08-17", "time": "12:30",
      "team1": "Ipswich Town FC",
      "team2": "Liverpool FC",
      "score": { "ht": [0,0], "ft": [0,2]}
    },
    // ...
  ]
}

to output into a file use the -o/--output option:

$ fbtxt2json england/2024-25/1-premierleague.txt -o en.json

That's it.

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