Free Cricket API - Scrape the data using BeautifulSoup and export a output via JSON using Flask micro web framework.
You can Free Deploy it on Vercel
- Python 3
- install Required Modules via
requirements.txt - Virtual Environment for Running Flask server
- CORS Header
- Multiple timezone Support for get the Match Starting time
- Self-hosting support with gunicorn
- Nginx, Apache2 or Lightspeed for support Proxy
- HTTPS (For Secure SSL Connections)
## install python env
sudo apt install python3-venv
## Clone the Repo
git clone https://github.com/sanwebinfo/cricket-api.git
cd cricket-api/api
## Create Virtual Env
python3 -m venv venv
## Activate Virtual Env
source venv/bin/activate
## install Modules
python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt
## verify
python3 -m flask --version
## start the dev server
flask --app index.py --debug run --host=0.0.0.0 --port=5000deactivate-
Edit and Modification in
index.py -
index.py- for Vercel Hosting
- API Home Page
http://127.0.0.1:5000/- Get Live Cricket Score
# Copy the 5 digit code from cricbuzz Current Live Match URL
http://127.0.0.1:5000/score?id=<Match ID>{
"title": "Australia vs Pakistan, 2nd Test - Live Cricket Score",
"update": "Day 1: 3rd Session",
"livescore": "AUS 168/3 (60)",
"runrate": "CRR: 2.8",
"batterone": "Travis Head",
"batsmanonerun": "5",
"batsmanoneball": "(5)",
"batsmanonesr": "100",
"battertwo": "Marnus Labuschagne",
"batsmantworun": "36",
"batsmantwoball": "(98)",
"batsmantwosr": "36.73",
"bowlerone": "Shaheen Afridi",
"bowleroneover": "19",
"bowleronerun": "61",
"bowleronewickers": "0",
"bowleroneeconomy": "3.21",
"bowlertwo": "Aamer Jamal",
"bowlertwoover": "12",
"bowlertworun": "37",
"bowlertwowickers": "1",
"bowlertwoeconomy": "3.08"
}- Replace
app.run()withapp.run(host="0.0.0.0")to run in production server
if __name__ == '__main__':
app.run(host="0.0.0.0")
# app.run(
# host="0.0.0.0",
# port=int("5000")
# )- Create
wsgi.pyfile and add the below code
from index import app
if __name__ == "__main__":
app.run()- Run the API with gunicorn and systemd service
pip install gunicorn- Use Apache or Nginx for proxy server
- if you are using older version of python3.6.x try this below versions
## requirements.txt file
beautifulsoup4==4.12.2
cchardet==2.1.7
certifi==2023.11.17
charset-normalizer==2.0.12
click==8.0.4
dataclasses==0.8
Flask==2.0.3
Flask-Cors==4.0.0
gunicorn==21.2.0
idna==3.6
importlib-metadata==4.8.3
itsdangerous==2.0.1
Jinja2==3.0.3
lxml==4.9.4
MarkupSafe==2.0.1
packaging==21.3
pkg-resources==0.0.0
pur==7.3.1
pyparsing==3.1.1
pytz==2023.3.post1
requests==2.27.1
six==1.16.0
soupsieve==2.3.2.post1
typing-extensions==4.1.1
urllib3==1.26.18
Werkzeug==2.0.3
zipp==3.6.0
- Replace
app.json.sort_keys = Falsetoapp.config['JSON_SORT_KEYS'] = Falseinindex.py
- This is not an Offical API from Cricbuzz - it's an Unofficial API
- This is for Education Purpose only - use at your own risk on Production Site
All Credits Goes to https://www.cricbuzz.com/
MIT